Earlier this month, while Katherine and I were strolling past a vegetable stand in Kennedy Town, I spotted a vegetable that I had never seen before...
Look rather like the head of a bull, no?
And they can be arranged in pretty patterns!They are called "water caltrops" (or, in Chinese, "菱角") and they have a tough, shiny shell that could easily be mistaken for hard plastic. Normally, they are prepared simply by boiling and peeling...
The result is a bit starchy and potato-like (but more firm than your average boiled potato) with a very mild flavor that reminded me of American chinquapin chestnuts. Quite tasty, actually, but a lot of work for little reward. ;>
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Oh my goodness, those little items look like bats! How cool to have the flavor of chinquapins again! I always think of them in the fall. ENJOY =)
mmm, chinquapins! That's a flavor that I miss...
lol, WV thinks that these caltrops have "nowings".
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