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modirt 
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 Posted: 17 Nov 2020 at 8:34am |
Leaf looks a bit like daikon radish .....or even sour dock.
Done the way the commercial guys do it, very labor intensive. Root shoots harvested from previous year's crop, planted in early spring.......shoot is laid out horizontal just below surface with top barely sticking out. Then several times per year, plant is lifted, side shoots trimmed off and replaced. Main part harvested and processed is the head just below the leaf. As being processed......very potent tear gas.....get a face full of that and it will knock you down.
And nobody yet mentioned another close cousin.....wasabi.
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ac fleet
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Posted: 17 Nov 2020 at 11:03am |
here is what mine look like---- in July!
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Dave H
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Posted: 17 Nov 2020 at 6:10pm |
whoah, wiping my eyes and blowing my nose :).
AC how long is that stash going to last you?
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plummerscarin
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Posted: 17 Nov 2020 at 8:17pm |
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Mmmmmmm wasabi!
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shameless dude
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Posted: 17 Nov 2020 at 10:56pm |
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wa....whaty?
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shameless dude
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Posted: 17 Nov 2020 at 10:56pm |
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thanks AC...maybe i been spray'in that stuff around here not knowing it was something good!
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plummerscarin
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Posted: 18 Nov 2020 at 6:27am |
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It's Asian. To me a snootfull of that is way more harsh than horseradish
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ac fleet
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Posted: 18 Nov 2020 at 10:42am |
The plants in the picture are in the front yard ----- have a row on the west side of one of the big gardens that is now 150' long, single row that people dig from. The plants in the top pix. that I ground was a 2 year old plant that came up by the well where I was washing some roots 2 years ago and a small piece floated away and got in the grass and grew. I never got around to moving it so just mowed around it since it had a healthy lookin root starting. This fall I dug it, cut the crowns off and replanted them in the same place----if it likes it there---works for me. The 6 half pints will last me for the winter----I put it on everything I eat --- jar goes faster than you think. --- If I need more in the spring--I dig and grind more before the leaves start growing, so 2 times a year you can harvest it at its peak.
I have harvested a little during the growing season and its o.k. but does have a slight different taste at that time. Dormant season is when its at peak flavor.
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Ray54
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Posted: 18 Nov 2020 at 10:45am |
shameless dude wrote:
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Horseradish to wasabi
"the machine" to the "machine with 4 turbos"
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IBWD MIke
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Posted: 19 Nov 2020 at 8:40am |
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Rule of thumb I hear from those that grind it around here; If the month has an 'R' in it, time to dig. I love fresh ground horseradish. So much the better if on a nice bloody prime rib!
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