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Wasabi and horseradish are different plants. They taste similar enough though that horseradish with green food-colouring is often used as wasabi, and that real
by Findecanor 4y ago
Wasabi and horseradish are different plants. They taste similar enough though that horseradish with green food-colouring is often used as wasabi, and that real wasabi is often diluted with horseradish — even in Japan.
Real wasabi is more expensive partly because it is more difficult to cultivate (in stream beds vs. soil) and partly because growers keep supply low to hike up the price.
- xyzzy_plugh 4y agoIt's ludicrously expensive too. A little bit of whole wasabi lasts me a long time as wasabi paste is sort of "foamed up" and I find the volume increases. It would be so worth it if I could cultivate even a single plant myself. If you can't tell the difference, consider yourself lucky. I probably spend a few hundred dollars a year on wasabi and use it quite rarely.