I would like to recommend the following recipes from other places, a rolling topic.
December 10th, 2008
I made a wonderful slow roast pork belly and roast pumpkin with chestnuts from the Ottolenghi Christmas recipes in the guardian and you should too.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/dec/06/christmas-recipes-mai...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/dec/06/side-dishes-christmas...
May 24th, 2009
#2
this mayo is great, if tiring for one's arm -
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Homemade-Mayonnaise-241868
a food processor would work too i guess. i used rice bran oil because it was the only neutral oil i had in the house.

CHESTNUTS