Vacuum Packed Chestnuts

[Vagus]

I had a packet of these last over from last Christmas so I opened them to see what they were like..
A bit of salt sprinkled over and I’ve eaten the lot, good job I have a newly bought pack to have with the sprouts this year.

[Theland]

You eat either alone or the far end of the table?

[-SharonA-]

Do you cook these??

[Theland]

Keep Vagus away from named flames!

[Theland]

Naked.

[Mamyalynne]

Ready to eat if you wish Sharon in a vac pack.

[Vagus]

Ready to eat and ready cooked. Far too tempting.

[alavahalf]

Did they have any tiny holes in them ?

[Theland]

Alava - remind me, there's a horror story!

[alavahalf]

The ones with holes have meat in them .. weevils

[Rosie29]

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[Rosie29]

I dont know how that happened !

[woofgang]

If you can get them, the frozen ones are the bees knees. They are peeled but still raw. lovely baked, fried, simmered in a sauce or stirred into stuffing, added to roasted veg and so on.

[Vagus]

I’ve never seen frozen ones but will look out for them.
These had no holes in them, yuk, didn’t know about weevils!
I do love chestnuts though and have had no ill effects from them ;)

[woofgang]

vagus they are in waitrose online

[-SharonA-]

I love a hot roasted chestnut. When I was working in the West End, I used to buy bags of them from the street vendors. Don't see them anymore.

[choux]

https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1950s/hot-chestnut-man/

Those were the days, Vagus.

I looked in Sainsbury's yesterday for the vacuum-packed ones -they had none:(

[Vagus]

Choux, that’s where I got mine from a couple of weeks ago. Maybe they’ll get some more in..

[choux]

I shall look again on Monday, Vagus. I live in the country and often notice that the major shops don't seem to deliver a full range here.