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Don't say it.
Freshly harvested horseradish
No matter where we go we always have a back 40. In China both the front and back balcony served as our garden plots. We grew herbs and peppers and lots of flowers that died pretty quick.
Now that we are back at home and trying to get the garden and landscaping back under control we have made huge efforts to mulch. This weekend during the mulching we noted the horseradish leaves had heaved over and given in to the cold and frost. That means we can dig up the roots. Hurray. Not really, have you ever really smelled this stuff.
The first year Big Daddy planted the horseradish is the year he was exiled to China before the hard frost came. We had never harvested or worked with this stuff before.
We are making prepared horseradish. It makes your entire house smell and it makes your eyes burn. It is some nasty stuff. Big Daddy added some vinegar, salt and sugar in the food processor and we have something that is excellent. Note: Some people use the old fashioned grinder outside for this reason, but the smell does not last that long.
We ended up with about a quart of finished product. And it is some hot stuff.
Horseradish and rhubarb--plants you found behind every shed in the neighborhood. I made some horseradish once; I remember the vinegar, salt and sugar and I think a little cream or some such. This was fifty years ago. To prove how tough he was my brother shovelled a huge spoonful into his mouth--and swallowed it. He went down like a felled ox.
ReplyDeleteI bet he had the cleanest sinus cavity ever.
DeleteI have no eXperience with horseradish. I wiLL ask around to see if anyone grows it here.
ReplyDeleteYou would love this.
DeleteYou are very lucky to have a hubby who's interested in yard stuff.
ReplyDeleteYes, we do both like the yard stuff.
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