tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33074830.post5425778683681030272..comments2023-07-04T11:39:51.173-04:00Comments on Lake Loop: Chestnut ConundrumBerryBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688522956177325844noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33074830.post-38046198893169496842007-10-24T09:38:00.000-04:002007-10-24T09:38:00.000-04:00Well, if cooked in a sweet base, they're really go...Well, if cooked in a sweet base, they're really good on muffins. Yeah, crackers?<BR/><BR/>And by the way, though I'm sure you figured this out, it takes more like 2-3 hours to boil chestnuts down. Oy!<BR/><BR/>(But $2 is a very good price.)Jenny F. Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072624674603337551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33074830.post-7803123916252181152007-10-24T07:58:00.000-04:002007-10-24T07:58:00.000-04:00I took most of it and threw it in the freezer so i...I took most of it and threw it in the freezer so it wouldn't rot before I figured out what to do with it. I have been eating a tiny little bowl with an English muffin for breakfast the last couple days, but it is so rish I cannot eat more than a few tablespoons straight. <BR/><BR/>Sara, I think you are right that nostalgia plays a role. Before the chestnut blight wiped out most of the trees here in the 1930s, chestnut was a dominant forest tree across much of the eastern US. That is the sort of thing I can easily entertain myself thinking about, and how the tree and nuts were used by Native Americans and later the colonists. Good stuff.BerryBirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01688522956177325844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33074830.post-83901105250136172322007-10-23T20:46:00.000-04:002007-10-23T20:46:00.000-04:00I have no advice. I love chestnuts, but only roas...I have no advice. I love chestnuts, but only roasted. Can you cook it into stuffing somehow?Aliki2006https://www.blogger.com/profile/15763865834765963343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33074830.post-74888098374217702062007-10-23T20:42:00.000-04:002007-10-23T20:42:00.000-04:00Hm.... I roasted mine, so I'm not sure about boile...Hm.... I roasted mine, so I'm not sure about boiled.<BR/><BR/>I share the "not entirely certain they're worth it." Theyre yummy roasted, but getting enough for a meal is a lot of work. After spending an evening roasting and peeling and peeling and PEELING and PEEELING! I did some research and discovered that prior to the introduction of corn, when the poor of Italy subsisted on chestnuts, it took every member of the family shelling nuts for 2-3 hours a night to keep everyone fed.<BR/><BR/>That's why I think chestnut stuffing is such a nostalgia dish. Oh for the melons of Egypt and all that....<BR/><BR/>Anyway, they're great sliced with bacon and cabbage or brussels sprouts. If yours are smooshed, I'd consider blending with cream, some stock, and some crumbled bacon (if you're a pork eater) into a cream of chestnut soup. Some black pepper, some nutmeg--- I'd eat it :)BroccoliEaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01617721483953789523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33074830.post-6905449880401278292007-10-22T12:59:00.000-04:002007-10-22T12:59:00.000-04:00LOL! I'm there with the laughter and a little bit...LOL! I'm there with the laughter and a little bit of sympathy, but no ideas at all.<BR/><BR/>--serve it on crackers?<BR/><BR/>Biker buddy would prolly try it, if it weren't so far away!<BR/><BR/>You could cruise the highways looking for fresh road kill . . you cruise the highways anyway. Or stop the next guy going by with a deer on his hood and beg a small piece? We saw our first dead deer on a hood the other day.<BR/><BR/>or serve it with hamburger? Meatloaf?Mary Stebbins Taitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33074830.post-53526906361258975012007-10-22T09:26:00.000-04:002007-10-22T09:26:00.000-04:00I'm afraid I'm with Turtlebella on this one: no su...I'm afraid I'm with Turtlebella on this one: no suggestions and plenty of laughter.a/k/a Nadinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499119739368587916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33074830.post-50038612491672473702007-10-21T21:22:00.000-04:002007-10-21T21:22:00.000-04:00I can't believe you don't have a side of a deer ha...I can't believe you don't have a side of a deer handy! Well, I guess there are some people who probably do. But sheesh. I have no suggestions. But I did laugh (alongside you?).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com