In my looking around for a chestnut cutter and chestnut knife I came across
a chestnut roaster for $25. This is nothing more than a pottery (called
superstone) bowl with a lid. What advantages are there to using a roaster
versus roasting them in the oven some other way? Picture can be found he
http://www.eatgourmet.com/supchesroas.html

Don <donwiss at panix.com>.

I've been roasting chesnuts the past three days - just for treats for the
family. I slash them, put them on a pan in the oven at 450 for about 20
minutes. I'll be darned if I can figure out the purpose of this container
except maybe some people don't want them to dry out as much. But of course,
I thought roasting meant not having a cover on it.

Perhaps it's the same idea as baking bread in a covered cloche - is that
the word? - whatever that does for bread, I've not figured out.

my best,
Dee




"Don Wiss" > wrote in message
...
> In my looking around for a chestnut cutter and chestnut knife I came
across
> a chestnut roaster for $25. This is nothing more than a pottery (called
> superstone) bowl with a lid. What advantages are there to using a roaster
> versus roasting them in the oven some other way? Picture can be found
he
> http://www.eatgourmet.com/supchesroas.html
>
> Don <donwiss at panix.com>.

On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Dee Randall > wrote:

> Don Wiss wrote in message
>> In my looking around for a chestnut cutter and chestnut knife I came across
>> a chestnut roaster for $25. This is nothing more than a pottery (called
>> superstone) bowl with a lid. What advantages are there to using a roaster
>> versus roasting them in the oven some other way? Picture can be found he
>> http://www.eatgourmet.com/supchesroas.html

>I've been roasting chesnuts the past three days - just for treats for the
>family. I slash them, put them on a pan in the oven at 450 for about 20
>minutes. I'll be darned if I can figure out the purpose of this container
>except maybe some people don't want them to dry out as much. But of course,
>I thought roasting meant not having a cover on it.

The same item appears on several pages. I wrote to one of them. His reply:
"The earthenware roasters are a perfect vessel for the chestnuts in an
oven or even a microwave. The roaster tends to hold moisture in the
chestnuts better than the open oven."

But then any covered pan would do.

Don <donwiss at panix.com>.