You can often find fresh bamboo shoots in Asian food stores, but they’re not easy to prepare as they’re protected by many layers of overlapping, brown husk covered in fine, sharp hairs.

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VOX POPULI: Risky business of foraging for bamboo shoots in wilds of Akita Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. May 15, 2021 at 13:20 JST ...