What, no chestnuts?

dave_dph

£2.20 per kilo on bull ring market yesterday :j

London_Girl

Picked up LOADS that had fallen down from a nearby chestnut tree ...and that was in October. :T

A._Badger

London_Girl wrote: »

Picked up LOADS that had fallen down from a nearby chestnut tree ...and that was in October. :T

You're sure they were the right kind of chestnuts?

A._Badger

Just a short addendum. I finally managed to get some in a branch of Waitrose yesterday. A nearby Sainsbury's however (a huge branch) didn't have them in stock and when I asked I was told 'we don't have them yet. They may be in in a week or two'. So it sounds like this could be a regional thing.

Strange are the ways of supermarkets.

Callie22

I noticed packets of the Merchant Gourmet chestnuts in Sainsbury's this evening. They were on the end-of-aisle shelves and it looked like they were going to be on offer - unfortunately Tuesday evening is when they change over the offers in my local branch so they didn't have the new price labels up yet, but they seemed to have loads in.

andygb

A._Badger wrote: »

You're sure they were the right kind of chestnuts?

Pretty easy to tell the difference, I learned as a five year old back in the sixties.
We are fortunate to have hazlenuts, Kent cobnuts and walnuts within walking distance of our house.

London_Girl

A._Badger wrote: »

You're sure they were the right kind of chestnuts?

Yes they were definitely chestnuts. Pick up at least 10kg of it EVERY year to share with family friends and colleagues.....yummy:)

London_Girl

andygb wrote: »

Pretty easy to tell the difference, I learned as a five year old back in the sixties.
We are fortunate to have hazlenuts, Kent cobnuts and walnuts within walking distance of our house.

Wow...lucky you. I've got a chestnut tree nearby, discovered another too not so far off and MIL's got 3 chestnut tress just walking distance from her house:T

andygb

London_Girl wrote: »

Wow...lucky you. I've got a chestnut tree nearby, discovered another too not so far off and MIL's got 3 chestnut tress just walking distance from her house:T

We are foragers - pure and simple, because we are forced to do so - and we enjoy it.:)

edwink

We collect Chestnuts too locally there are loads of them in a field near us.

An old friend told me once that if you want to store them and keep them nice and fresh for stuffing mix etc. for Christmas. You put them in a tin with the lid on and bury them in the garden in a pile of leaves and they will be fresh at Christmas. Not sure if it works but reading this thread reminded me of it. Anyone else tried that?? If so did it work??