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[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

Questions for those who use water chestnuts. Is it ok to sample them from a can before they get to the wok? Basically will I die? I may have eaten 1/4 can.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

All food in cans is cooked and sterilized so should be fine to eat straight from the can. There are few riskier foods in general than fish which we eat straight from the can all the time without a second thought, so water chestnuts should not worry you at all.

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I was thinking more if they're ok to eat raw like cabbage cooked or raw good. Potatoes cooked yes. Potatoes raw no.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Everything in a can is cooked. The process involves being heated in a pressure cooker and held at above boiling temperatures for a length of time. So it definitely passes the cooked test. But even if it didn't water chestnuts are also fine to eat raw. So if there are still any left feel free to finish off the can.

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 points 8 months ago

None left over but thank you. They're so crunchy and addictive.

[โ€“] Catfish@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not unless youโ€™d die from the same can cooked.

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago

Time will tell.

[โ€“] Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I love water chestnuts. I can relate to this.

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 points 8 months ago

They make stir fry more interesting

[โ€“] Simon@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Try out water chestnut cakes if you haven't already. Tasty little things will scratch that itch

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago

Interesting. Will do. Thanks.