James Silverton wrote:
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>I like fresh water chestnuts in Chinese cooking but my favorite Chinese
>grocery does not seem to have them in. Another nearby Chinese place had
>excellent ones at not too high a price. Can anyone tell me if water
>chestnuts are a seasonal vegetable in the US and, if so, what is the season?

Native to southern China they're grown in flooded paddys, they need
seven months of very hot weather to mature
http://chinesefood.about.com/od/food...erchestnut.htm
http://www.tadege.com/chinesewaterchestnuts.htm
http://www.raingarden.us/waterchestnut.pdf


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleocharis_dulcis