Comments on: Wasabi wannabe and the chemistry of the hot green sushi substance https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/07/14/wasabi-wannabe-and-the-chemistry-of-the-hot-green-sushi-substance/ Mon, 01 Aug 2016 04:41:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: StevoR https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/07/14/wasabi-wannabe-and-the-chemistry-of-the-hot-green-sushi-substance/#comment-463828 Mon, 01 Aug 2016 04:41:49 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22717#comment-463828 Interesting clip and article. Cheers.

]]> By: Artor https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/07/14/wasabi-wannabe-and-the-chemistry-of-the-hot-green-sushi-substance/#comment-463827 Tue, 19 Jul 2016 19:34:50 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22717#comment-463827 A friend of mine is an amazing cook, and everything he makes is a treat for the senses. However, I visited him once while he was preparing the “bitter herbs” for a Passover feast. I walked into his kitchen and he said, “Smell this,” handing me the hopper from his Cuisinart. I stuck my face in and took a big whiff, discovering too late that it was freshly pureed horseradish in vinegar.
I screamed and fell to the floor. It felt like I’d taken a baseball bat to the face, driving a railroad spike into my sinuses. It was a month before I could smell anything but horseradish.

]]> By: metzomagic https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/07/14/wasabi-wannabe-and-the-chemistry-of-the-hot-green-sushi-substance/#comment-463826 Sat, 16 Jul 2016 23:40:56 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22717#comment-463826 Must admit that I get a sort of subliminal pleasure from eating with chopsticks. I had the good fortune to visit Bali in 1982, just before they built the 5-star hotels and it became overrun by mainstream tourism. And none of the Chinese restaurants there had utensils. So out of necessity I learned how to cope with chopsticks.

Once mastered, it really is the most pleasurable way to consume oriental food. But now you tell me that the wonderful green-on-steroids wasabi I have been consuming with my sushi for the past 30+ years is… fake. I’m gutted, I tell you 🙁

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