>P.S. I have been soaking chestnuts for 24 hours before eating
> them, but  o not really find them any different than when unsoaked. I
> was hoping they would be tastier, and that it would be a lot easier to
> peel off the shell, but no such luck. Any takes on this would be
> appreciated.

If you can get any of the hybrid (I think they are a cross of
the Chinese & American) chestnuts, these are great raw, tasty
with no bitterness & soft enough to be chewy.  I know they grow
fine in S. New England, with none of the blight problems of the
American.

--Doug Schwartz
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