Ahhh yes, and here they are! The worst thing I tasted in Istanbul. Roasted chestnuts in all of their spongy, tasteless glory...
Maybe we just had some bad chestnuts?
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2 comments:
No; they are atrocious, even done well. Chestnuts baked into shortbread cookies, though? Worth it. Well, no, not worth baking yourself. Worth buying. Or befriending someone who doesn't mind 2 hours of skin-burning, nail-breaking agony to shell them.
(they are AKA Russian Tea Cakes)
Good to know!!
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