2006-11-28 22:50:22 · 12 answers · asked by py 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
If you mean a sweet chestnut - remove the green part if still present (stamping works). Prick the brown shell with a sharp knife and boil for 5 minutes (also cooks them). Cool slightly (but not too much or it won't work), and peel off the brown shell. Make sure you get the inner membrane off too, this is bitter and will leave a nasty taste. Alternatively, roast in a chestnut roaster (like a frying pan with holes in the bottom) over an open fire, mmm.
2006-11-29 03:37:19 · answer #1 · answered by columbine75 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How To Crack A Chestnut
2017-01-11 14:07:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chestnuts do not need to be cracked simply use a sharp knife to slit the outer casing before cooking (to avoid the nut exploding) then shell whilst still warm.
2006-11-28 22:53:56 · answer #3 · answered by StatIdiot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hit it with a hammer. That's the way I'd crack walnuts when I was a kid when I picked them up from under our walnut tree. It's fun!
2006-11-29 00:47:51 · answer #4 · answered by chefgrille 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use one of them things that you can open chestnuts with or throw it at your mates head. it isnt the easiest but its the funnest!!
2006-11-28 22:51:36 · answer #5 · answered by vikki b 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I heard that putting them on an open fire helps.
2006-11-28 22:53:39 · answer #6 · answered by morningstar 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
With a great big hammer!
2006-11-28 22:51:21 · answer #7 · answered by scragette2000 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
what you talking about
they've not got a hard shell
2006-11-28 22:52:26 · answer #8 · answered by mannit m 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
jump up and down frantically on it
2006-11-28 22:52:15 · answer #9 · answered by Keira 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
drive over it with a hummer h2
2006-11-28 22:52:10 · answer #10 · answered by sonoftazont 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋