I'm looking for 1/2 cups' worth of "fox nuts" (chieh shek) and have
been on the phone and Internet all morning trying to find what they
are and where I can get them. Does anyone have any idea or a
reliable supplier?

I've called 3 grocers (2 Asian, 1 Indian) that are close, and tried
to call a recommended herbal shop in NYC (it doesn't exist . . .
recommended from an herbal book I just bought!), tried Wegman's and
other stores. No one's heard of them, much less where to get them.

So I'm appealing to this list. I'm trying to make 4 ingredient
barley soup this weekend (fu ling, barley, parsley, fox nuts), and
just need these nuts. They're recommended in a book by Letha Hadady,
D. Ac., to eliminate phlegm and dampness.

Any help you could offer would be wonderful. Many thanks.


Glenn