Hmmm sounds wonderful (except for the celery, has a weird effect on me considering exactly what it is... flavoured water in a stick). We got what felt like half a pig yesterday (in various forms but the largest bit was a ham) so will try this when we've disposed of every other method/cut/recipe.

Spaw - I'm sorry you don't like chestnuts... they should be nutty and quite sweet, with a firm, moist texture... they aren't very nice when they go all fluffy and dry, or when they are undercooked. I'm not going to insist though... you probably like eating lots of things I don't (like marmite) and you've never tried to convert me to those... just eat what you like and enjoy it... but please don't give up trying new things. Otherwise I won't have any other recourse when Bratling won't try something new!

LTS