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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.
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.
I was thinking more if they're ok to eat raw like cabbage cooked or raw good. Potatoes cooked yes. Potatoes raw no.
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.
None left over but thank you. They're so crunchy and addictive.
Not unless youโd die from the same can cooked.
Time will tell.
I love water chestnuts. I can relate to this.
They make stir fry more interesting
Try out water chestnut cakes if you haven't already. Tasty little things will scratch that itch
Interesting. Will do. Thanks.