菱角 @20231004 first try this black shell veg this is a mid autumn festive food but I've never tried it before ... prepared 3 bags of them though no so fresh some are getting moldy also.. one of the bags containing stones ... juz boiled them like other starch veg cooked ones look indifferent from the raw ones the shell no change colour n no softened ... juz super hard to break open the shell first half.. I used bare hands break them up into half but then it's still difficult to peel away the shell the flesh is stuck inside thus gotta use chopsticks to pick it out ... second half use kitchen scissors.. as my hands got tired btw.. some are too small to grab onto n break ... below is one of them which is rotten n getting slimy n thus can remove the shell juz by pulling apart ... many of them are undercooked the flesh is showing a two-tone white n bite into it's...