"brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:20:48 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> wrote:
>
>>"MtnTraveler" > wrote in message
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>>>A friend with several chestnut trees gave us 10 kilo of chestnuts.
>>>Wonderful! I love chestnuts. Terrible! For many of the dishes we have to
>>>peel the chestnuts first.
>>>
>>> Last year I purchased a chestnut peeler in Shanghai. This may well be an
>>> insidious device designed to destroy the Western world... person by
>>> person. A very clever kitchen/torture tool, it looks similar to pliers,
>>> with one side having a razor edge and the other having gripper teeth.
>>> One
>>> only needs to snip around the chestnut to easily remove the shell. And
>>> remove bits of finger at the same time.
>>(snippage)
>>> I now have a nice bowl full of shelled chestnuts ready for Sunday dinner
>>> dishes, and sticking plasters on four of my fingers! I think it is time
>>> to
>>> invest in Kevlar gloves.
>>>
>>
>>I was always given to understand chestnuts should have an X cut in the
>>base
>>(with a sharp knife but not some thing designed to peel them while raw).
>>Then you boil them (briefly) or bake them (again, briefly) to soften the
>>shell so it can be peeled away by hand. I'm glad you had a nice bowl of
>>chestnuts, but you could have spared your fingers.
>>
>>Jill
>
>
> I think the OP is speaking of removing the thick tough husk that one
> rarely sees when shopping for chestnuts... check out the image at the
> Home Page:
> http://www.chestnutsonline.com/



Didn't sound like that to me. I saw no mention of a prickly outer husk to
get to the tough nut shell inside. I could be wrong. <shrugs>

Jill