Qualified Perceptions

hee. I think blanch is normally spelled without an "e" when it isn't an athena command. But I bet your fingers don't believe that.

I'll have to try the blanch/parboil trick with sausages.
But for chestnuts, I want them roasted, so parboiling probably wouldn't help with anything. I remember it being a pain to cut the shells and am not looking forward to that part, but oh well.