On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 11:45:03 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons wrote:

> My wife and I had a nice vegan lunch. When the store has fresh water chestnuts, that's what I do. Really as much of a delicious snack as a meal, but if I'd made rice with it, it would have been a meal.
>
> 1 carrot, sliced very thinly
> 4 water chestnuts, peeled and sliced
> 1 onion, cut into large pieces
> 1 medium size red bell pepper, cut into large pieces
> ~ 4 oz of white beech mushrooms *Hypsizygus marmoreus*
> 8 smallish sugar snap peas, sauteed separately (I don't like them)
> sunflower oil for cooking
> a little tamari
> some roasted cashews added after plating, and in my case, cayenne pepper and extra tamari
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/155222...posted-public/

Peeling water chestnuts is just wasteful and expensive for me.
They're definitely a step up from canned, but until we get street
vedors that will peel them to order like in China, I'm bowing out.

-sw