Hot chestnuts /in london ,,,,,

THIS TAKES ME BACK AS A KID AROUND XMAS TIME ;COOKING CHESTNUTS IN THE STREET ON A BURNER '' OLD TRADITION BUT MARKETS ARE STILL DOING THEM 'THEY TASTE mmm; and smell good -plus keep the hands warm ....have u had any ....

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You've taken me back there Toffee - I remember it well too and Sasperella - Loverly

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I like hot chestnuts Toffee,love the aroma of them ,when I used to go to a xmas fayre locally there would be coated hot pecan nuts too and those were delicious too

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Same here Patsy. Gosh, that seems another lifetime ago now.

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Used to go up to London as a kid to see the big shops and the lights.. There was a man at the end of the strand who sold hot chestnuts.
We used to buy a little packet in a newspaper cone and they kept our hands warm while we waited for the bus home.

I still cook them at home and I know that they are very common in German Christmas markets.

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Hot chestnuts are very popular here too, they are sold on almost all the markets.

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and now you have other assorted nuts hot now yummmm ....peanuts are mm
and pistachio -if u have a open fire put them on a small shovel ...

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I remember them at things like the Nottingham Goose Fair and recently at the Victorian Christmas markets which are held in Worcestershire .

I cook chestnuts at home every winter, I cook them in the microwave these days, pierce/put in a dish/cook for a few seconds.

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Hot chestnuts are on my most hated list along with the sprouts agghhhh.

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They have a lovely distinctive aroma but I do remember when roasting them if you were not careful , they would explode and I do mean explode. Quite scary but made you laugh once you had recovered from the fright.

All part of the wintery crimbo scene