Non-Chinese Water Chestnuts
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Anonymous
| Any recommendations for brands/stores that sell non-Chinese grown/packaged water chestnuts? Thanks. |
Anonymous
| Boy, good luck with that. Let us know if you find some. |
Anonymous
| I'm sure you could probably find some hydroponically grown ones online. |
Anonymous
| I'm looking for the same thing (also in the DC metro area). On Amazon I found one brand that said "China or Thailand" as country of origin. So I plan to look in Thai grocery stores. |
Anonymous
| Harris Teeter sells a store brand of water chestnuts. I'll check the label next time I go there. |
Anonymous
| why not china? are you looking for another species of water chestnut not found there? |
Anonymous
I think the OP is concerned b/d they poison everything from infant formula to dog food--so what they do to a chestnut is unclear |
Anonymous
| China Sea brand is from Thialand |
Anonymous
| Water Chestnuts from China are known to contain heavy metals including arsenic according to studies done in China. |
Anonymous
The real question is, what's your recipe? They're completely tasteless. I know them well, given I'm Japanese - but my preference is for actual chestnuts 
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Anonymous
| Fresh water chestnuts are sold in asian stores. I don’t think those are imported from china, like all the other fresh veggies they have, they are most likely grown in US. |
Anonymous
Hmm, then you should know that water chestnuts are not same as chestnuts. 
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Anonymous
| Would jicama work as a substitute? Or maybe young white turnips that the farmers markets have now? Just spitballing here. |
Anonymous
What quantity of water chestnuts is OP eating? I'm careful about food like rice or apples that I eat all the time, but I really don't think the occasional water chestnut is worth worrying about. |
Anonymous
Right? I mean what's a little bit of ingested poison now and then really matter? |