ember 29, 2020 9:16 PM
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Cc: Andrew Strasfogel
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: chestnuts
I wonder if those third-generation American Canadian chestnut regrowth are
old enough to bear fruits yet.
On Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 7:16 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
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I wonder if those third-generation American Canadian chestnut regrowth are
old enough to bear fruits yet.
On Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 7:16 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
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> Neat.
> Apparently there were once chestnuts on the farm in a section called the
> lower pasture whi
Neat.
Apparently there were once chestnuts on the farm in a section called the lower
pasture which, up until 2016 was grown up in poplar so much I thought it was a
ravine. Dad says he remembers playing on the huge stumps of the dead trees. I'd
love to be able to plant new ones.
Angie and I ate
I forget, did anybody mention this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO3Ro6yKiZc
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We had a basket to roast them in fireplace. Worked well.
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 9:41 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes <
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> Toaster oven works well too. Forgot to mention!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> > On Dec 21, 2020, at 9:23 PM, Andrew
From what I read, there are fewer than 100 apparently resistant trees
where chestnuts were once common, plus a few groves that were
transplanted outside the normal range of chestnut before the blight
(like a grove in Northern Michigan) that the blight never got to because
they were isolated fro
Toaster oven works well too. Forgot to mention!
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> On Dec 21, 2020, at 9:23 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I scored them on one side and roasted them for 25 minutes at 425. Removed
> from the oven and covered with a kitchen towel to steam. Turned out real
We got some to plant on the farm. Apparently they find chestnuts that are still
alive and propagate them. You can get seedlings for free as long as you promise
to provide chestnuts should any grow.
Ours died...
Curt
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On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 6:41 PM, Buggered
Chinese or European. American ones were supposed to taste better but be
smaller.
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I scored them on one side and roasted them for 25 minutes at 425. Removed
from the oven and covered with a kitchen towel to steam. Turned out really
well - sweet and mealy (in a good way). BTW, they were jumbo sized.
Chinese?
On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 8:42 PM Dwight Giles via Mercedes <
mercedes@
When I was at Penn State 40 years ago they had native chestnut trees they
were growing & had IV's hooked up. They did the same with the elms to beat
Dutch Elm disease. Forestry wasa major program there
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 6:41 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
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Ours was just like Dad's usual popcorn we had every Sunday night.
Cooked in a pan with a little Mazola, piled up in a big pan until there
was enough for everybody, then melted butter poured over it. Everybody
added popcorn salt to taste.
Popcorn salt was extra fine, and flew out of the shaker m
The second one is what we had, and he did it in our fireplace.
-D
> On Dec 21, 2020, at 7:30 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> wrote:
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> On 2020-12-21 18:22, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
>> We had one of those disc-shaped metal screen things to do this when I
>> was a kid. I suspect you could
On 2020-12-21 18:22, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
We had one of those disc-shaped metal screen things to do this when I
was a kid. I suspect you could have done popcorn in it as well, but I
only saw my Dad do chestnuts in it.
My dad did campfire popcorn.
https://www.amazon.com/Camp-Chef-Camps
We had one of those disc-shaped metal screen things to do this when I was a
kid. I suspect you could have done popcorn in it as well, but I only saw my Dad
do chestnuts in it.
-D
> On Dec 21, 2020, at 7:17 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Andrew is happy as a clam in ultra lib
When the first nut explodes, put on your safety glasses and gather up
the others?
Mitch.
On 2020-12-21 18:17, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote:
Andrew, if you have a wood burning fireplace, just place the chestnuts
on the hearth stone right in front of the fire. Works like a charm.
Andrew is happy as a clam in ultra liberal towns that prohibit everything.
Andrew, if you have a wood burning fireplace, just place the chestnuts on the
hearth stone right in front of the fire. Works like a charm.
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> On Dec 21, 2020, at 2:36 PM, OK Don via Mercedes
> wrote
There has been a breeding program for decades to restore them but some serious
scientific errors were made in the original work in the 1930s.
Chinese Chestnuts are good eating, bigger than the American ones, and smaller
growing. I've been known to collect them off the side of the road in the pa
I have a board of chestnut in my wood pile. I used a little piece once to make
something, it is very pretty wood.
I have read that there are trees making a comeback but don’t know much about
it. Apparently some were found that resisted the fungus and these have been
used to propagate more?
--
In Central PA there were houses with Chestnut woodwork. I have an antique
chestnut table, also a chestnut dresser that was in our family forever.
Dwight E. Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 5:23 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes <
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> Randy Bennell via Mercede
Randy Bennell via Mercedes writes:
> Despite its decimation as a lumber and nut-crop species, the American
> chestnut has not gone extinct. It is considered functionally extinct
> because the blight fungus does not kill the tree’s root system
> underground. The American chestnut has survived by s
The American chestnut tree (/Castanea dentata/) once dominated the
eastern half of the U.S. Because it could grow rapidly and attain huge
sizes, the tree was often the outstanding visual feature in both urban
and rural landscapes. The wood was used wherever strength and
rot-resistance was neede
On 21/12/2020 1:03 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
I have tried roasting chestnuts before with pretty miserable results. What
is the trick?
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I do.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 4:38 PM Peter Frederick via Mercedes <
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> Been a while, either 350 or 425 until they steam. If you don't mind
> cleaning up, they are done when they explode.
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Been a while, either 350 or 425 until they steam. If you don't mind cleaning
up, they are done when they explode.
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Roast at what temperature and for how long?
On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 2:36 PM OK Don via Mercedes
wrote:
> Are charcoal grills prohibited? If so, move.
>
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 1:10 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
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> > Open fires are strictly prohibited wh
Are charcoal grills prohibited? If so, move.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 1:10 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
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> Open fires are strictly prohibited where I live.
>
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 2:07 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
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> > O
Soak them a few minutes in clean water -- this will re-hydrate them a bit and
soften the shell.
Cut an X through the rough part of the shell, if you don't they explode. Very
messy.
I roast them in the oven until they steam, you wan them cooked all the way
through but not dry.
An acquired tas
I think the tarry flavor is part of the experience, all those
benzopyrenes...
--FT
On 12/21/20 2:17 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote:
Somehow apple, cherry, maple and hickory sound more appealing than
coal, if any smoke flavor is involved.
On 2020-12-21 13:06, Buggered Benzmail via Mercede
Somehow apple, cherry, maple and hickory sound more appealing than coal,
if any smoke flavor is involved.
On 2020-12-21 13:06, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote:
Open fire. In England guys are out on streets roasting them on a
coal-fired grill. I tried some once, did not really appeal to me.
Do they allow Jack Frost to nip at your door, or is that prohibited too?
--FT
On 12/21/20 2:09 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
Open fires are strictly prohibited where I live.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 2:07 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:
Open fire. In E
Open fires are strictly prohibited where I live.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 2:07 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Open fire. In England guys are out on streets roasting them on a
> coal-fired grill. I tried some once, did not really appeal to me.
>
> --FT
> Sent from
Open fire. In England guys are out on streets roasting them on a coal-fired
grill. I tried some once, did not really appeal to me.
--FT
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> On Dec 21, 2020, at 2:04 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I have tried roasting chestnuts before with pretty miserable re
I have tried roasting chestnuts before with pretty miserable results. What
is the trick?
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