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Default I know some folks here feel that fresh water chestnuts take toolong to peel

On Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 4:29:15 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 3:51:40 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Monday, May 31, 2021 at 5:39:49 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> > > I know some folks here feel that fresh water chestnuts take too long to peel, but after you do it several times, it doesn't take much time at all.
> > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/155222...57719313412479
> > > The canned ones still have crunch, which is not amazing because you have to cook them thoroughly to decrunchify them, but the canned ones don't taste very good. When I can't get fresh, I just leave them out. The veggies are always so pretty before I dump on a bunch of ginger powder and tamari.

> > Why would you trouble to use fresh water chestnuts and then dump on powdered
> > ginger?
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >

> Because I didn't have any fresh ginger. That should have been obvious.


No, it wasn't. Ginger freezes beautifully, so I always have it on hand.

The taste of powdered ginger in a stir fry is so weird to me, I would never use it.
"When I can't get fresh, I just leave [it] out."

Cindy Hamilton