Wasabi

[Tengu]

Having a quick look though my rather extensive condiment stash.

I seem to have a lot of those Wasabi sachets you get with Sushi packs. I use the ginger in stews but am at a loss as to what to do with the wasabi.

Save it for chutney? (Always a great way to use up mystifying edibles)

 

[Philster]

Keep it for when your sinuses are blocked Works wonders for me!

 

[Mesquite]

All you've really got is lots of packets of horseradish sauce dyed green so put it on beef and steak.

 

[Leshy]

Wasabi is great for pest control....

All types of pest, even the in-laws , kids and wives etc...

Applications only limited by imagination. 😉

 

[santaman2000]

All you've really got is lots of packets of horseradish sauce dyed green so put it on beef and steak.

To be fair, all real wasabi is is Japanese horseradish. But yeah, just use it like you would any other horseradish.

On a side note, I wish they had those packets here! Our Chinese take-out places only have packets of soy sauce, Chinese mustard, and duck sauce (all of which are usually already cooked into the food anyway)

 

[Tengu]

I forgot...but I have a jar of horseradish sauce in my condiments for that.

Ill try it next time I have a beef stew

 

[Janne]

Personslly I prefer to use raw horseradish root and make my own.
The ready made stuff is so insipid and full ow weird chemicals.

 

[Tengu]

I dont have any plants and I have heard that fresh it will burn your tongue off.

 

[moocher]

I got a rather neglected wasabi plant ,half under some mint.planted it last year I think.

 

[Janne]

I dont have any plants and I have heard that fresh it will burn your tongue off.

I have fresh ( grated) when I go for Sushi/ Sashimi here to one specific restaurant.
Not much hotter than fresh horseradish, but it is less fibrous and juicier.

 

[bigbear]

One of those overheard snippets of conversation in a school corridor:
"well, I had had quite a lot of wasabi"
How I wish I had jeard the rest of that !

 

[Tonyuk]

You can buy fresh from here;

http://www.thewasabicompany.co.uk/buy-wasabi

Much different to the paste you get in the supermarket, not as hot as you would think at all.

Tonyuk

 

[woodstock]

We planted 10 plants in a small fresh water stream here in Wales and they were thriving the last time we checked.

 

[SteveW]

You could eat it with sushi...