What an Excuse to Post......

[civilman1]

Yesterday Ty and I hit the old 1700's site,no old coin's but did manage to find a few measely keeper's I guess.My highlite of the day was the 3 old chestnut tree's in the side yard,dropping still as we speak I'll bet.Beside's these awesome find's does anyone have a good recipe for the Chestnut's,don't want to let them go to waste.Thank's and HH!!

 

[weasel606]

nice finds civil I found a key just like that this spring ! congrats

 

[DD-777]

Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
Place a chestnut on a "deep" dish towel that is lying flat on a cutting board or countertop. This will allow the chestnut to "sink" into the dish towel and keeps it from rolling while you make the cuts in the next step.
Use a sharp knife to cut an X into one side of the chestnut to allow the steam caused by roasting to escape, otherwise, the chestnut will explode.
Place each chestnut with the cuts facing up onto the cookie sheet.
Roast 20 to 30 minutes or until chestnuts are tender, easy to peel, golden brown in color, and the shells are beginning to open.
Peel nuts when they are cool

Then...wrap chestnut with bacon and insert bacon with toothpick to hold in place....broil for a few minutes till bacon crisp...yum yum yum

Now that sounds like a little bit o'heaven Gypsy...

 

[john37115]

Looks like a good spot to me. I like old digs, let everyone else have the can-slaw and aluminum foil. I'll take some of those chesnuts I'd hate to see them go to waste.

 

[kxcy]

get a bat and have batting practice


hahahaha

 

[NGE]

We used to make small slit in them and boil till shell starts peeling back, use sieve to retrieve, peel, dip in butter, eat..........Heaven........NGE

 

[civilman1]

Slingshot's,open fire's.batting practice......Gypsy you win,got the same recipe off the Net,although I will try the boiled version too,but I will try a little of first three....Probably a little more fun . Thank's evryone.....Free Snack's.....

 

[Monty]

Warsawdaddy is correct. The American chestnut went extinct much like the native American Elm. Some imported bug killed them all. If there is a chestnut tree now it is an import of some kind. I remember my 3rd grade teacher talking about roasting chestnuts. I have never even seen one fresh off the tree but always wanted to try them. Oh, uh...and nice finds. Monty

 

[Dman]

Nice old key. The ground is still too hard to dig in Tenn.
Dman

 

[kimsdad]

Nice finds!

Lots 'o' good recipes here, but I like to be lazy - slit them & put a few in the microvave intil they are hot & sizzling. You're eating them in a minute or so!! Sort of like "fast food" chestnuts

 

[DanL]

Those are Horse-Chestnuts and they're extremely toxic. While fatalities are rare in adults they can and will make you VERY sick!!!

 

[tymcmurray]

Those are Horse-Chestnuts and they're extremely toxic. While fatalities are rare in adults they can and will make you VERY sick!!!

Although they have similarities, these are regular chestnuts. The family planted them
and have been eating them for around 60 years. Thanks for thinking of us, though.

 

[civilman1]

Those are Horse-Chestnuts and they're extremely toxic. While fatalities are rare in adults they can and will make you VERY sick!!!

Although they have similarities, these are regular chestnuts. The family planted them
and have been eating them for around 60 years. Thanks for thinking of us, though.

Yeah....These are the real McCoy's DanL.....Got that "buttery-toxic" flavor Serious,thank's for the concern though because I just gave my Phillipino buddy at work a huge bag

 

[Michiganne]

CM1: That key is very nice. Chestnuts are, too! Hope you enjoy them.

HH