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Sitting quietly in my abode when I heard a very loud bang!!! gunfire I thought - then quiet. A few minutes later - bang!! and then another one - what's going on I wondered, so I dragged myself out of my chair to investigate - then I remembered - I had put a dish full of chestnuts in the oven to roast and forget about them - they were exploding - even when I took them out of the oven they carried on exploding so I had to cover them with a tea towel!!

My oven and kitchen have the appearance of having been in a snowstorm!!! :-S

whoohoo..hot nuts ;-) *falls off commode*

Oh my word Ann,I bet that scared the living daylights out of you.
Hope your ok.
I heard a big bang earlier on too.
The fencing in the front garden,had been blown right over,and all the slats were flying around.
Poor hubby went out,in the pouring rain,trying to make it more secure in case any of the wood went flying into the road.
Its been pouring down all day.
Did you manage to save any of your chestnuts???? ;-) ;-)

managed to save some - most are on the walls and ceiling!!! sort of pebble dash :-D

Oh Ann, what a shame. The noise must have scared you, it would have done me.

Lizx

So you now have walnuts?

:-)

AnnCardiff - I had a similar experience a few years ago when I put some eggs on to boil and forgot I had done so :-D

difficult getting the egg off the ceiling innit?!! ;-)

glad I'm not the only plonker :-D :-D

Adds new meaning to the phrase "can't even boil an egg" :-D

That happened to me once Ann.
When i opened the oven door i could not believe my eyes!
I pierce them with a knife before i roast them now.

;-)

Walnuts - love it LS

piercing them - now you tell me :-D

So your nuts are well and truly roasted Ann ;-) :-D Ihope you have saved some for the New Year!!

I also made a tray type contraption with a lid out of chicken wire so that i can put them on top of the bbq.

Cos i'm clever like that!

;-)

You can also pop them in the microwave ........keep your eye on them though!

Oh dear that must have been a fright AnnC. I am another who has put eggs on to boil and then forgotten all about them....... not good that. I blame "me age" !!!

I put some chestnuts under the gas grill once, one exploded and put the flame out :-0

Many ears ago when my kids were young, I put chestnuts in the oven too, then they started exploding....so stupid of me, I didn't realise this would happen.One of my children started crying, said there were footsteps in the oven.Lol. I had almost forgotten this incident Ann, thanks for bringing this lovely memory back.

When you,ve got an open Fire you can use a Proper Chestnut Roaster :-D :-D Like me. ;-)