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Archibald Nixon

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Same rules as before: You get it right, you post the next one. Make sure you scramble the filename or it can be found with the quote function.
 
Neutered karma with popup windows? Fuck, this place has changed...

(It was meant to be pos, el, even if the answer's false -much as I'd wish otherwise ;))
 
I haven't got a clue. It looks kind of natural, like a seed pod, or some sort of segmented fibrous husk from tree or plant, yet at the same time looks almost machined & man made. Reminds me of flicking through a Geiger art book.
 
I haven't got a clue. It looks kind of natural, like a seed pod, or some sort of segmented fibrous husk from tree or plant, yet at the same time looks almost machined & man made. Reminds me of flicking through a Geiger art book.
Very, very close: It's technically a fruit. If someone can name it by tomorrow morning, they're up; otherwise Gagh has the stage.
 
It took a couple of minutes to find after your leading clue.

The Water Caltrop or Water Chestnut or Horny Bull's Head refers to two species of the genus Trapa - T.natans and T. bicornis. Both species are floating annual aquatic plants,growing in slow-moving water up to 5 meters deep, native to warm temperate parts of Eurasia and Africa. They bear ornately shaped fruits that resemble the head of a bull, each containing a single very large starchy seed. It has been cultivated in China for at least 3,000 years for these seeds, which are boiled and sold as an occasional streetside snack in the south of that country.


The thick black shell of this nut has to be hammered to be broken open. Once cracked, it reveals a creamy white nut inside. This peculiar food is only available during the mid-autumn season, for Mooncake festival together with yam.

So it's a form of Water Chestnut. Given how many I've eaten in Chinese food, this is somewhat of a surprise!
 
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