squirtthecat aka STC ~~~~~ You created a MONSTER!

[pikeman_95]

I could not resist getting into this one. I love horseradish and have a large patch growing on the side of the garden. I learned how to prepare it watching a how they do it show on TV.  The show was showing the Atomic Horseradish company method. First to clean it use a light pressure washer and put on your rain gear get a good pair of heavy rubber gloves and tie down the sprayer. Now hold the roots in the water jet and turn it around it will clean the roots nice and white and then any deep bad spots will just auger out. Chop it into 1 inch chunks and now for the fun part. Get out the blender and a bowl of white vinegar. Fill the blender with water and about half full of horseradish chunks. When you start the blender look at your second hand on your watch. The finer you grind it in the blender and the longer you allow it to be exposed to oxygen the hotter it gets.  After around 3 minutes it will be about as hot as it will get. To stop the reaction,  sieve the solids out of the water and stir it into the white vinegar. The vinegar stops the reaction that makes it hot. The atomic horseradish company allows it to stir without neutralizing for quite a while. I found that neutralizing it after two minutes gives you a medium hot batch. The last time we did horse radish I did a 5 gallon bucket full of chunks. We just take small jars and fill them with the ground radish and then top them with a little white vinegar and fruit fresh and pop them into the freezer. They last forever.

[FLBentRider]

I've got an empty 1.5 acre lot AND a pressure washer...

It's probably too warm down here to grow it.

[FLBentRider]

I bet this is Sonny's problem:

"The intact horseradish root has hardly any aroma. When cut or grated, however, enzymes from the now-broken plant cells break down sinigrin (a glucosinolate) to produce allyl isothiocyanate (mustard oil), which irritates the mucous membranes of the sinuses and eyes. Once exposed to air (via grating) or heat, if not used immediately or mixed in vinegar, the grated mash darkens, loses its pungency, and becomes unpleasantly bitter-tasting."

[pikeman_95]

I've got an empty 1.5 acre lot AND a pressure washer...

It's probably too warm down here to grow it.

I think it would do fine. It just likes good soil and plenty of water. You can cut up some roots and tops into chunks and plant them and they will turn into plants. If you were here I would give you all you wanted. We keep ours in the freezer for a very long time and it is fine when we thaw it out. I like my own as I can make it as hot as I want. As usual my wife thinks I am nuts as she says I can just buy it at the store. But she is the first to go down the freezer and get another bottle.

[FLBentRider]

I've got an empty 1.5 acre lot AND a pressure washer...

It's probably too warm down here to grow it.

I think it would do fine. It just likes good soil and plenty of water. You can cut up some roots and tops into chunks and plant them and they will turn into plants. If you were here I would give you all you wanted. We keep ours in the freezer for a very long time and it is fine when we thaw it out. I like my own as I can make it as hot as I want. As usual my wife thinks I am nuts as she says I can just buy it at the store. But she is the first to go down the freezer and get another bottle.

So if you start it from a root where do you get one to start with?

[Tenpoint5]

flb you can get a root at the grocery store cut it in half and stick it in the ground it should take off. Usually it takes 2 years too get established once established you cant hardly kill it.

[FLBentRider]

flb you can get a root at the grocery store cut it in half and stick it in the ground it should take off. Usually it takes 2 years too get established once established you cant hardly kill it.

Clearly you underestimate my ability to kill stuff. :)

But I will do. There is no try, just do.

[squirtthecat]

flb you can get a root at the grocery store cut it in half and stick it in the ground it should take off. Usually it takes 2 years too get established once established you cant hardly kill it.

Clearly you underestimate my ability to kill stuff. :)

But I will do. There is no try, just do.

To take this thread even farther off course, we *will* be in Jupiter next March (5 days or so) to watch Cardinals Spring Training baseball..

I expect to report back w/ FLBRHRadish pics!

[hal4uk]

flb you can get a root at the grocery store cut it in half and stick it in the ground it should take off. Usually it takes 2 years too get established once established you cant hardly kill it.

Clearly you underestimate my ability to kill stuff. :)

But I will do. There is no try, just do.

They don't call me "Dirt Pot" fer nuthin.

[pikeman_95]

Go to your local good food store and get some root and chop it into 1 inch chunks and plant them. They will all sprout. If I hit mine with a tiller each little chunk turns into a plant so stay away from it with a tiller.

[Caneyscud]

Some of the grocery store stuff is treated with anti sprouting gunk.  It'll just sit there in the ground and rot.  So to be sure go to a health food or organic food store.  Many nurseries and garden stores also carry the roots in the spring

[OU812]

Most stores around here carry a bunch of them Sandwich Pals Woebers mustard,,,there on the top shelf,,,,,,,,,,,,,,above the CYM  ;D

Love the smoky horseradish,,,,,been meanin to try the wasabi sauce