Delicious Dinner

These photos were taken about an hour ago :-) As you can see, we had a great dinner - we roasted chestnuts!! Yummyyyy!!! I love chestnuts in any edible form: cooked, as paste, in cakes, etc. But nothing can quite compare to roasted ones. You see, it's not just about eating them. To me, roasting chestnuts is a ceremony. First, there's the cutting (you have to make a small cut into every single fruit, so that they don't "explode" during the process of roasting). Then comes the roasting. The beautiful sweet smell fills the kitchen (and other rooms, too, if you forget to close the kitchen door ;-) ). It must be done properly in a heavy iron pan - otherwise you can forget the sweet smell and get ready for the stink of burnt chestnuts, which, I guarantee you, is not pleasant to smell or easy to get rid of. Finally, the ceremony of peeling and eating. Every single nut has to be peeled by hand while still hot. Always do this with some old newspapers spread over the table, so that your table won't get all black and dirty. It's great if you do it with friends or family members while chatting or watching TV. A word of advice: eat each fruit immediately after peeling - cold ones are not nearly as tasty as hot ones! Well, I hope you had an evening as delicious as ours was!!

Till next time,

Yours truly