Product Description
PURPOSE
WHAT IS IT?
Horseradish is neither horse nor radish. It’s a root vegetable from the same family of plants that include mustard, and wasabi. It is used as a spice because for its hot, pungent flavor. The powder is most commonly known as “wasabi,” in many countries because it is colored and used as a cheaper alternative to the far more expensive, and difficult to cultivate Japanese cousin, wasabi root.
It is most often used in the preparation of sushi, but it also has been used in meat, poultry, and other seafood preparations.
EXPERIENCE
Horseradish root is pungent, hot, acrid. Used in limited quantities, it provides a bit of bitter kick to sauces, and contrast to heavy, fatty cuts of meat like prime rib. It is a bold, unmistakeable taste, unique in the culinary world.
CULINARY GEOGRAPHY
The root originates in the cold and inhospitable northlands of Eurasia, somewhere from what is now Russia or Serbia. It was traded by ancient peoples as far South as Northern Africa in ancient times, and gradually became a global foodstuff, traveling first into Asia, and then into the Americas with European settlement. Unlike other plants, like peppers, it is highly soil adaptive, and retains its flavor profile no matter where it is planted.
TRADITIONAL USES
- Sushi (wasabi substitute);
- Condiment for meats;
- Sprinkled over oysters;
- Added to the coating for wasabi peas, a Japanese snack food;
- Added to bloody Mary cocktail mix.
IMPROVISATIONAL ‘RIFFS’
- Added to the rice flour crepes that I use for my poke burritos;
- An ingredient in Royal Rub, my prime rib rub;
- Add to dry tomato powder, dried lemon juice powder, a bit of sugar, Worcestershire powder, and salt for a dry cocktail sauce rub for shrimp;
- Part of my prime rib French onion soup.
THE BACKSTORY
The earliest written record of horseradish dates back to Egypt in 1500 BC. As it’s not native to Egypt, we know that it was traded by ancient peoples a lot earlier. where Serbian tribes roamed far before anything like Russia or even Keivan Rus’ (Russia’s ancient predecessor) existed.
The word horseradish is attested in English from the 1590s. It combines the word horse (formerly used in a figurative sense to mean strong or coarse) and the word radish. The horseradish plant is in actuality very strong, if left undisturbed in the garden it begins to spread via underground shoots and can become invasive.
AKA
Albanian: Pluhur Rrënje Rrikë
Arabic: مسحوق الفجل الحار
Armenian: Փոշի ծովաբողկ
Azerbaijani: Xren Tozu
Basque: Zaldibeltz Hautsa
Belarusian: Парашок хрэну
Bengali: হর্সরাডিশ গুঁড়ো
Bosnian: Prah Hrena
Bulgarian: Прах от хрян
Catalan: Pols de Rave Picant
Chinese (Simplified): 辣根粉
Chinese (Traditional): 辣根粉
Croatian: Prah Hrena
Czech: Prášek z Křenu
Danish: Peberrodspulver
Dutch: Mierikswortelpoeder
English: Horseradish Powder
Estonian: Mädarõika Pulber
Finnish: Piparjuurijauhe
French: Poudre de Raifort
Georgian: ხრენის ფხვნილი
German: Meerrettichpulver
Greek: Σκόνη Χρένου
Gujarati: હોર્સરેડિશ પાવડર
Hebrew: אבקת חזרת
Hindi: हॉर्सरैडिश पाउडर
Hungarian: Torma Por
Icelandic: Piparrótarduft
Indonesian: Bubuk Lobak Pedas
Irish: Púdar Capallraidis
Italian: Polvere di Rafano
Japanese: ホースラディッシュパウダー
Kannada: ಹಾರ್ಸ್ರಾಡಿಷ್ ಪುಡಿ
Kazakh: Хрен Ұнтағы
Khmer: ម្សៅហ័សរ៉ាឌីស
Korean: 고추냉이 가루
Lao: ຜົງຮອສເຣດິຊ
Latvian: Mārrutku Pulveris
Lithuanian: Krienų Milteliai
Macedonian: Прашок од рен
Malay: Serbuk Lobak Pedas
Malayalam: ഹോഴ്സ്റാഡിഷ് പൊടി
Mongolian: Тунхуу Үндэс Нунтаг
Nepali: हर्सराडिश धुलो
Norwegian: Pepperrotpulver
Persian (Farsi): پودر ترب کوهی
Polish: Proszek Chrzanowy
Portuguese: Pó de Rábano-Silvestre
Punjabi: ਹਾਰਸਰੈਡਿਸ਼ ਪਾਊਡਰ
Romanian: Pudră de Hrean
Russian: Порошок хрена
Serbian: Прах рена
Sinhala: හෝස්රැඩිෂ් කුඩු
Slovak: Prášok z Chrenu
Slovenian: Prah Hrena
Spanish: Polvo de Rábano Picante
Swahili: Poda ya Horseradish
Swedish: Pepparrotspulver
Tamil: ஹார்ஸ்ராடிஷ் பொடி
Telugu: హార్స్రాడిష్ పొడి
Thai: ผงฮอร์สแรดิช
Turkish: Yaban Turpu Tozu
Ukrainian: Порошок хрону
Urdu: ہارس ریڈش پاؤڈر
Uzbek: Xren Kukuni
Vietnamese: Bột Cải Ngựa
Welsh: Powdr Rhuddygl Poeth
Yiddish: כריין פּודער
Zulu: Impuphu YeHorseradish
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