Buying fresh horseradish
lindac
13 years ago
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Comments (2)I have sealed grated horseradish in zip lock bags with all the air pushed out, and it worked quite well. If you put 1/2 cup or so in a sandwich sized bag, press it thin and flat, pushing the air out as you seal it,you will be able to open the bag while it's still frozen and break off a small piece to use in a recipe or creamed horseradish sauce, whatever, and then push the air out of the bag and put the rest back in the freezer before it thaws. This works with grated ginger, pesto, and the leftover tomato paste in the can if you're doing a recipe that calls for just a tablespoon or so....See MoreFresh Horseradish
Comments (9)The roots are hard like a carrot. Once soft, its lost moisture. Usually harvest is in late fall. Freezing will make it lose punch as will long fridge storage. To get the most flavor, its dug fresh, scraped of all dirt down to a white root, then placed in a blender with a little water to make puree. I usually add a few drops of vinegar too. It can keep up to about 2 months and then it starts to lose the punch....See MoreBuying fresh paw-paw
Comments (18)I thought I'd add a comment even though it's been three months since the last update. I don't usually look at the TN gardening forum, but I'm not that far away in the SW corner of VA and I visit Oak Ridge from time to time (grew up there). I've been growing several paw paw cultivars for a while now and I agree with everything Brandon says except one. There are people who really don't like the taste. The negative comments have been "tastes like overripe banana" or something to that effect (it doesn't taste anything like banana to me). I have no personal experience with Integration Acres but have seen others comment positively about paw paws bought from them. Otherwise the best bet is to find a paw paw fan and let him/her give you a "certified" good one. Farmer's markets may be hit or miss. I got some good ones many years ago at one after asking around if anyone knew where I could buy some. No one was selling them, but one woman brought me some the next week. I've seen some sold at the farmer's market in Abingdon, VA but they were small and black--ones I'd throw away. Even at the paw paw festival in Winston-Salem, NC last August, one of the vendors was selling way over ripe paw paws and they would be a bad representation of how a good paw paw tastes. By the way, the UT arboretum in Oak Ridge has some paw paw trees that I saw fruit on several years ago but couldn't know if they were any good since it was too early. Most of the wild paw paws I've encountered are small, seedy and are of mediocre flavor or have some bitter aftertaste, but here and there you will find keepers. I should note that most of the commercially available cultivars are selections from the wild or at most one or two generations removed....See MoreAnyone buy a fresh Christmas tree online?
Comments (15)For me, going to pick out a tree is my favorite part of Christmas and finding “the one” is what it’s all about. Honestly, I’d rather have no tree at all then to have one from a box whether it’s fake or fresh. When we first moved to Michigan from Socal, I didn’t understand why people got their trees so early. My birthday is the week before and that’s traditionally when we’d go but that year, when we went to get ours, they were all frozen solid. My DH talked me into doing a fake tree but I really hated it. The tree was given away the next year and I told him never again. Cindy, I forgot you’re in LA, when we lived there we were pretty poor and couldn’t afford to buy one. Instead we’d borrow our neighbors three wheelers and go to the woods to find a tree, we’d even make all the ornaments for it. Those holidays are sweet memories for me....See Morefoodonastump
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