According to >:
>They don't seem to have caught on over here yet, but I had them 4 years ago
>as a starter in a Japanese restaurant in New Orleans. I recently saw some
>frozen ones for sale in my local Chinese supermarket and I am sorely tempted
>to try them!

If you have a local wagamamas restaurant (or visit somewhere with one)
they have them as a side dish. (in the unshelled, salted style, rather
than the frozen ones which appear to be pre-popped, ime)

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