So I spent some time yesterday doing something I've always wanted to do. Went and dug up some horseradish roots at my parents house and made some sauce. For anyone that loves a little sinus clearing sauce, fresh horseradish takes the cake. We discussed growing wasabi plants next year alongside the horseradish which had been heartily growing since it was planted ten years ago.
It was great hunting down the horseradish plants on the property, then digging them up. Then- the exciting part of the process is the whole kitchen becomes a potent nose-clearing eye-burning apothecary. My mom had a solution to the eye burn:
too cool for school!