Comments on: What is it? http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2006/03/10/what-is-it/ a good girl's notebook of her culinary world Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ejm http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2006/03/10/what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3216 ejm Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:26:07 +0000 http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2006/03/10/what-is-it/#comment-3216 Cool!!! Well done on growing it. I thought it had to grow in running water. It's nice to know that it can be in still water (even if it is fishy water) Do you have anything close to resembling a root that you can harvest yet? Ever since seeing a photo of real wasabi, I wanted to grow some. But after looking on the internet, I saw that the cost of a starter root was prohibitive. I gave up... It drives me crazy that people in Japan can stroll to the vegetable market and pick up a handful of the roots. I'd LOVE to taste wasabi to see how much it differs from the horseradish substitute we have here in North America. -Elizabeth Cool!!! Well done on growing it. I thought it had to grow in running water. It’s nice to know that it can be in still water (even if it is fishy water) Do you have anything close to resembling a root that you can harvest yet?

Ever since seeing a photo of real wasabi, I wanted to grow some. But after looking on the internet, I saw that the cost of a starter root was prohibitive. I gave up…

It drives me crazy that people in Japan can stroll to the vegetable market and pick up a handful of the roots.

I’d LOVE to taste wasabi to see how much it differs from the horseradish substitute we have here in North America.

-Elizabeth

]]> By: MM http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2006/03/10/what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3210 MM Sun, 19 Mar 2006 13:46:30 +0000 http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2006/03/10/what-is-it/#comment-3210 Er, what do you do with it? Must admit I am wildly ignorant about Japanese food. <ul> <li><em>The plant or just wasabi in general? The root of the plant is what gets used. It is grated into a pulp and used as a spicy condiment. Wasabi has a kick like horseradish- a buzz that goes straight up to your nose. In particular it is heaven when paired with tuna in a gentle smear across the piece of fish. Some people choose to take a dab of wasabi and dissolve it in a small dish of soy sauce to dip thier pieces of fish in. <a href="http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/find/results?search=wasabi&type=simple&threshold=6000&sort=1">Here's epicurious's</a> listing of recipes that call for wasabi. Mmm , now I want sushi! --McAuliflower</em></li> </ul> Er, what do you do with it? Must admit I am wildly ignorant about Japanese food.

  • The plant or just wasabi in general?

    The root of the plant is what gets used. It is grated into a pulp and used as a spicy condiment. Wasabi has a kick like horseradish- a buzz that goes straight up to your nose. In particular it is heaven when paired with tuna in a gentle smear across the piece of fish. Some people choose to take a dab of wasabi and dissolve it in a small dish of soy sauce to dip thier pieces of fish in.

    Here’s epicurious’s listing of recipes that call for wasabi.

    Mmm , now I want sushi!

    –McAuliflower

]]> By: clare eats http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2006/03/10/what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3209 clare eats Sun, 19 Mar 2006 06:59:07 +0000 http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2006/03/10/what-is-it/#comment-3209 I thinkyou need to chnge careers you can make a fortune selling fresh wasabi! I thinkyou need to chnge careers you can make a fortune selling fresh wasabi!

]]> By: mrs D http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2006/03/10/what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3196 mrs D Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:54:34 +0000 http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2006/03/10/what-is-it/#comment-3196 Ah! I'm sooo jealous! I attempted to grow wasabi and failed miserably. The darn things shrivled up and died in under two months. I must <i>really</i> have a brown thumb! <ul> <li><em>What you can't see from the picture is that we have it standing in a pool of mucky looking brown fish water. It seems to like a marshy like condition- so I think a brown thumb would be what it likes ;) --McAuliflower</em></li></ul> Ah! I’m sooo jealous!

I attempted to grow wasabi and failed miserably. The darn things shrivled up and died in under two months. I must really have a brown thumb!

  • What you can’t see from the picture is that we have it standing in a pool of mucky looking brown fish water. It seems to like a marshy like condition- so I think a brown thumb would be what it likes ;)

    –McAuliflower

]]> By: Bron http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2006/03/10/what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3186 Bron Sun, 12 Mar 2006 02:11:17 +0000 http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2006/03/10/what-is-it/#comment-3186 Hello McAuliflower, it be Wasabia japonica / Eutrema japonica a.k.a Wasabi / Japanese horseradish? <ul> <li><em>yep! --McAuliflower</em></li></ul> Hello McAuliflower,
it be Wasabia japonica / Eutrema japonica
a.k.a Wasabi / Japanese horseradish?

  • yep!

    –McAuliflower

]]> By: santos. http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2006/03/10/what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3177 santos. Sat, 11 Mar 2006 10:25:57 +0000 http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2006/03/10/what-is-it/#comment-3177 hello! i think this is the thing that <a href="http://scentofgreenbananas.blogspot.com/2006/02/venturing-into-unknown.html" rel="nofollow">i was pondering</a> previously, and which has been collectively decided as being pennywort. it's used as an herbal remedy, along with its culinary uses. <ul> <li><em>nope :) I've never heard of pennywort before! This is an ingredient that I imagine most people have heard of and probably tasted before. --McAuliflower</em></li> </ul> hello! i think this is the thing that i was pondering previously, and which has been collectively decided as being pennywort. it’s used as an herbal remedy, along with its culinary uses.

  • nope :)

    I’ve never heard of pennywort before! This is an ingredient that I imagine most people have heard of and probably tasted before.

    –McAuliflower

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