"Dan Abel" wrote in message
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"Peter" wrote:

My first time making horseradish.

Peeled and chopped some roots, threw it in the food processor, all looks
well.

Take a whif to see how it smells... holy bajeezus!! My nose and throat,
and
even my lungs had a good burn. I guess fresh is strong stuff ;-) Tears
rolling down my face for a bit there.

I set some aside in a jar to use (burgers today, fish tomorrow) and I am
canning a couple more jars for friends.

Never tried the fresh myself, but this web page says the fresh is only
good for about 10 minutes:

http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/index.html

It describes grating it every few minutes during a meal. Sounds painful!

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA



Maybe the strongest part of the smell only peaks for ten minutes. From what
I read the strongest taste lasts a few days but still strong enough for use
for much longer than that. I will find out soon enough! I certainly can't
tell the difference over the few hours since I made it.