Sweet Chestnuts! Yum!

timmmers

These and jacket spuds are what open fires are made for.
Never enjoyed burning my fingers so much in my life :j

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Pip26

Yay!!!!!!!!

Bagpuss741

Just found another site which shows if the chestnut is edible by it's pod.

http://tree-species.blogspot.com/2009/03/edible-chestnuts-vs-horse-chestnuts.html

Queenriderbrekke

It's that time of year again folks!


Going to put some sweet chestnuts I collected yesterday in my brownies instead of walnuts to see how they turn out.

Ebe_Scrooge

The prickly outer casings from sweet chestnuts are brilliant for cradling gently in cupped hands, and telling your kids that you've found a baby hedgehog :rotfl::rotfl:

niggle_farago

Queenriderbrekke wrote: »

That's the Horse Chestnuts!!!!! For playing conkers with

Sweet chstnuts an be eaten raw, boiled, roasted made into a puree for use in recipes:D

Horse Chestnuts also contain a natural soap - that is the shiny yellow tinge to the actual nut. In wartime these have been collected in order to do the family washing.

There is also soap in the leaves:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPH8zWOpwbs

Sunny_Saver

Is there an easy way to open them please?

Thanks.

Hedgehog99

Sweet chestnuts have reached their peak and they are delicious this year. If you don't have your own preferred cooking method, try cutting a slit in the top and steaming them for 10 mins, then turn off the heat. Take out a few at a time to peel, leaving the rest in the steam to keep the skins supple until you're ready.