From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future

EssexHebridean

In my experience any recipe that was ever put forward by Elaine as hers can easily be tracked down elsewhere as most of them were lifted from other sites without any credit whatsoever!

I also enjoy a sprouts + chestnuts mix - finely shredded sprouts with chopped chestnuts and usually in our case some finely chopped bacon too. I'd never thought of adding mushrooms into the mix - that's a great idea! It must be said, reading through this I'm inclined to do a soup version of that combination at some stage - it might make a nice lunch for some of the days over the christmas period, mightn't it. 

Kayannie's bake sounds lovely too - Als do indeed have their chestmuts in at the moment - £1.59 a pack I believe, although T's have the posh M3rch@nt G0urm3t ones for £2 CC price if folk prefer those - I do. 

badmemory

Love chestnuts hate sprouts.  I find the texture of those packs of whole chestnuts a bit odd.  But use it in chestnut stuffing with added proper chestnuts.  Put them in a bag, stick them in a microwave until the first couple have gone bang.  I really prefer them without the bag but it makes for a very messy microwave.

Greying_Pilgrim

A paper bag, badmemory?

Greying X

badmemory

A paper bag would work if it was big enough to do a really good fold over.  As you heat them the bag blows up so you don't really want it to blow open.

ladybird1106

KK I don’t like sweet potatoes but I do like chestnuts. 

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rtandon27

I remember as a child back across the pond eating a stew at a neighbours home. It was called Provisions and was from Trinidad. Contained chunks of taro root, sweet potatoes, eddoes, yam, cassava - one of those tastes exactly like chestnuts, I'm not sure which but it was a really nice taste and texture on a cold winter day!

KajiKita

ladybird1106 said:

KK I don’t like sweet potatoes but I do like chestnuts. 

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Oh glory be! Another person that doesn’t like sweet potatoes! I thought I was being unreasonable / odd / difficult / some other such similar …! Thank you!! 😉

KK

badmemory

I don't like broccoli but do like cauliflower a lot.  I don't like sprouts much & DS really doesn't like them.  I am hoping his sense of humour is working at christmas as his card says - there's no sprout about it, you're the best son.  I couldn't help myself.

Greying_Pilgrim

rtandon27 said:

I remember as a child back across the pond eating a stew at a neighbours home. It was called Provisions and was from Trinidad. Contained chunks of taro root, sweet potatoes, eddoes, yam, cassava - one of those tastes exactly like chestnuts, I'm not sure which but it was a really nice taste and texture on a cold winter day!

I've just been reading up about 'root vegetables and provisions' rt and the range of vitamins and minerals provided in those veg is amazing.  I remember seeing Eddoes for sale on an international food stall in Cardiff Market - it wasn't far from the Millenium Stadium??? (don't know if the market is still there, it was a beautiful building)  And the same stall featured in a cookery programme - R1ck Ste1n/Ha1ry B1kers/Jam3s Mart1n - tour around the UK, something like that.  It's a whole area of cooking that I don't know enough about - and yet Jamaican Ital cooking would offer so many options for my kind of meals.  I suppose to a certain extent, I would struggle to get some key ingredients, from anywhere other than MrS.

badmemory - I think that is a lovely sentiment, delivered with humour!  I hope your DS sees it for what it means 🥰

Greying X

EssexHebridean

Cardiff market is indeed still there - Leeds too has a wonderful market in a beautiful building as I recall?