SF source for Buddha's hand

[lovebitessf]

Anyone seen any Buddha's hand in SF stores right now? Do I need to head to Berkeley Bowl, perhaps?

[Pistou]

Saw them in Rainbow tonight. Also there is a vendor at the Wed. Civic Center Market that usually has them this time of the year. He's near the fountain towards the East end of the market.

[Carrie 218]

The Safeway on Webster and Geary has 'em...

[Xiao Yang]

Which kind of Buddha's hand? In most of China "Buddha's Hand" refers to the chayote squash, but Cantonese use the name to mean the fingered citron.

[Paul H]

Buddha's Hand = fingered citron

[Xiao Yang]

Well, if you ask my wife for a "fo shou" she'll give you a chayote, fo' sho'. It's so called because it resembles a clenched fist. People in most parts of China have never even seen a fingered citron.

[SteveG]

Per wiki, it originated in northeast India, and is very frost-sensitive so I doubt it is grown in northern China. Supposedly the Greeks or Romans brought it back from India to Europe.

[Xiao Yang]

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ne...

[Scrapironchef]

The bowl does have it, I saw some there on Monday.

[sf_roma]

There is an Italian vendor at the Alemany Framers market in SF that has it. They are exactly in the middle, on the freeway side (not the houses). To the right of to the central exit, facing the stands.
They are there every Saturday.
ciao.
Marco Flavio
http://www.cookhereandnow.com

[SteveG]

Do they have those amazing small orange colored limes right now? That stand has a lot of unusual citrus and they're very friendly.

[Paul H]

Hamada Farms at the Saturday Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market has had Buddha' Hands for several weeks. They are located in the back near the back door to Sur la Table