{"id":471,"date":"2010-05-27T16:29:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T06:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/?page_id=471"},"modified":"2010-05-27T16:29:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T06:29:00","slug":"boiled-chestnuts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/?page_id=471","title":{"rendered":"boiled chestnuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is a belly lab recipe by sister Tess (actually one of my favourite snacks &#8211; my mother always has some ready if I visit during chestnut season&#8230;what a good mum)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>BOILED CHESTNUTS:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>choose fat, shiny chestnuts, with skin that feels tight and full,  make a small cut on each so they don\u2019t explode<\/p>\n<p>boil gently in plenty of water with a few few fennel fronds or a good pinch  of fennel seed, and a pinch of salt, until the inside is soft<\/p>\n<p>cut one open to check<\/p>\n<p>eat warm or cold after peeling off both the outer and the inner skin,  they keep for 2-3 days in their skins<br \/>\nor peel and use in various recipes (labour of love)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_445\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/mchesty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-445\" class=\"size-full wp-image-445\" title=\"mchesty\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/mchesty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/mchesty.jpg 208w, http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/mchesty-147x150.jpg 147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Australia&#39;s groovy chestnut mascot : Mr Chesty!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a belly lab recipe by sister Tess (actually one of my favourite snacks &#8211; my mother always has some ready if I visit during chestnut season&#8230;what a good mum) BOILED CHESTNUTS: choose fat, shiny chestnuts, with skin that feels tight and full, make a small cut on each so they don\u2019t explode boil [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":147,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-471","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":472,"href":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/471\/revisions\/472"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}