Recipe - Chestnut Dressing (Homestyle)

Boiling water
1 One half pound French chestnuts
1/3 cup Butter
Salt and pepper
1 cup Dry bread crumbs
One half cup Milk, scalded

Pour boiling water over chestnuts and let stand 5 minutes; remove skin with
fingers and a knife. Cook nuts about One half hour in boiling salted water.
Drain, mash and add butter and seasonings. Pour milk over crumbs and add to
nut mixture. Mix well, stuff bird. Many of the recipes in this collection
did not contain amounts or oven temperatures. I have typed them in as they
appear in the book, typos and all.

Depression Era Recipes Patricia R. Wagner ISBN 0934860556

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