The chestnuts' texture is likely to turn gummy. Fire-roasted: For this method, it's best to use a chestnut roaster, a cagelike device with a long handle specially designed for use in the fireplace.

It looks like a nut from the outside, it's like a grain on the inside, and behaves like a fruit. What is it? It's a chestnut. This year's harvest of the only commercial crop in Tasmania has just ...