Are water chestnuts (for chinese food ) the same as "chestnuts in water" in a can?

(from France) and is that the same as "chestnuts roasting on an open fire"...just curious, not really joking... I saw Lidia Bastianich roasting chestnuts by cutting a slice through the shell with a sharp knife, heating them in an iron skillet and then adding red wine to make a huge poof of steam, then she put them in a tea towel or dish towel and poured wine on them, wrapped them up, and poured wine on top of the tea towel and pressed down on them until they popped open at the slit in the shell, then she shelled and ate them? What would that taste like? Wine?

Are water chestnuts (for chinese food ) the same as "chestnuts in water" in a can?
Water chetnuts and roasted chestnuts are very different. the kind you roast have a pasty texture like peanut butter but not as creamy.. the whle wine procedure you used on the roasted chestnuts helps you actually peel the chestnuts, almost like steaming them. the wine doesn't penetrate into the actual chestnut though. she cut a slit into each one of them otherwise they explode...and hurt!! red wine and roasted chestnuts marry very well... in europe it's a big thing.. i don't care much for them though!!
Reply:Water Chestnut (kind of veges in fruit family )

- ia a sedge grown for its edible corms. It has tube shape, leafless green stems thar grow to about 1.5 meters.The small rounded corms have a crispy white flesh and be eat raw, slightly boiled, grilled or pickle.



Chestnuts in water ( nut family ) which pack in tin with water.

- is a genus of eight or nine species of deciduous trees and shrubs in the beech family Fagaceae, Most of the trees growing to 20-40m tall. The fruit is a spiny cupule 5-11 cm diameter , containing 1 - 7 nut.

-Used for ground to flour, Roasted,



The taste.. somewhat sweet and certainly unique ..
Reply:They are rather different. They taste kinda like a nut. What wine would go with them? Red would be best.
Reply:No, they are not the same. Chestnuts that are roasted are a completely different thing than water chestnuts. Chestnuts in water would be canned chestnuts, not water chestnuts.
Reply:Yes, canned water chestnuts are the same as used in Asian cooking. Fresh water chestnuts are available in most Asian Grocery Stores and are tastier than the canned.



Water Chestnuts are the edible tuber of a water plant from SE Asia. The chestnuts roasted by Lidia are nuts from the chestnut tree.
Reply:no they are a total diffrent plant
Reply:Probably not - chestnuts are nuts from trees, whereas 'water chestnuts' (or water caltrops) are actually a tuber vegetable that grows in water.
Reply:The water chestnut is only called a chestnut because they look a lot a like.but they are 2 different nuts.and come from 2 different regions.

I like Chestnut roasted till the shells burst.....but they are hard to find in America....
Reply:Nope. it's not a nut at all http://chinesefood.about.com/od/foodingr...
Reply:They are very different, contrary to Toffy. Only people who have not eaten both before would think they are in any way alike.



Chestnuts are really nuts while water chestnuts are not at all nut like. Water chestnuts are used in spring rolls, 5-spice meat roll with beancurd skin (wu xiang), desserts %26amp; other dishes to add a crisp crunchy sensation. It's also used to make water chestnut drink, which is considered cooling in the Chinese medicinal sense.



Canned water chestnuts may come from countries other than China. The Chinese usually prefer to use fresh water chestnuts if possible. The Chinese are also very fond of roasted chestnuts as a street snack. The Japanese also like chestnuts and even have it in snacks like Kit-Kat %26amp; Pocky. As for the French, their sweetened chestnut puree can be used in myriad ways, even to create last minute desserts.
Reply:Yep sure would.....why go to that much trouble and MESS to eat chestnuts.....(just for the fame I guess) I would just have a glass of wine......

Yes the water chestnuts are the same as the ones roasting on an open fire....and the same in the can....sliced or not.

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