Comments on: What’s Cooking Wednesday: Roasted Chestnuts

By: BellaG.

BellaG. — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:36:47 +0000

Roasted chestnuts, i call them castagne (italian), are one of my all time favourite foods!
Im half Italian and father and Nonna gave them to me all the time in winter when i was a kid.
I still love them to this day. At Nonna’s and my Zia’s house, they cook them in a pan on the oven top. At home though, dad cooks them on the bbq. I personally dont mind which way theyre done, although i really do hate it when you get a batch of bad chestnuts, or they’ve been burnt.
They’re apparently one of the lowest calorie nuts, too!
My dad always says, if you’re going to eat castagne, have a glass of lemonade (he thinks lemonade is the BEST drink to have roasted chestnuts with), because your mouth dries out a bit after a few of them ^^ .
OR maybe our “few” is a tad bit too many .

Here we enjoy them with red wine…like most things

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:37:06 +0000

I too just tried roasted chestnuts for the first time at Thanksgiving. I am totally addicted to them now.
If you haven’t tried them you should set aside some time this Christmas and fire up a batch.
And you don’t need snow and a roaring fire to enjoy them.
After Thanksgiving dinner, my friends and I enjoyed them with a nice glass of wine sitting on the beach
at sunset.

*Excellent* advice Robert! And it’s never too late in life to try them either! YUM!

By: sognatrice

sognatrice — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:45:00 +0000

Tui, glad you’ve discovered the magic that is a chestnut

By: mental mosaic

mental mosaic — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:41:00 +0000

How funny! I just posted about chestnuts, too. I had them for the first time a couple of days ago, and wowee-zowee, they are good!

I like the idea of drizzling a little oil on them, too. Next time!

By: sognatrice

sognatrice — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:12:00 +0000

*Jeni, I hope you get some chestnuts soon–they’re also great for a lazy evening snack

*Kelly, you must get some! Thanks for stopping by and commenting

*Minnie, just be sure not to burn your hands!

*Jen, the smell of chestnuts roasting is truly one of my favorites

By: Jen of A2eatwrite

Jen of A2eatwrite — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:33:00 +0000

I love the smell of roasting chestnuts. It brings me back to cold winter days walking along in New York.

By: Minnie

Minnie — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:10:00 +0000

Oh, that’s my most favorite part of the holidays. I can’t wait until next Thursday when I’ll be eating more than my fair share of them.

By: Kelly Mahoney

Kelly Mahoney — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:04:00 +0000

I haven’t had roasted chestnuts in ages! Brings me back …

By: The Passionate Palate

The Passionate Palate — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:28:00 +0000

I have to agree with roam2roam – I could eat a sack of them just like that! The fire is a great idea…thanks!

By: sognatrice

sognatrice — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:18:00 +0000

Lisa, ooh, let me know what happens!