Does anyone know whether the leaves of the horseradish plant are edible or
not, please?

I have one gardening book that says the young leaves are very good in salads
and another that says the leaves and stems are poisonous!

There are lots of recipes on the Internet for using horseradish but does
anyone have a special recipe that they like?

The reason I'm asking is, my wife planted this horseradish over a year ago
and now doesn't know what to do with it as it's spreading (unsurprisingly!)
over a wide area - apart from digging it up and throwing it away, that is!

I once tried, many years ago, grating the root to make horseradish sauce
and, being young (I was then!), did too much and all indoors! I could hardly
breathe, my throat was sore, and my eyes just turned to water so I shall
tread gingerly, next time.

Regards to all,

John

Following up to "John Vanini" wrote:

Does anyone know whether the leaves of the horseradish plant are edible or
not, please?

I have one gardening book that says the young leaves are very good in salads
and another that says the leaves and stems are poisonous!

I've eaten the very young leaves in salads but I understand old ones
are poisonous. So wait till next spring.
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Mike
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"John Vanini" wrote in message
...

The reason I'm asking is, my wife planted this horseradish over a year ago
and now doesn't know what to do with it as it's spreading
(unsurprisingly!)
over a wide area - apart from digging it up and throwing it away, that is!

I can't answer your question but everyone says how horseradish spreads in
the garden and I've bought several over the years and they just die on me
:-(

Mary

On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:24:14 +0100, Zhang DaWei
wrote and included this (or some of this):

Id love to have some horseradish growing in our allotment. I really enjoy
it. However, the comment about eyes running when grating it, etc. is
completely true - I read somewhere of someone who unwisely used a
liquidiser to mince it up, and suffered the consequences along with a
kitchen that could not be entered for an hour or so without face and eye
masks on.

Last harvest of horseradish I had, I cleaned the roots and broke them
up into 6 inch pieces which I then stored in re-sealable bags in a
deep freeze.

When I wanted some prepared, I took out a few roots and put them in a
processor once they were partly thawed. No streaming eyes, no
assaulted nose, no problemmo.


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Following up to "Mary Fisher" wrote:

I can't answer your question but everyone says how horseradish spreads in
the garden and I've bought several over the years and they just die on me

I use my brushcutter on the patch I inherited, i'm considering calling
in an RAF napalm strike.
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Mike
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Hi Mary,

Thanks for your email. My wife bought one about two years ago and just put
it straight into the ground and left it there. She now has about three large
ones (and getting larger!) and I have taken one and planted it in my
allotment. However, I've put mine in a deep bucket, which I then sunk into
the ground so that should conatain it - I hope.

So, we obviously have no problem growing them!!(LOL)

That's why I'm asking about the leaves - I just want to find another use for
the p[lants as, while I love horseradush sauce, there's only so much I can
eat in a year!!

Hope you have better luck, if you decide to buy and try another one.

Regards,

John


"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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I can't answer your question but everyone says how horseradish spreads in
the garden and I've bought several over the years and they just die on me
:-(

Mary

Thanks for that idea! I never thought of that.

The problem is digging up the root, cleaning and grating it and making the
sauce just for, probably, one meal.

Thinking about it, I really should look at ways of keeping the sauce for
much longer. After all, I'm buying jars of horseradish sauce at the moment
and they keep for weeks if not months.

So, my next exercise is to look for good recipes where the horseradish will
keep, if possible out of the fridge.

Thanks for that information, Ron.

Regards,

John


"®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³" wrote in message
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On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:24:14 +0100, Zhang DaWei
wrote and included this (or some of this):

Id love to have some horseradish growing in our allotment. I really enjoy
it. However, the comment about eyes running when grating it, etc. is
completely true - I read somewhere of someone who unwisely used a
liquidiser to mince it up, and suffered the consequences along with a
kitchen that could not be entered for an hour or so without face and eye
masks on.

Last harvest of horseradish I had, I cleaned the roots and broke them
up into 6 inch pieces which I then stored in re-sealable bags in a
deep freeze.

When I wanted some prepared, I took out a few roots and put them in a
processor once they were partly thawed. No streaming eyes, no
assaulted nose, no problemmo.


--
®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³

Hi Dawei,

The first and only time, I grated my own horseradish, I sat indoors, at the
kitchen table and went for it, like an idiot - but then I didn't know how
strong they were.

I couldn't believe how my eyes, nose, and throat stung! I had difficulty
breathing becaue the fumes were so strong and it took ages afterwrads for
the pains to go away and my eyes, etc., clear!

Next time, it's in the open air, outside!

Regards,

John

"Zhang DaWei" wrote in message
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Id love to have some horseradish growing in our allotment. I really enjoy
it. However, the comment about eyes running when grating it, etc. is
completely true - I read somewhere of someone who unwisely used a
liquidiser to mince it up, and suffered the consequences along with a
kitchen that could not be entered for an hour or so without face and eye
masks on.

Dawei
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"John Vanini" wrote in message
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Hi Mary,

Thanks for your email. My wife bought one about two years ago and just put
it straight into the ground and left it there. She now has about three
large ones (and getting larger!) and I have taken one and planted it in my
allotment. However, I've put mine in a deep bucket, which I then sunk into
the ground so that should conatain it - I hope.

So, we obviously have no problem growing them!!(LOL)

That's why I'm asking about the leaves - I just want to find another use
for the p[lants as, while I love horseradush sauce, there's only so much I
can eat in a year!!

Hope you have better luck, if you decide to buy and try another one.

Well, thanks John but I've given up. We don't really like the stuff anyway
and certainly never buy it :-)

I know when I've met my match!

Mary

Thanks to everyone for the information you've sent me.

I think, from what I've read, that I will continue just eating horseradish
sauce and forget the leaves for a while. But I will, in future see about
using my own horseradish and making my own sauce.

After all, it's not that I need the leaves - I have quite enough to eat and
if I should poison myself, well, as they say, it copuld ruin the whole day!

Thanks to all for your contibutions.

Kindest reagards,

John


"The Reid" wrote in message
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Following up to "Mary Fisher" wrote:

I can't answer your question but everyone says how horseradish spreads in
the garden and I've bought several over the years and they just die on me

I use my brushcutter on the patch I inherited, i'm considering calling
in an RAF napalm strike.
--
Mike
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