On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:23:21 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:
>"brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:20:48 -0400, "jmcquown" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>"MtnTraveler" > wrote in message
.com...
>>>>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/
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>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
Folks who are unfamiliar with how chestnuts grow wouldn't know... but
you can blame our resident MusTURD Maven, who with all his verbosity
expresses himself with the clarity of the two year old... he refers to
removing the "shell" when in fact that tool is used to remove the
*husk*... what an imbecile he once again proves himself to be... who
gives a rat's B-hind that the disingenuous dangerous dingbat ended up
with lacerations.