Water Chestnuts (Fresh) - 1 pound

The chestnuts arrived fresh, in a bed of some kind of moist grass. The weight we received was closer to two pounds than one, (THANKS!), and they lasted two weeks. We did take trouble to store them in a vented vegetable Tupperware and check for sufficient moistness and for mold. Spendy, but the flavor and texture of fresh vs canned is like tasting canned tuna and then a fresh caught tuna steak.. miles apart. Along with adding them to stir fry we served them as appetizers, both bacon wrapped with jalapenos and baked, and in an Asian flavored vinegar dressing with onion, cucumber and red serrano pepper slices. We also like them in lettuce salads. If you can't find them, you can substitute jicama, cut up and briefly soaked in sugar water.

Problem is that they go bad. Great for the first 4 or 5.