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Roast Chestnuts

From Twentieth century home cook book, 1905

Serves 2

Peanuts may be roasted in the same way.

Presented as published in 1905. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from Twentieth century home cook book (1905) by Francis Carruthers, page 108. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ROAST CHESTNUTS. Peel the raw chestnuts and scald them, in order to remove the inner skin ; put them in a frying pan with a little butter and toss them about a few minutes ; add a little salt and the least sprinkle of cayenne

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