This section is from the book "Around-The-World Cook Book", by Mary Louise Barroll. Also available from Amazon: Around-the-world cook book.
Onion-juice, celery-salt.
Shell and blanch the chestnuts, boil them in salted water, for 10 minutes. Make a white sauce, and add to it, a teaspoon of onion-juice, a dash of celery-salt, and pepper and salt to taste.
In this sauce lay the chestnuts, and let them simmer for half an hour. Serve very hot.
 
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