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Last night I had a late phone call from some students. They had a gift for me. Inside the plastic bag was quite a collection of these things. I had seen them, but had no idea what they were. All I know is that one breaks them open and eats the contents.

Has anyone seen them before?



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I asked my grandsons, Elly

Submitted by Familyfunandfaith on Mon, 2008-10-06 18:56.

The seven year old said he had not seen anything like that while in Shanghai, he thought they looked like moths. The eight year old then came in and agreed that they had not eaten anything like these. He agreed it looked like bats. My guess is something like the base of a flower and that part you eat is a seed or something similar. Is it roasted/cooked?

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It is boiled

Submitted by Elly on Tue, 2008-10-07 01:59.

and the black hard skin broken open and the inside eaten.

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Hard to tell isn't it.

Submitted by Elly on Mon, 2008-10-06 16:25.

I'll post a photo of them after being cut open. These four little "bats" are sitting on an A4 sheet of paper. They are about 1 1/2 inches long. Fascinating really.

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My immediate impression was bats...

Submitted by huttriver12 on Sun, 2008-10-05 22:24.

believe it or not. LOL

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Yes, they can be eaten.

Submitted by Elly on Sun, 2008-10-05 18:50.

My students gave me a Chinese/pinyin name for them, but I cannot find it anywhere. Not even Wikipedia! Odd. Ithought maybe someone would know them. I'll add information as I find it.

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I would have guessed

Submitted by Jellen on Sun, 2008-10-05 18:42.

The doves inside a sand-dollar. But to eat them?

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