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Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire

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Doc_Eggerton
Doc_Eggerton Posts: 5,321
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First time doing this.  Sort of sweet potato like.

http://www.chonday.com/Videos/chenutsroart1

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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
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    Sort of the same
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • Doc_Eggerton
    Doc_Eggerton Posts: 5,321
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    http://www.chonday.com/Videos/chenutsroart1

    XXL #82 out of the first 100, XLGE X 2, LBGE (gave this one to daughter 1.0) , MBGE (now in the hands of iloveagoodyoke daughter 2.0) and lots of toys

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  • RRP
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    I assume those things must be an acquired taste.. I followed a supposed time honored recipe to a T a few years ago and our high anticipation was only overcome by our intense hatred of those friggen things! BTW all 2 pounds went in the trash! You can have all of those tree turds!
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,168
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    I never bought food based on a song. I dated a girl who liked Prince so I almost made "Raspberry Puree", but I think we broke up so I never made that dish.

    Jingles? That's another story.
    Flint, Michigan
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,731
    edited December 2013
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    Chestnuts? How did they get way up there???

    Are they crunchy or still soft after roasting?

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • Loosemoose
    Loosemoose Posts: 295
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    henapple said:

    Sort of the same


    Thanks for the laugh this morning!
    Nowhere Indiana
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  • Buckdodger
    Buckdodger Posts: 957
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    Loosemoose said:
    Sort of the same
    Thanks for the laugh this morning!
    Thanks again.  :)>-

    Opelika, Alabama
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  • Griffin
    Griffin Posts: 8,200
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    Very cool, Doc. I've never had chestnuts, let alone seen them around these parts. Way to get in the holiday spirit.

    Rowlett, Texas

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  • ChuckChampion
    ChuckChampion Posts: 203
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    @RRP I agree with ya bud.  My grandparents always have these at our christmas dinners, and they have never been my thing.
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  • Charlesmaneri
    Charlesmaneri Posts: 1,295
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    I'm Sicilian and chestnuts are and always have been a staple item in my house from Thanksgiving till new years we eat them all the time I like to put salt on them before roasting and eat them hot .I think that I'm going to do a batch in the egg I'v never did them that way I usually do them in the oven or in the wood burning stove on top of the ambers but this is on my to do list 
    2 Large Eggs and a Mini 2 Pit Bulls and a Pork shoulder or butt nearby and 100% SICILIAN
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  • fishlessman
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    if you dont make the cut what ends up happening is your egg turns into a gatling chestnut gun :D i heard a pop, opened the egg, and covered the side of the house with mashed chestnuts :)) my first and only experience with roasting chestnuts, glad i didnt do it in the fireplace indoors :))
    fukahwee maine

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  • HDumptyEsq
    HDumptyEsq Posts: 1,095
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    I made a soup with them last year. After roasting them (pain in the azz to peal - I'll do 'em like the chef above this time) put them in a pot with onions or leeks, fresh thyme, cook till the onions are soft but not browning, add veggie stock and bring to a boil then simmer for 30 minutes or so. When they're tender let cool and add a splash of heavy cream and whizz in the blender. It's really silky if you pass it through a sieve. Serve it with some crumble bacon bits and a swirl of chestnut liqueur. (Trader Vics carries it). It's really good. 

    Tony in Brentwood, TN.

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    "I like cooking with wine - sometimes I put it in the food." - W. C. Fields

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  • Doc_Eggerton
    Doc_Eggerton Posts: 5,321
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    HDumpty - I am going to try that.  They are not really snack material, but have a nice, sweet flavor.

    XXL #82 out of the first 100, XLGE X 2, LBGE (gave this one to daughter 1.0) , MBGE (now in the hands of iloveagoodyoke daughter 2.0) and lots of toys

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  • HDumptyEsq
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    Doc_Eggerton said:
    HDumpty - I am going to try that.  They are not really snack material, but have a nice, sweet flavor.
    It does make a nice change - sort of like butternut squash or sweet potato. I'd forgotten all about it till I saw the post. Being a Brit, chestnuts were always around our house at Christmas.

    Tony in Brentwood, TN.

    Medium BGE, New Braunfels off-set smoker, 3-burner Charbroiler gasser, mainly used for Eggcessory  storage, old electric upright now used for Amaz-N-Smoker.

    "I like cooking with wine - sometimes I put it in the food." - W. C. Fields

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  • BOWHUNR
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    RRP said:
    You can have all of those tree turds!
    You owe me a new keyboard Ron!!   =)) =))

    Mike

    I'm ashamed what I did for a Klondike Bar!!

    Omaha, NE
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  • Doc_Eggerton
    Doc_Eggerton Posts: 5,321
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    Chestnut and bacon soup.  Pretty good, but peeling the nuts is a pain.

    XXL #82 out of the first 100, XLGE X 2, LBGE (gave this one to daughter 1.0) , MBGE (now in the hands of iloveagoodyoke daughter 2.0) and lots of toys

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  • gmac
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    Oh man, now I want chestnuts. Love them. Used to hang out in the neighbours shop drinking beer and roasting those things on the wood stove. Now I'm the neighbour that everyone hangs out at. Gotta see if there is a Boxing Day sale on chestnuts.
    Mt Elgin Ontario - just a Large.
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  • Spaightlabs
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    Fred19Flintstone said:
    I never bought food based on a song. I dated a girl who liked Prince so I almost made "Raspberry Puree", but I think we broke up so I never made that dish. Jingles? That's another story.

    Nicely played Fred. Never seen raspberry purée in a second-hand store, but I've worn earner every food known to man...
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  • shtgunal3
    shtgunal3 Posts: 5,654
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    I like em raw. We had a chestnut tree when I was a kid and I used to eat those things until I was almost sick. Haven't had any in years.

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 15,485
    edited December 2013
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    fishlessman said: if you dont make the cut what ends up happening is your egg turns into a gatling chestnut gun :D i heard a pop, opened the egg, and covered the side of the house with mashed chestnuts :)) my first and only experience with roasting chestnuts, glad i didnt do it in the fireplace indoors :))  
     
    I wish I hadn't done them in my oven, same thing happened!   :-O
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