{"id":22,"date":"2026-09-14T09:06:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T09:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nexorpulsenews.wiki\/?p=22"},"modified":"2026-09-14T09:06:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T09:06:42","slug":"the-foreign-neighbors-gave-me-this-and-wished-me-a-pleasant-appetite-but-its-something-hard-and-not-at-all-like-food-more-like-an-egg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nexorpulsenews.wiki\/?p=22","title":{"rendered":"The foreign neighbors gave me this and wished me a pleasant appetite: but it\u2019s something hard and not at all like food, more like an egg"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s something tough and more like an egg than food, but my foreign neighbors gave it to me and wished me a nice appetite\u00a0\"\ud83d\ude31\"\"\ud83e\udd14\"<\/p>\n

I was originally even terrified.<\/p>\n

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The neighbors are foreigners, and we only say hi to one another in the elevator. Then one evening the door is knocked on. They\u2019re speaking in Russian with an accent, smiling, and handing me a bag:<\/p>\n

Enjoy your food!<\/p>\n

This is what I see when I look within. Dark, rough, strange things that seemed like they belonged in a museum or a dinosaur movie. They don\u2019t seem to be edible. They feel as cold as stones in my hands. Even when I smelled them, there was scarcely any smell.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2014 Is this food? I asked warily.<\/p>\n

They nodded and smiled even more before leaving.<\/p>\n

I stood in the kitchen with the bag for a long time. My mind was racing with ideas: \u201cWhat if this isn\u2019t even supposed to be eaten? Is it a joke? What if I\u2019m missing anything important? It seemed weird to throw it out and scary to put it in the refrigerator.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, I went online. I looked for photographs, descriptions, and shapes. And when I finally found it, I was amazed by what I saw.Have you previously witnessed anything similar?\"\ud83d\ude31\"\"\ud83d\ude28\"Have you previously witnessed anything similar?It turned out to be a water chestnut.<\/p>\n

It is consumed. You boil it, peel it, and eat it uncooked. In many countries, it is practically regarded as a delicacy. I had never seen anything like it in my life.<\/p>\n

The next day, I went to see the neighbors and told them what I had found. With pleasure, they began to quickly explain something, using gestures to demonstrate how to eat and peel it.<\/p>\n

And that made me think how bizarre the world is\u2014for some, it\u2019s a scary, inexplicable thing, while for others, it\u2019s just \u201cenjoy your meal.\u201d<\/p>\n

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