Today I am trying my hand at roasting chestnuts! The soup calls for 1# of chestnuts roasted with garlic. I have to peel the shell off while they're still hot so I won't be liking that. Then there's onion, carrot, celery, bay leaves, s&p and a pinch of nutmeg.

It will come down to whether we like chestnuts or not because the rest is yummy.

We had roasted chestnuts from a street vendor in Leavenworth, WA, a "Bavarian" tourist town, and we did NOT like them. But, since we've liked most everything else we've tried in this cookbook, I had to try it, right?

There are at least 2 more recipes I bo't the stuff for that I need to make so I was right that my "one week's shopping" would last a few more days!

Fajitas sound so good right now. I might have to do those for dinner. I think I have frozen strips of bell peppers and onions already.

I think the Asian Grocery sells pre-peeled chestnuts in a package. If you find you love them, it might be worth researching : )

Is this still your Vegan Lunchbox book?

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Yep - still the Vegan Lunchbox book! I roasted them and as I peeled them I found they were nearly all moldy. I googled "moldy chestnuts" and found this:
http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questi ... tnuts-keep

Der! I had NO idea. I did taste one that was in good shape tho' and I'm wondering why we didn't like them? They're GOOD! Pre-peeled chestnuts? To go with my pre-peeled garlic! That would certainly make this soup less time-consuming.

Yeah, I've gotten moldy chestnuts before, too! I think they're delicate, and grocers often store them incorrectly - much like avocados

Glad you like them! I used to love the roasted ones as a teen - haven't had them properly made for years now, tho.

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Actually, I think maybe they were NOT stored correctly. They were not refrigerated, just in a bin.