I adore chestnuts, when I was a child in '50 & '60s we used to roast them on the front of the coal fire, balancing them was an art, too far in they were lost or burnt. I once had them as a dessert, Marron Glacé, at the Goring In London, like eating sweet velvet. But now they are dry, tasteless and sometimes rotten. I know my palette is blunted by age but when one considers how far they had to travel all those years ago, how transport is speedier now surely their condition should be as good as I remember them ?
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Oh, not old jokes then 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=__kQ1PCP6B0
(Couldn't resist!)
Thanks Deedaa, will look.
Very droll DaphneBroon
I have always loved chestnuts but have practically given up on the 'fresh' ones now. I recently bought some chestnuts and out of a whole net there were only three of them which had no rotten bits in. It has put me right off them. I needed some for a recipe so had to resort to some peeled and cooked and sold in a 'gourmet' labelled plastic bag at an exorbitant price. It will be quite a while before I bother again - if ever!
Daphne
It's been a pretty good year for wild chestnuts - we have found some pretty big ones on our walks and have usually managed a pocketful, but I tried roasting them in the oven and they were not particularly successful - you had to eat them with a spoon, but they were quite delicious! I haven't bought any imported ones for ages, though I was tempted to get some from the hot chestnut man in town the other day!
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