TIGER NUTS - where are they hiding?!

[kriskwery]

I haven't been able to find these in any sort of shop for some time now. Does anybody know a source?

I've loved them since a child (born 1947!) and now think of them as a healthy nibble - low fat, sugar & calories (I think!), no salt and high fibre. For those who have never heard of them, they taste nutty with a slight milkiness and take AGES to chew! I believe they're the dried tubers (slightly smaller than a whole peanut and very wrinkled) of a perennial plant Cyperus esculentus. This often growns as a weed in warmer climes than ours but was (used to be??!) cultivated too to produce an edible crop, though I've no idea in which countries.

I can't believe they gone off the face of the planet! I yearn for them!! HELP!!!

[andyjevs]

I don't know where you are in the uk but some of the larger animal feed stores such as Jollies sell them.
I use them a lot for fishing....carp love them.

Hope this helps a bit

[grannyg]

I think Holland and Barrett may sell them

[kriskwery]

andyjevs ......... are these fishy tiger nuts the same thing?? I wouldn't have thought they were very fish-friendly!

[kriskwery]

Blinking 'eck! "Ads by Google" to the right of the screen gives a link http://www.tigernuts.com/ to Tigernuts Traders, S.L.!!! Haven't time to explore the site now (cooking!) but, hey, at least there's a picture of tiger nuts!