Captain Peter Swallows missed the point:

>> Yes, the guy on the Today show used jicama as he said he thought water
>> chestnuts were too much work!
>
> Anyways, for the water chestnuts (and for a lot of other things) I use
> Tupperwares Turbo Chef, who I have nicknamed "Oscar".

You missed the point completely: The "work" involved with water chestnuts is
PEELING them, not CHOPPING them. If you just use crappy canned water
chestnuts as you did, the amount of work involved is paltry.

Bob