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Horseradish

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  Posted by poppy (U1168928) on Tuesday, 21st June 2011

  Hello. Not sure if I am on the right board but here goes. I have planted horseradish this year. Two questions, when do I dig it up please and also can I use the leaves for anything. They are the best looking things in my garden! They are about a foot long and not a hole in them so I just feel they must be useful for something, it seems such a waste to see them looking so healthy and not knowing if I can make use of them. Thank you.

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  Posted by Italophile (U12516505) on Tuesday, 21st June 2011

  Yes, the leaves are edible. They're pretty powerful raw but they're not too bad cooked. I've tried them in salads and as a spinach substitute in a few dishes.
  
  I didn't touch my plants for the first couple of years to let them develop well. You harvest when they're dormant, either very early spring before the growth starts, or very late autumn to early winter. Remember to replant the parts of the root that you aren't going to use.

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  Posted by poppy (U1168928) on Wednesday, 22nd June 2011

  Thank you so much Italophile. Brilliant information and I am looking forward to trying them out. My job as a child was to grate the horseradish for the sauce and it nearly knocked my nose off it was so powerful but I don't think you can beat home made sauce with your dishes. Many thanks.

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  Posted by Italophile (U12516505) on Wednesday, 22nd June 2011

  Nothing better than fresh horseradish finely grated onto a steak or a piece of salmon either.
  
  

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  Posted by Papa Nopsis (U14479902) on Wednesday, 22nd June 2011

  I must have a non powerful species of horse radish!
  
  The odour is unmistakeable and the taste, when prepared a la coleman's bottle,
  is as it should be, but i did not find it a powerful raw taste or smell.
  Perhaps i had been eating onions.
  
  I cannot get rid of the stuff, although it is good to have some there. I have not tried the leaves, which I shall do, next time of picking.

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  Posted by Italophile (U12516505) on Wednesday, 22nd June 2011

  It's impossible to get rid of horseradish once you've got it, particularly if it spreads, which it can and will. Can't kill it with an axe. I've been tempted to try a few times.

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  Posted by poppy (U1168928) on Thursday, 23rd June 2011

  Hi. A good tip is to grow it in an old water tank. I scrounged mine from the builder who changed my old boiler and it is great for growing things that you want to keep confined, mint, horseradish etc. I just grate the horseradish and pour vinegar on it, bottle it and it keeps for ages also you can add cream or yoghurt as you need, to if liked. You should find that with just the vinegar it is quite hot for you.

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