Getting chestnuts through the year

413x · 31 Jan 2023 at 19:53

Made a really nice stew over Christmas with chestnuts. But struggling to find anything but overpriced small packs. Ideally get a decent amount from somewhere.

Anywhere around where you can get such things? Never really got food from anywhere but supermarkets before

Hodders · 9 Feb 2023 at 07:37

Don't buy Chinese chestnuts even if available they are awful. Italian or French are so so much nicer!

Love a chestnut me.

Haze · 9 Feb 2023 at 09:49

Did you try Google?

Rotty · 9 Feb 2023 at 21:32

Hodders said:
Don't buy Chinese chestnuts even if available they are awful

Interesting, I was in Chinatown in Bangkok last week and there were chestnut sellers everywhere, didn't try any though

gingergundog · 10 Feb 2023 at 00:56

Hodders · 10 Feb 2023 at 01:19

Rotty said:
Interesting, I was in Chinatown in Bangkok last week and there were chestnut sellers everywhere, didn't try any though

No problem with who is cooking them :-)

Just that over the last few years every single Chineese chestnut has had a mealy texture and a musty taste. Unlike the smooth, buttery, just slightly sweet of savoury of Italian/French.

Having said that, I'm sure it's the sub-species of tree and the climate that matters. We had a sweet chestnut tree when I grew up and on a good year they were fab.