Where to buy horseradish?
wmd
I'd like to try making my own - I'm told that fresh, homemade
horseradish is the best. However, finding the actual horseradish root is
proving to be more difficult than I expected.
I've tried Sobeys, Dave's, another vegetable stand in Woodlawn, and
Pete's Frootique. The guy at Pete's said they don't have any in now, and
he didn't know if it was a regularly stocked item.
Anyone have any tips? Where else might the horseradish root be sold in
metro?
I didn't try Superstore, and perhaps I should... some people have told
me that SS has better produce selection and quality than Sobeys.
As an aside: the horseradish at The Keg is fantastic! It has a real
punch that tickles the back of your nose - delicious!
wmd
Best
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of our produce at Sobeys. Superstore has let us down time and again, quality
not up to scratch, returned items, etc. For both of them, you have to go to
the busy stores, but Sobeys is the better. They have their own produce
brokerage located in New England, where teams of buyers are constantly on
the phone, buying and selling produce from all over the world. Their large
wholesale customer base enables them to ensure freshness: large "buys" are
able to be moved through a large number of retail outlets.
Peter
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Not sure where you can get it (it's off and on in the grocery stores here),
but it is a treat to have it fresh, so much tastier. If you have a food
processor it will make your life easier. The gases from fresh grated can
really burn the nose and eyes if you grate enough, don't stick your nose
right in it, and be prepared with a fan if you're making lots ;-)
Mike Spencer
> ...rather think this is the wrong time of year, it's parsnips and
> turnips that profit from a tadge of frost.
Horseradish is a perennial, winters over in the ground and
self-propagates. This is the wrong time of year to dig it from frozen
ground. In the late spring, ask around at any farmer's market.
Someone there will have a patch back at the farm and will bring some
to the next market if you ask.
If you get a couple of fresh roots with the leaves still on, you could
probably grow it yourself in a a big plastic pot of dirt on the deck
or by a window. Maybe even in peat moss with some slow-release
fertilizer added. It does okay in poor soil but needs to be dug up
every year or two to have the gnarly roots disentangled and replanted.
That's when you save some out for the kitchen.
--
Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
Wayne Hines
> Do you like preparing onions ? :) Horseradish is evil !
>
> Wayne may knows who sells it in the valley - rather think this is the
> wrong time of year, it's parsnips and turnips that profit from a tadge
> of frost.
I saw some last summer but can't remember where. Dropped into Noggins
Corner Farm today for some goodies, including Honeycrisp apples but
didn't see any horseradish.
gwh
Peter
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> On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:20:19 -0500, "Peter" <n...@email.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>Not sure where you can get it (it's off and on in the grocery stores
>>here),
>>but it is a treat to have it fresh, so much tastier. If you have a food
>>processor it will make your life easier. The gases from fresh grated can
>>really burn the nose and eyes if you grate enough, don't stick your nose
>>right in it, and be prepared with a fan if you're making lots ;-)
>>
> it up if you grow it in the garden.
I learned the hard way the first time I prepared it from fresh roots ;-)
Rob
I used to order it from Pete's Quite a few years ago. (Yes, I read your
comment.)
Picasso
What do you put it on? I used to get it at subway all the time, but
they quit supplying it!!! I don't know why?
Quizno's still has it, but i've never seen a purpose for me to buy it at
home as i don't make sandwiches much...
wmd
> What do you put it on? I used to get it at subway all the time, but
> they quit supplying it!!! I don't know why?
>
> Quizno's still has it, but i've never seen a purpose for me to buy it at
> home as i don't make sandwiches much...
Steak is obvious... I love horseradish on steak.
I recently had a horseradish cream sauce that I'd like to try at home.
It was served with steak at a restaurant, but I think it could go well
with other dishes.
I've also been told that horseradish mayo is delicious on sandwiches.
I've never tried, but I'd like to experiment!
wmd
wmd
> I used to order it from Pete's Quite a few years ago. (Yes, I read your
> comment.)
I'll try Pete's again next week. They're probably my best bet at this
time of year.
wmd
wmd
> Do you like preparing onions ? :) Horseradish is evil !
So I've heard! As Peter suggests, I'll likely process it in my food
processor.
wmd
Daniel MacKay
> he didn't know if it was a regularly stocked item.
I'm a BIG fan of prepared horseradish. I slather it on Roast Beast.
I THOUGHT I saw a huge bin of horseradish roots at the Bedford Pete's
regularly.
I've made it a few times; it's quite difficult to make good horseradish
and it doesn't keep at all well, and cooking it is very stinky, so you
may want to buy the smallest root you can get.
BTW the best bottled you can buy is Holbro's; I get it at Brother's on
Agricola Street. Second best is President's Choice.
--
Daniel MacKay
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Rob
> I'll try Pete's again next week. They're probably my best bet at this
> time of year.
>
> wmd
They would probably bring a small amount in if you were to ask, and
chance that someone else would buy it too.
