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Chestnuts

  • 06-10-2003 12:30pm
    #1
    pastis
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    Are Phoenix Park chestnuts edible?

    Picked about 12kgs of them yesterday, put a few of them in the oven as an experiment and they were very very bitter.


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  • #2
    Beëlzebooze
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    lol sounds like horse chestnuts to me

    http://www.extension.umn.edu/projects/yardandgarden/ygbriefs/h401chestnuts.html


  • #3
    marrakesh
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    what park has edible chestnuts in it around dublin area?


  • #4
    pastis
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    Thanks for that, Beëlzebooze.

    Anyone wants a couple of kilos of them?

    These 2 guys were also picking them up to make some game with them involving a shoelace. Wise guys.


  • #5
    carbsy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,083 ✭✭✭carbsy


    Originally posted by pastis

    These 2 guys were also picking them up to make some game with them involving a shoelace. Wise guys.

    Some game? lol ;)

    Didn't you play konkers as a kid?

    Ah... those were the days!


  • #6
    Beëlzebooze
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    pickle them in vinegar first to make them hard as rocks!!


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  • #7
    The Sweeper
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    Edible chestuts come in seriously prickly pale green cases, that look almost furry they're so prickly.

    Inedible chestnust come in smooth green cases with occasional spikes - they look sort of like mines.

    Best bet - if you're desperate for them, buy some at the grocer...


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