water chestnut

Fresh water chestnut is to canned chestnut as fresh pineapple is to canned pineapple. The difference can put you off canned produce permanently.

Water chestnuts are a total pain in the ass to peel, like tiny apples, and by the time you work around the imperfections and cut out the bad spots, there's hardly anything left, but it's still worth it. The question then, does all that extra trouble go appreciated?