They make so many dishes sooo much better but for some reason people ignore them. Well maybe it's partly because they're kinda expensive :(
uncouth. at least call them chesticles, if you must be vulgar
I've always eaten them straight or in squash bakes and turly stuffing (sans turkey). What do you put them in?
There's lots of stuff you can put them in. Rice, various sauces, turkey, turkey stuffing, stew, pork... Or you can just eat them on their own. That's how I used to eat them, they're popular during the winter in Greece but people don't usually put them in food. Then I went to some little tavern in some mountain and they had wild boar with chestnuts and I was like holy shit this is amazing.
Oh, you can put them in mushroom stew, or pumpkin soup, chestnut veloute, rice with vegetables, all sorts of stuff. Chestnuts have a somewhat sweet, caramel-y flavour that still feels kind of earthy in a sense. So you can put them in many kinds of soups and stews if you feel like the flavour fits. Generally I wouldn't try putting chestnuts in something with a very eatery consistency, or legume based stuff. The only legume I can think of that maybe could go together with chestnuts is maybe chickpeas? Or giant baked beans? Perhaps, I haven't tried any of that stuff. I'd say get a few chestnuts and try them out to see what their flavour is like and then decide what you could put them in. They'd probably be nice in ramen too.
Also don't try to eat them without boiling them or roasting them at all. It's not bad for you or whatever, it just doesn't taste good. Also barbecuing them or putting them in a fireplace or whatever is fun because they often blow up.
But they're chestnuts not almonds! Chestnuts are cool and nice and I don't know anything about them being bad for the environment so I'm gonna pretend they're good because otherwise I will feel bad :(
Both almonds and chestnuts are certainly better than meat, so I wouldn't sweat it
Yeah that's true. I'm planning to not cook any meat when I eventually start living on my own finally. Right now it's not really an option because it's not just my call. I don't think I will give up meat entirely because souvlaki is a life saver when you're on the go but I don't have to eat meat at home when I can just eat something better.
