korea chestnuts 20211214

 

korea chestnuts 

@20211214

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web info: 

#1 wedmd.com 

https://www.webmd.com/diet/health-benefits-chestnuts

(abt the raw chestnuts edibility) 

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as in memory 

hv tried these korea chestnuts long ago

yet the memory is blurred 

btw never hv recorded it 

this time.. try them out again

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taste test result is.. most of them quite rotten

n juz no fresh 

though most flesh is still gd starchy sweet

n yet need much effort to bite away browning rot

half rot half edible.. no gd munching time..

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prep 5 bags of chestnuts 

each weighted 500g 

hv already chosen the latest packed batch 

n yet still no so fresh 

some of the nuts hv grown moldy inside bag

still.. expected most to be gd fresh enough

trivia... 

a bag picked almost a week earlier 

store at kitchen.. n some nuts hv sprouted greatly 

never hv these.. coz unsure if sprouted is edible..

anyways.. got some latter picked batch.. older ones juz a lesson on storage method

rinsing the chestnuts 

even though it's a newer fresher batch.. still got some started sprouting ones 

got two pieces picked out

wif a hole on shell

likely some bugs gone into?

after rinsing 4 bags.. already too late.. 

will not hv time to munch on 5 bags anyways 

juz start cooking

count after last piece dumped in.. set 25 mins

n btw the first half into pot hv already on low heat for a while

after 25 mins 

hv one random piece to check its doneness 

break it open by the cut 

looks soft starchy enough 

bite into 

juz starchy like the other chestnuts 

taste of a classic chestnut sweetness 

it's ok for the flesh at centre 

n yet harden browning rot flesh at shell

n that's quite a thick layer

btw.. flesh juz stuck onto the skin at shell

almost all of the them the flesh is stuck to the skin beneath shell

though wif a cut that's deep enough 

only the hard shell is ok easy open up 

but the softer skin is hard to peel off clean

one of the rare case...

got some part of the skin able to peel off clean

n can hv less wasted flesh

got one rot chestnut 

taste fermenting sour 

texture somehow still a bit starchy 

n yet like most rotten veg.. getting soggy mushy.. juz not a firm starchy one.. 

so far

the best fresh sweet chestnut 

flesh looks gd bright yellow 

n without any browning

gd moist sweetness 

n not dry or mushy 

however.. still some harden sticky bites at skin

got another rot piece

it's a big black rot in the middle of the nut 

wonder where it started to develop? 

the other half of the flesh.. n which is in light yellow colour.. is still starchy gd edible 

another rot piece 

now that I know browning n hardened flesh means rotting... 

chestnuts comes in three different shapes 

from left to right: both sides flat, one side flat one side round, both sides round 

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taste n texture I dun think there's difference 

but likely round nuts will be more fleshy 

         

some pieces got two separate cloves of flesh

separated by the soft skin 

is it called a twin?

so late 

left a few pieces 

no time n too late if to finish all

btw ok full already