How to Roast Chestnuts

**Rick** · 03-24-2008, 01:47 PM

The ideal way is to have a special chestnut roasting pan with a perforated bowl and long handle which you can hold over an open fire or stove, but you can place them on the bars of a fire grate or even in the embers of a campfire. If you want to cook them in the kitchen shake them in a pan over the stove as if they were popcorn. For a slightly softer nut put them in a heat-proof dish with a little warm water and roast them in the oven for about 10 minutes.

Whatever method you choose, you must prepare the nuts first or they may explode and whizz around like bullets. That may sound like fun but it leaves you with the contents all over the place and empty skins.

Many people puncture the skin of the nut with a fork but a better way to make sure they do not explode is to cut a ring around the domed surface of each nut.

And don't forget to salt them before you eat them!!!!

**crashdive123** · 03-24-2008, 05:08 PM

MMMM. Same way they roast grubs on the streets of South Korea.

**nell67** · 03-24-2008, 05:11 PM

Salt them??? No,no,no,that should be a sacrilege!

**crashdive123** · 03-24-2008, 05:12 PM

The chestnuts or the grubs?

**nell67** · 03-24-2008, 05:15 PM

The chestnuts,I ain't eatin no stinkin grub

**trax** · 03-24-2008, 05:17 PM

I recommend the chestnuts plain, try a little tabasco on the grubs.

**nell67** · 03-24-2008, 05:19 PM

Mmmm,maybe I oughta check out whats on my plate when you cook,eh Trax???LMAO!Especially if there is tabasco on the table???

**hillbilly1987** · 03-24-2008, 05:25 PM

well i have tryed grubs befor and i thought they taste prity good! what are your guys appionions?

**trax** · 03-24-2008, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by hillbilly1987

well i have tryed grubs befor and i thought they taste prity good! what are your guys appionions?

YOu can have my share hillbilly.

**hillbilly1987** · 03-24-2008, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by trax

YOu can have my share hillbilly.

what you wouldnt want yours? they can taste so good even better if you cook them over a fire but not to bad raw

**crashdive123** · 03-24-2008, 05:36 PM

I've tried them (experiencing the local culture and all) didn't care for them. They were bigger than most chestnuts.

**trax** · 03-24-2008, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by crashdive123

I've tried them (experiencing the local culture and all) didn't care for them. They were bigger than most chestnuts.

Juicier too, huh?

**hillbilly1987** · 03-24-2008, 05:39 PM

see trax alot of people here have tryed them like crash but he didnt care for them but owell its food and the only reason why i ate a grub is to see what they taste like and that was in my backyard and it did taste good

**trax** · 03-24-2008, 05:43 PM

hey hillbilly, that's great! Help yourself, really you can have my share, I won't go hungry. Trust me, eat all you want. Can I be anymore generous???

**hillbilly1987** · 03-24-2008, 05:47 PM

well trax thank you very much and thank you for being generous to

**crashdive123** · 03-24-2008, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by trax

Juicier too, huh?

Oh yeah. Kind of crunchy on the outside though.

**crashdive123** · 03-24-2008, 06:04 PM

Originally Posted by hillbilly1987

see trax alot of people here have tryed them like crash but he didnt care for them but owell its food and the only reason why i ate a grub is to see what they taste like and that was in my backyard and it did taste good

Hate to disappoint you Hillbilly, but the only reason I ate them was that I was drinking heavily and was dared by one of my friends. (amazing what you will do when drinking Soju) Ahhh, but revenge is sweet. I pretended that they were great. Everybody tried them. Let's just say they were less than great.

**hillbilly1987** · 03-25-2008, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by crashdive123

Hate to disappoint you Hillbilly, but the only reason I ate them was that I was drinking heavily and was dared by one of my friends. (amazing what you will do when drinking Soju) Ahhh, but revenge is sweet. I pretended that they were great. Everybody tried them. Let's just say they were less than great.

hahaha i had the same thing happen to me crash so im not dissaponted at all and it was really fun to

**Ole WV Coot** · 03-25-2008, 09:20 PM

You can have both around here. The chestnuts have plenty of protein in them if the protein don't crawl away which is annoying since they are the same color as my beard.