A true gem of nature, roasted over an open fire or fresh as is, once the pith is removed, used to have hot chestnut venders on street corners in London in the 60's/70's, atb, Paul.
Lovely Mike, Great channel aside yours and Graemes Fishing one which is of course my favourite. Great work as always from my go to days off channels to live and learn a better life. Love Ya Both, Steve in Fife.
Great video, I have never seen chestnuts going through simmer then roasting. My family has always split them and then laid them on the grill tray and grilling them till the get nice and toasty and dark almost scorched skins, then when scorched they are wrapped in a slightly damp clean cotton tea towel then eaten after 10or so minutes.....accompanied by a glass of red wine ....anyhow really enjoyed your video and your puppy is adorable 🐶🤗🤗🤗🤗
They taste really good with salt and pepper tossed with butter, Great video its making me wanna go down to my local park with a bucket before the season is truly over for this year.
I have eaten many sweet chestnuts myself. This is a great video for newcommers to foraging, as the chestnut is an edible and an easy identifiable tree. You make this show the best it could be, and you're integrating a lot of passion and love in it, and it shows in the great quality! Also, the music is well chosen. Keep up the great work, and thanks! :)
Here in the states we sight out chestnut trees by their flowers. Pretty recognizable to see a medium height tree covered in long, whitish-yellow blossoms.
Nice one bro our town has many trees and the way I have seen them gathered is by rolling the sole of the shoe across them till they open. Never tried them as did not know what to do with them, now I know from this vid so thanks for that. atb
hi, I stumbled across your channel by your bushcraft camp series. You probably have had these comments before many times but I really think that that series stands out to me that much that i would love to see more videos like that! thank you
I've never cooked sweet chestnuts before eating them. I grew up in Southampton and every year we went out hunting for these nuts. To be honest I can't stand the taste of them once they're cooked. Also, you are the first person that I've ever seen boil the nuts first before roasting them. I guess people like them in different ways. Take care.
Good options for a Jack Russell. Train the dog for smelling out wild nut trees and their nuts - chestnuts, walnuts, .... Great options for smelling out SAFE chanterelles, truffles, true morels, boletes, chicken of the woods, hen of the woods (maitake), turkey tails, reishi, chaga, .... A dog with 200x more sniff-ability than humans, smelling of the mature SAFE mushroom will be able to differentiate between SAFE and non-desired species - especially if they are given mushrooms and meat gravy to eat.
Just take him out on a nut or shroom hunting trip. Find the desired product, let him sniff, "good boy, yes, nut! nut! mushroom! mushroom! Tease him to grab it." If you have a hyper Jack (most are ...) I have suggested to others in making a bungee cord and dog harness. Exercise the dog down to "normal" levels. Put in man cave or garage from the ceiling. Have the height so that the dog barely touches the carpet/concrete with four feet. Enough swing on the bungee for the dog to jump, bounce around, and do Super Dog flying on the bungee. If your dog bounces off the walls and couch/chairs in the house, they will love this. And if you play spin the dog for a true Super Dog flying event, that Jack will absolutely love it. Play keep away (or get the ball), and the dog runs and bounces against the bungee. Same option for a backyard tree limb bungee set up.
has you said ...you can make flour of hit too...put it into bowling water a make sort of bread very nutrient... slice it and cook it again. in my country they call it "bread tree" www.visit-corsica.com/en/Our-favorites/Recipes/Chestnut-flour-Pulenta.
I love chestnuts. One of my favorite things about winter.
Me too!
A true gem of nature, roasted over an open fire or fresh as is, once the pith is removed, used to have hot chestnut venders on street corners in London in the 60's/70's, atb, Paul.
Neanderthal62 Outdoors thanks Paul, as you say, they really are a gem of nature!
Lovely Mike,
Great channel aside yours and Graemes Fishing one which is of course my favourite.
Great work as always from my go to days off channels to live and learn a better life.
Love Ya Both,
Steve in Fife.
Great video, I have never seen chestnuts going through simmer then roasting. My family has always split them and then laid them on the grill tray and grilling them till the get nice and toasty and dark almost scorched skins, then when scorched they are wrapped in a slightly damp clean cotton tea towel then eaten after 10or so minutes.....accompanied by a glass of red wine ....anyhow really enjoyed your video and your puppy is adorable 🐶🤗🤗🤗🤗
Very nice. Made me hungry just watching the video.
They taste really good with salt and pepper tossed with butter, Great video its making me wanna go down to my local park with a bucket before the season is truly over for this year.
cracking video mike people can learn a lot from your videos
Shane Wickham thanks Shane
Thanx 4 the video. God bless.
Glad you've got back out and done another one of these videos . Ive never liked them roasted , always raw for me 👍
i just roast em without boiling first. used a large garlic press last time to puree them without having to peel them first, worked a treat :)
I have eaten many sweet chestnuts myself. This is a great video for newcommers to foraging, as the chestnut is an edible and an easy identifiable tree. You make this show the best it could be, and you're integrating a lot of passion and love in it, and it shows in the great quality! Also, the music is well chosen. Keep up the great work, and thanks!
:)
Here in the states we sight out chestnut trees by their flowers. Pretty recognizable to see a medium height tree covered in long, whitish-yellow blossoms.
really like videos like this
love sweet chestnuts ill be attempting to get some at the weekend hopefully :) and great video nice and clear as always , keep up the great work!
Thanks Eddie
Great nut, and Great dog breed also
Jacks is so cute. Great vid. I wish we had chestnuts here,
Nice one bro our town has many trees and the way I have seen them gathered is by rolling the sole of the shoe across them till they open. Never tried them as did not know what to do with them, now I know from this vid so thanks for that. atb
hi, I stumbled across your channel by your bushcraft camp series. You probably have had these comments before many times
but I really think that that series stands out to me that much that i would love to see more videos like that! thank you
You need to build an area in your bushcraft camp for your new dog!
Good video
Double checked and indeed, the Latin word "sativa" means "sown." Thanks for that information! Had been using the word for years without knowing that.
I've never cooked sweet chestnuts before eating them. I grew up in Southampton and every year we went out hunting for these nuts. To be honest I can't stand the taste of them once they're cooked. Also, you are the first person that I've ever seen boil the nuts first before roasting them. I guess people like them in different ways. Take care.
In archaeology the man made cup marks on rocks are called cupules
We just put them on a shovel straight over the fire. They go black and crack easy, the smell is amazing.
Yeh can't beat them cooked over an open fire! I couldn't in this video because the dog is still so young and can't be out for too long
I like to cook the chestnuts on the fire in the woods. Using a perforated pan.
Yep a great way to do it, but with the dog still being a puppy I needed to get him home
Good options for a Jack Russell. Train the dog for smelling out wild nut trees and their nuts - chestnuts, walnuts, .... Great options for smelling out SAFE chanterelles, truffles, true morels, boletes, chicken of the woods, hen of the woods (maitake), turkey tails, reishi, chaga, .... A dog with 200x more sniff-ability than humans, smelling of the mature SAFE mushroom will be able to differentiate between SAFE and non-desired species - especially if they are given mushrooms and meat gravy to eat.
Not sure how I would go about even starting to train him to sniff out that kind of detail! At the moment he just sniffs and chews non stop!
Just take him out on a nut or shroom hunting trip. Find the desired product, let him sniff, "good boy, yes, nut! nut! mushroom! mushroom! Tease him to grab it."
If you have a hyper Jack (most are ...) I have suggested to others in making a bungee cord and dog harness. Exercise the dog down to "normal" levels. Put in man cave or garage from the ceiling. Have the height so that the dog barely touches the carpet/concrete with four feet. Enough swing on the bungee for the dog to jump, bounce around, and do Super Dog flying on the bungee. If your dog bounces off the walls and couch/chairs in the house, they will love this. And if you play spin the dog for a true Super Dog flying event, that Jack will absolutely love it. Play keep away (or get the ball), and the dog runs and bounces against the bungee. Same option for a backyard tree limb bungee set up.
never tried them but i want one now ;]
Love Jax!
lease do not confuse Horse Chestnuts with Sweet Chestnuts as they are poisonous.
horse chestnuts are conkers aren't they??
Chrissie Davey yeah.
AWESOME! U just know everything don't u
Man the smell of chestnuts makes me want to chunder
i only know of the canabis sativa 😉
I always find them best roasted on a open fire.
UK BEACH FISHING yeah also you can't beat meat cooked on coals
so the ones with the brown shells are the ones that have the ripe nut inside?
has you said ...you can make flour of hit too...put it into bowling water a make sort of bread very nutrient... slice it and cook it again. in my country they call it "bread tree"
www.visit-corsica.com/en/Our-favorites/Recipes/Chestnut-flour-Pulenta.
We basically fried chestnuts with sugar here.
for the lazy, the "hairy" part can be eaten without a problem
But not in the U.S. Honestly the thing I miss most in the Fall since moving back to the States.
Is there anything else you could forage for?
what is the knife you are using?
It's a TBS Boar with Turkish Walnut handle
Can you eat them raw?
you can
try them on a wood fire much better
Imagine cooking these, forgetting to split it and they start blowing up in your oven? lmao. And when is the next bush craft camp :((((
Devon Mahon still taste good
You didn't share any with your dog! hehe...
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