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Joie McDonalds wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>
>> On Saturday, May 8, 2021 at 4:53:21 AM UTC-10, bruce bowser wrote:
>>> In Hawai'i, horseradish is green and called Wasabi. You mix it up
>>> with soy sauce immediately before dipping raw fish cuts into it,
>>> its called sashimi. You can get addicted to the flavor.

>>
>> On this rock, wasabi is important when eating sushi and sashimi. We
>> do mix it with shoyu first but I suspect that the Japanese would
>> consider this to be a rude and crude practice. Most of the wasabi
>> served in the US is dyed horseradish. I have tried some grated wasabi
>> root. It's somewhat milder and has a distinct daikon taste. I prefer
>> the fake stuff because it has a bigger kick to your face. Also
>> important is Chinese hot mustard mixed with shoyu. We need this to
>> eat saimin and Chinese food. Back in the old days, we used to eat raw
>> fish with hot mustard and shoyu. Nobody knew about wasabi.

>
> Crappy as the died horse radish really is, I still like the taste. It's
> a different heat from chillies.
>


Yoose ain't a purist like grayham. Maybe you are like **** poor low
down americans and can't afford real wasabi ... so you eat shit
horseradish, right master?