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jamanda
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 28, 13 4:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Lorrainelovesplants wrote:
I hauled a kilo on Wednesday but dont know what to do with them. I thought something like making stuffing for Christmas but can I freeze this?


I boiled, peeled and froze in anticipation of making stuffing for Christmas.

Woo



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 28, 13 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

i have roasted peeled and frozen them before. they went well in pies etc. the texture was still the same but small bits rather than whole ones (mostly down to my peeling )
my kids keep popping into the woods to collect them. i have so many i cant keep up! i may stick some in the wood burner now!

Nick



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 28, 13 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Lorrainelovesplants wrote:
I hauled a kilo on Wednesday but dont know what to do with them. I thought something like making stuffing for Christmas but can I freeze this?


Yep, for sure. Yell lose dome texture, but not much else.

sean
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 28, 13 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Nick wrote:


Yell lose dome texture.


Words fail me. And you apparently.

Nick



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 28, 13 7:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Wow. Yeah.

You will lose some texture.

iPad keyboard is being insensitive.

Lorrainelovesplants



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 29, 13 8:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

How long to boil for?

Finsky



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 29, 13 8:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I use lot of mine in savoury dishes...just peeling them and chopping bit smaller and chucking in for last couple of minutes of cooking time.
They are quite like having some cashew nuts in Chinese food

sean
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 29, 13 11:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Lorrainelovesplants wrote:
How long to boil for?


Depends a bit how big they are. Simmer them for about 20 mins then try one.

Went



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 29, 13 3:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I quite like them fresh, peeled and raw, or roasted.

Luath



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 29, 13 8:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

If cooked and pureed, they can be frozen like that too. Sweetened on thawing, they make a good chocolate and chestnut cake. They do keep for quite a while as they are, in a cool, dark place.

Lorrainelovesplants



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 30, 13 10:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Yuk....

full of maggots.
Yuk yuk yuk.
All now in bin!

Mafro



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 13 11:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I've been making flour with mine. Processed about 6lb so far, and should store for a good few months. Not that I can see it lasting that long.

DorsetScott



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 13 11:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

How do you do your flour Mafro? I've seen 2 methods and figured I'd experiment with both.
One involved leaving them a few weeks, and then grinding it up.
The other involved boiling, grating and then drying the grated stuff in the oven.

Mafro



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 04, 13 1:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Oven baked like I would for eating. Then shelled and dried. After dried they have the inner skin pealed off before being broken into smaller pieces and put through the grain mill.

I shall put a blog up later about it in more detail and post the link

DorsetScott



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 04, 13 8:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Cheers. Look forward to reading it

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