There is a huge difference in water chestnuts from China and Thailand. Chinese water chestnuts are soft, mushy, fuzzy and off white to brown in color and the taste is musty. I’ve tried many different brand names from different stores in my area. Taiwan water chestnuts specifically Asian Best brand is firm, white in color and is consistently fresh as far as a canned vegetable goes.

Anonymous wrote:Any recommendations for brands/stores that sell non-Chinese grown/packaged water chestnuts? Thanks.

Asian Best brand is from Taiwan and I travel a long distance to buy them. I get them from Asian grocery stores in the big city. I eat them drained well and raw everyday.

Asian Best brand is from Taiwan

Anonymous wrote:This is just stupid. There are pesticides in Cheerios. There are chemicals in organic foods. It’s
not just from China. It’s from the good ole US of A.

Unfortunately, it’s everywhere. They just haven’t tested it or published it yet.

China is consistently one of the worst offenders when it comes to food safety. You can’t completely avoid toxins, but you don’t have to eat the most toxic foods.

This is just stupid. There are pesticides in Cheerios. There are chemicals in organic foods. It’s
not just from China. It’s from the good ole US of A.

Unfortunately, it’s everywhere. They just haven’t tested it or published it yet.

I trust nothing supposedly edible from china. I used to love eating smoked baby clams but they are all from china...no thanks. oysters or clams raised in a chinese sewer will never enter my mouth,

1. THank you for the jicama tip!
2. Thank you for reminding me that these are good in artichoke dip. Also chicken lettuce wraps.
3. I bought them recently from wegman's (probably weg brand) and they were NOT china because I also check. Not buying anything produced in China.

Anonymous wrote: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

What Japanese dishes do you eat that contain water chestnuts!?

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Anonymous wrote: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

Hmm, then you should know that water chestnuts are not same as chestnuts.

+1

Totally not the same. They are not interchangeable. Once is crunchy, the other is mealy.

Anonymous wrote:Jicama is a great replacement. It’s a root vegetable. Cheaper and fresh, same flavor and even crunchier. Hope this helps

+1 This is a great idea.

Jicama is a great replacement. It’s a root vegetable. Cheaper and fresh, same flavor and even crunchier. Hope this helps

Well sure, and apple seeds contain cyanide. However there is a world of difference between incidental consumption of cyanide or formaldehyde that are naturally in the food, vs eating foods that contain heavy metals because of human pollution.

As for rice - needs to be said - only buy rice grown in America if its from California.

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Anonymous wrote:why not china? are you looking for another species of water chestnut not found there?

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

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.

Right? I mean what's a little bit of ingested poison now and then really matter?

I guess you’re being sarcastic but it’s true. The dose makes the poison. A family eating a couple cans of water chestnuts a year in a stir fries (or my personal favorite, spinach dip) won’t have any adverse effect on health or longevity. Pears contain formaldehyde. Nightshades like potatoes contain the toxin solanine but I doubt you limit those in your diet because they’re poisonous.

I find most food from China doesn't taste very good, starting about a decade ago.

We just stopped eating water chestnuts,hoe there is another source.

I don’t want to buy anything from China, especially food items. This is the country who gave the world Covid.