#Roasting Chestnuts

[thelcsdaily]

Chestnuts

Chestnuts are among my favorite Christmas fare. Nat King Cole's song served as the catalyst for everything, and you've undoubtedly heard the opening line of "The Christmas Song"—"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire." I was curious to give this nut a taste, so I did. Since then, I've become addicted. What say you, too? Would you mind sharing your preferred holiday snack?

Chestnuts are my favorite ingredient to use in the fall, especially for the holidays. I always find that they are meaty, hearty and have a mysterious refinement when cooked or roasted over sea salt.

Geoffrey Zakarian

#food #snack #nuts #chestnuts #christmas songs #the christmas song #nat king cole #roast chestnuts #roasting chestnuts #original photography #food photography #my photography #thelcsdaily

[askwhatsforlunch]

Roasted Chestnuts

There's nothing as evocative of Autumn as the smell of chestnuts roasting. The smoke, the crackling sounds, the heat of the paper bag they've been chucked into in your hands... It's just what one wants on a crisp Autumn day. When we were little, my sister, my cousins and i used to forage them on walks in the woods with our grandfather, and later that afternoon, he would roast them in the chimney. Or, we'd plead for some when we'd go watch the Christmas Windows at Le Printemps and Les Galeries Lafayette with our parents, and always ended up with the little bounty of delicious marrons chauds!

But there's something even more pleasing about lighting a fire in your garden in the chill night, and cooking Roasted Chestnuts as the moon glows overhead. It's still all there, the smoke, the crackling sounds, and even a bottle of last year's (home-brewed) Cider to make a feast, and perhaps a new tradition, of it! Happy Monday!

Ingredients (serves 2):

18 to 20 beautiful, large fresh chestnuts*

a chestnut pan (or you can hammer holes in an old frying pan, which is what my dad did years ago!)

*if you have picked them in the woods rather than bought them at the market, carefully remove the prickly burr (using gardening gloves!), and dust the chestnuts with a clean towel

Light a fire, in a fire pit, barbecue or chimney, if you have one. Preferably with wood, rather than coal.

Meanwhile, using a sharp knife, score a thin slit on each of the chestnuts.

When the fire is still up, but the wood is mostly red embers, place a grate over the fire pit.

Place prepared chestnuts in the pan with holes, and sit on the grate, over the fire.

Cook, shaking the pan often, to roast evenly, until the chestnuts are browned and charred, and their skin (peel) open up from the slit, about 20 to 25 minutes, or even a little more if they are big.

Serve Roasted Chestnuts hot, with a glass of chilled Cider!

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[themackenzieboydchronicles]

Roasting Chesnuts by French artist Frere Edouard.

#frere edouard #french artists #roasting chestnuts

[celebrationgeneration]

#chestnuts #roasted chestnuts #roasting chestnuts #chestnuts roasting #recipe #christmas #holiday recipes

[chasingrainbowsforever]

Roasted Chestnuts ~ Photo by Ana Maria Ciolacu

#chestnuts #roasted chestnuts #nuts #wood #brown

[marsuro]

They’re making roasted chestnuts

(And eating them)

#one piece #one piece art #op fanart #one piece fanart #zoro #roronoa zoro #sanji #black leg sanji #luffy #monkey d luffy #chestnuts #interactive art #i wanted to have a pic of them roasted as well but didnt get the chance augh #was too busy peeling and eating #so im just gonna say luffy ate the entire burnt shell lmao #luffy's cursed eating habits etc etc #older stuff from october #i need to have a tag for this series.. #i have multiple one piece interacts with real life stuff now 🤔 #if you guys know anything fun hmu

[petermorwood]

So, I visited Europe for the first time in my life a few weeks ago - Rome specifically, right after the Pope opened the Christmas season there - and for the first time in my life tried roasted chestnuts. Are they always that sweet? I will admit to not liking nuts so the fact that they were easier to choke down than I expected was somewhat revelatory, but like still odd. Do you like roasted chestnuts? Also, how does conkers work?

Mostly asking because youre my best European source of knowledge of such things - there's no chestnuts to be had in America

First, there are two kinds of chestnuts, the kind you eat (Castenea, Sweet Chestnuts and the kind you don't (Aesculus, Horse Chestnuts).

(Water chestnuts, which don't grow on trees, are something else entirely.)

Second, there are definitely Castanea chestnuts in America, though I'm betting they're a regional thing so if you're not in the region, hard cheese, and they even appear in the first line of "The Christmas Song".

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire,  Jack Frost nipping on your nose,  Yuletide carols being sung by a choir,  And folks dressed up like Eskimos.

The edible ones are definitely sweet, it's even in their name, but the burnt smell of them cooking might suggest they'll taste otherwise, so that can come as a surprise.

I don't care for them myself, though roasted chestnut purée mixed with rum, then topped with unsweetened whipped cream and maybe chocolate sauce is another matter entirely.

This treatment is variously credited as Hungarian, Italian and French; those who want to argue about it can sit over there, because sensible people who want to get on with eating it will be sitting over here...

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As for Aesculus conkers, the easiest way to explain them is to point you to this post.

Wearing schoolboy caps, oversized wellies or a severe short-back-and-sides haircut isn't compulsory, but might help. Or not.

#food and drink #roast chestnuts #conkers

[strawberryteabunny]

First day in Rome! I saw the Pantheon and Trevi fountain and met up with a couple girls from the Rome lolita comm for dinner ૮꒰ ྀི◜༝◝꒱ა (photo with Clara (IG pi_po_password))

Coord rundown:

OP: BTSSB Gingham Rose Ribbon

Headdress: AP

OTKs: Meta

Shoes: Cotton Candy Feet

#lolita fashion #egl fashion #old school lolita #classic lolita #baby the stars shine bright #BTSSB #mine #the OP is baby but the sleeves are AP… lmao #the OP was missing the detachable sleeves when I bought it so I used the ones from my AP blouse haha #it sucks when sellers have lost detachable parts but at least white sleeves are pretty interchangeable #the Trevi fountain was so beautiful!!! and the Pantheon!!! :O #I got roasted chestnuts too they’re so good omg #even better when you don’t have to do the work of roasting them yourself lol

[inkykeiji]

⋆₊꙳ ͙͛ ❆*̩̩͙‧͙ HAPPY FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS!!! ‧͙*̩̩͙❆ ͙͛ ˚₊⋆

#it’s nov 1st!!!!!!! #ITS CHRISTMAS TIME NOWWWWWW #HEHEHEHEHEHEHE #❄️☃️🎅🏻🧑🏻‍🎄🌨️🎄 #WOOOOOOOOOOOO #LETS START ROASTING THE CHESTNUTS #LETS START DECORATING THE HOUSE #LETS START BAKING COOOOOOKIES #i need to buy an ugly christmas sweater #seriously i want one so bad HAHAHA #have a good wednesday everyone!!! #we’re like;;; all sick over here LMAO #we’ve started calling our house ‘the covid house’ #also our furnace is still broken #the temps are in the minuses today #it’s a miserable time #clari chatters

[morethansalad]

Mini Butternut Squash Nut Roast Cups with Cranberry Sauce (Vegan & Gluten-Free)

#vegan #gluten free #appetizer #dinner #thanksgiving #christmas #nut roast #squash #butternut squash #quinoa #bulgur wheat #mushrooms #garlic #thyme #rosemary #chestnuts #dried cranberries #flax seeds #chia seeds #tamari #hazelnuts #oat flour #cranberry sauce #cranberries #orange #nutmeg #maple syrup #🧡 #❤

[sanguiniken]

devious little man............i cast ye from me thoughts.....BEGONE WENCH...................................................................................................................................................wait come back.....

#enver gortash #bg3 gortash #durgetash #i blame lwiann for my durgetash obsession #I bet he tastes like roasted chestnuts and tyranny...yum

[newyorkthegoldenage]

A roasted chestnut seller on Broadway, 1950.

Photo: Esther Bubley via Esther Bubley Archive

#vintage New York #1950s #Esther Bubley #Times Square #Broadway #street vendor #roasted chestnuts #neon lights #Edge of Doom #1950s fashion #night on the town

[wormtoxin]

made a pie for the uh, pie contest at work tomorrow

#sweet potato pie #with exxxxxtra ginger #and a little hint of black pepper #my partner made the pie crust #so credit goes to them #i had fun making the garnish #if you look reeeeeally closely #you’ll see a few spots where the pie got scraped by aluminum foil #and the garnish has broken apart in quite a few places as well #i’m gonna try to wake up early tomorrow to finish roasting some chestnuts as a topping #wish me luck!!

[anglerflsh]

woe pictures of my favourite part of town be upon ye

#[.txt] #the library here didn’t have any more books about witch hunts that I haven't bought already which was disappointing #but it looked so nice and they were selling roasted chestnuts still! So a win in the end

[randomreasonstolive]

Reason to Live #8918

  Roasted marshmallows.  – Guest Submission

(Please don't add negative comments to these posts.)

#sad #help #hope #reason to live #depressed #depression #empty #alone #mental illness #anxiety #trauma #guest submission #mental health #roasted chestnuts #marshmallow #marshmallows #tasty

[pianistbynight]

i wish i could snuggle up in a thick comforter with some creamy hot chocolate and a big soft and chewy cookie with nat king cole singing 🎶 chestnuts roasting on an open fire 🎶 and not feel so awful or stressed about everything 😭 even if everything is personally fine, my brain WILL find something to worry about 😣😣😣

#i should probably start meditating or smth sigh #(lol all the things i should probably do for my health are really really hard for me to do) #also yeah ik it's called the christmas song but chestnuts roasting on an open fire is my favorite line #i love chestnuts #especially when they're warm #it's so cozy #throwaway thoughts #cozy aesthetic #warm and cozy #cozy winter #winter aesthetic #christmas #anxiety #social anxiety #guilt