How Traditional German Horseradish Is Made

Kitchen condiments around the world add a certain something to meals. But do you know horseradish? This under-appreciated root vegetable popular in European cuisine can do more than just spice up a creamy sauce. You can add it to fish or meat dishes, or even milk products. Horseradish has been grown in Bavaria for over 500 years. Find out what makes it so special and which culinary delights - besides horseradish cream - can be cooked up with it.
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In Japan there's something similar called yama wasabi (mountain wasabi). You can buy it in supermarkets, usually in winter. Add a bit on hot rice, very delicious.

[@mohammedcohen]

...I love this stuff I was stationed in Franconia 50 years ago (Illesheim, to be exact) always thought they were growing sugar beets...

[@juliogarcia3549]

Right

[@benjaminbauer2947]

Being from close to Nuremberg I remember my grandmother growing it and us kids picking it. There was a horse radish salad she used to make that was incredibly tasty 😋

[@bodhi1271]

Horseradish on rye bread with roast beef and swiss cheese 🤌

[@floydblandston108]

peanut butter and horseradish sandwich on whole wheat or rye bread.

[@lisaiswatching6039]

I just picked up a truckload of horseradish products yesterday from Tulkoff in Baltimore! Seems like a booming business!! Thanks for the education!!

[@Danielseven-ir2mq]

Just planted horseradish in the garden Here in Denver CO USA. I like chrein with red beets, sugar, salt, vinegar.

[@gerryhouska2859]

I also like it freshly grated, without cream. Let's make horseradish grate again!

[@thediner8929]

I like its natural sweet taste of the fresh grated horseradish.

[@narzoggash]

"Kren" with a smoked trout is so good. I love the food of my Home Region 😍

[@Bageera63]

I love the backstory of good products! Thanks for another wonderful story, DW Food!

[@mohammedcohen]

...it'll DEFINITELY clean out your sinuses!!!

[@my2009Babies1]

I just made my own organic horse radish, and it's amazing!

[@happydog4929]

Love this show. more please. Paducah, Kentucky

[@DWFood]

Thank you @Happy Dog!

[@SomewhereInRussia]

We also eat horseradish in Russia.

[@matthewkopp2391]

We grow this in Illinois.

[@DWFood]

@Matthew Kopp What kind of dishes do you serve horseradish with?

[@turtlehead2]

Where? It’s hard to find the root in Chicago

[@floydblandston108]

@@DWFood - we grow it in New York state, and use it the same ways as in Europe.

[@tomislavandric6476]

Great spice for any soup 😊

[@ibec69]

I grate half a small horseradish and I can't breathe. I don't even want to imagine the air in that processing plant. I can't blame the lady in that old footage wearing a gas mask.

[@floydblandston108]

a small, closed food processor is your friend here. Brush it mostly white, cut to fit, and add a little water to help it blend. Blend until smooth. Don't add any vinegar until it 'blooms' into just the amount of heat you want, then add the ground h and some vinegar to a small glass container and refrigerate. It'll stay flavorful for about two months.

[@ibec69]

@@floydblandston108 thank you. I’ll give it a shot. It’s not the season now but I’ve got some frozen roots in the freezer.

[@jwillisbarrie]

Being Deaf, I really appreciate the subtitles

[@DWFood]

Of course! Glad to provide.

[@Michael_Scott_Howard]

In US, fresh and kept cool from Wisconsin is so so so good

[@jaylaw6970]

Its easy to grow.takes over the plot!

[@SteveKanterakiss]

Munich schnitzel❤️

[@zeez9053]

Austrian schnitzel is the best

[@itsnotme3882]

2:34 tough timing to start up a business but they have survived The Great War, recession and then a Second World War. You have to give credit to a company that has stayed in business through the hardest times

[@valeria-militiamessalina5672]

I disapprove of all drugs, including weed, but I eat horseradish sauce with some food as a surrogate instead, only whenI want to feel naughty and get a "high".

[@notapplicable2u]

They’re talking about it and filming it like it a schwantz. 🌭This is German allegory, Meerrettich Propaganda if you will. 😂

[@ChaoshanCooking]

Interesting. In China, don't know what it is.

[@DWFood]

@Lecker Lecker Maybe you should try horseradish in a chinese dish? After all, there are many dishes that are prepared with certain kinds of mustard greens, aren't there?

[@zeez9053]

Ist like Japanese wasabi

[@ChaoshanCooking]

@@zeez9053 i see. that's very interesting. thanks!

[@ChairmanMo]

@@DWFood For the next edition of the video, you should talk about other uses of Horseradish. Most of the common 'wasabi' that is used in Japanese restaurants around the world is Horseradish with green food coloring. So many people are getting horseradish and wasabi so mixed up and it is skewering people's preconceptions of what is what and etc.

[@floydblandston108]

Its Latin name is "Armoracia Rusticana', and it's in the brassica family.

[@davidlguerr]

Wouldn't eat it, I bet it is just like Sauerkraut, which many people love, and I do hate it.

[@deezynar]

It's nothing like sauerkraut.

[@MrDaithis]

It's like wasabi. A cool heat.

[@DWFood]

Interesting....

[@zeez9053]

Main question no one answered why is it from ground in black plastic ❔

[@rainbowgalaxy1668]

??caucasian...

[@alwayzAngry]

I hate it

[@gllmll7227]

Tried it in Arby's,tastes bad

[@RubbleByte]

Such Shadenfreude