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Missredhead Garden Sage Posts: 39,290	Wasabi Nov 9, 2010 20:42:37 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Missredhead on Nov 9, 2010 20:42:37 GMT But then we will have to put up with the stink.....the shed it is!!!
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Wasabi Mar 5, 2011 15:28:13 GMT

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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 5, 2011 15:28:13 GMT

I was watching a cookery programme yesterday and they used Wasabi - Japanese horseradish.

Apparently the real Japanese horseradish costs over 50€ a kg in Japan and is very hard to get.

The stuff that we know as Wasabi is actually normal horseradish, salt, sugar, oil etc and colouring.....huh!!

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Jasmine Garden Sage Posts: 62,513	Wasabi Mar 5, 2011 18:28:22 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jasmine on Mar 5, 2011 18:28:22 GMT The Japanese have some very expensive delicacies. i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/shocked.gif
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Wasabi Nov 25, 2011 17:32:55 GMT

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Post by wonderwoman on Nov 25, 2011 17:32:55 GMT

I absolutely adore Wasabi peas i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/tongue.gif

My sister first introduced me to them in Germany and I've managed to find them in a health store in the UK now. I've also tried Wasabi peanuts, but the peas - yum! I could eat a whole packet in one sitting i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/cheesy.gif

Rosefriend Admin Friendship is the Finest Rose in the Garden of Life Posts: 30,390	Wasabi Nov 25, 2011 17:41:10 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosefriend on Nov 25, 2011 17:41:10 GMT I haven't tried peas with Wasabi but I do love it....never seen Wasabi peanuts though!! RF
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Chuckles Garden Celebrity Still gardening but only have time to lurk on here these days Posts: 13,215	Wasabi Nov 25, 2011 19:23:00 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Chuckles on Nov 25, 2011 19:23:00 GMT I got curious and had a google ;D www.blackjacksnacks.com/shop/mr-wasabi/
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MamIDdau Head Gardener Does this rag smell of chloroform to you? Posts: 7,064	Wasabi Nov 26, 2011 11:25:18 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MamIDdau on Nov 26, 2011 11:25:18 GMT Oooh I had wasabi peanuts at the Conwy feast, they were lovely.

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Wasabi May 24, 2012 23:22:15 GMT

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Post by Babyswan on May 24, 2012 23:22:15 GMT

heya

I visited a wasabi farm in japan one time. i'll post the photos in the next days or so. It looks like they need a lot of water, seems they were grown in rows, with rows of water trickling between each one. It's been a while. then we went to the shop and you could see the workers hand grating it. No wonder it's so expensive.

I like the idea of it in mashed pototoes. tbh, I avoid spuds like the plague. Had them nearly every day. For two people, it's a lot of cleaning up with a pressure cooker. We have a 110v rice cooker connected to a transformer. Put the rice in, add water, press the button and it's quaff some vino till it's ready....Very clean and little washing up. Sticky rice, not the Uncle Ben's type. We buy it in as big a bag as we can carry by bicycle. 10kgs.

Trying to thing what else to eat it with, apart from sushi (which we rarely have. At home, anyway)

hmmm.

And as for food I love that makes me cry/choke/cough, it's Thai Tom Ka Kai. Or, chicken coconut soup. Delish. Prob my favourite ever food....

Jasmine Garden Sage Posts: 62,513	Wasabi May 25, 2012 17:43:03 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jasmine on May 25, 2012 17:43:03 GMT Alys Fowler said she was going to grow it in her garden!
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Rosefriend Admin Friendship is the Finest Rose in the Garden of Life Posts: 30,390	Wasabi May 25, 2012 17:50:31 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosefriend on May 25, 2012 17:50:31 GMT I wouldn't mind trying - I love it... I also love fresh coconut but I hate anything with coconut in it.. Rf
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Wasabi May 25, 2012 19:49:54 GMT via the ProBoards App

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Post by bobbiek on May 25, 2012 19:49:54 GMT

Well, I need to admit that I actually had a chance to taste Wasabi in a Jelly Bean!

There is a whole new kind here that cost a minor fortune, but imitate a lot of flavors you might never think of. They sent me a complete sample of all of the kinds they have, and this was included.

Not quite the same as mixing them in mashed potatoes.

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Wasabi May 25, 2012 23:25:34 GMT

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Post by Babyswan on May 25, 2012 23:25:34 GMT

saw this last weekend in London while attending the chelseafringe.com festival...

here is their twitter home page...fwiw
twitter.com/#!/thethreestags

didn't try it, btw!!! ha ha ha....discretion being the better part of valour, and all that....

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Wasabi May 26, 2012 6:51:23 GMT

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I saw some Wasabi Jelly Beans a few weeks ago and was tempted but as OH said if we don't like them there is an awfully big bag of sweets to throw away and I somehow don't think that they would entice a small child...

BS - Horseradish Vodka Bloody Mary - do people really drink stuff like that??

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Wasabi May 26, 2012 12:31:56 GMT via the ProBoards App

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May 26, 2012 6:51:23 GMT Rosefriend said:

I saw some Wasabi Jelly Beans a few weeks ago and was tempted but as OH said if we don't like them there is an awfully big bag of sweets to throw away and I somehow don't think that they would entice a small child...

BS - Horseradish Vodka Bloody Mary - do people really drink stuff like that??

RF

I was thinking it would be tried by someone with a hangover!

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Rosefriend Admin Friendship is the Finest Rose in the Garden of Life Posts: 30,390	Wasabi May 26, 2012 12:36:49 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosefriend on May 26, 2012 12:36:49 GMT Haha - you are very probably right Bobbie - gives me a hangover just thinking about drinking it !! RF
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Babyswan Gardener Posts: 331	Wasabi May 26, 2012 23:59:51 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Babyswan on May 26, 2012 23:59:51 GMT No recipies with wasabie. OH even thought mashed spuds with wasabi as odd. Oh well. I asked....

Rosefriend Admin Friendship is the Finest Rose in the Garden of Life Posts: 30,390	Wasabi May 27, 2012 6:16:58 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosefriend on May 27, 2012 6:16:58 GMT Just had a quick look here in Germany at an online GC that I use and they have Wasabi plants...3 plants for 18.95Euro www.poetschke.de/Wasabi--1670d1a173320.html?query=wasabi&los.x=0&los.y=0 RF
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Wasabi May 27, 2012 18:47:07 GMT

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Post by Babyswan on May 27, 2012 18:47:07 GMT

D'uh, what was I thinking. Or not, as the case may be...

Waterloo station last weekend.

there are plenty of Japanese restaurants in London. This is but one.. I was trying to take the photo and include the name and the display....and realised the two girls serving, ducked out of the way..

Rosefriend Admin Friendship is the Finest Rose in the Garden of Life Posts: 30,390	Wasabi May 28, 2012 4:33:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosefriend on May 28, 2012 4:33:08 GMT Looks good - did the girls think you were eyeing them up BS!!! RF
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Babyswan Gardener Posts: 331	Wasabi May 29, 2012 21:42:32 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Babyswan on May 29, 2012 21:42:32 GMT ha, they must've. I didn't even notice them till afterwards,they popped their heads back up. and the boy on the left, hidden, came back out. I just waved an apologetic hand and walked off!!