Help??? - Sometimes Free Food is Not a Blessing

moggins

Ex-DH brought son back last night and presented me with a bucket of horseradish!!!! And yes I mean a large bucket Can I freeze it as there is no way I can get through this much horseradish in one go.?

squeaky

The site below seems to be saying yes, but there are some links you can then follow for more information...


http://www.care-about-health.co.uk/res_Freeze+Horseradish_0.php

henhog

Hi, Marguerite has two recipes for horseradish.
Pickled horseradish - you can used spiced vinegar or white malt or white wine vinegar, but you must add salt to the vinegar. To each 1/2 pint of vinegar add 1 teaspoon of salt. The mixture doesn't need to be heated but you do need to stir well to make sure the salt has all dissolved. Peel the fresh horseradish roots and finely shredd or grate the flesh. Put into cold sterilized jars and pour over the vinegar. Seal.
You can also make horseradish vinegar. Malt, white wine or distilled vinegar can be used for this. Scrape the outside of the horseradish root and then shred the flesh. Allow two tablespoons of horseradish to each pint of vinegar for a mild taste and double the horseradish for a stronger flavour. Check the flavour after 4 weeks and then strain.

I don't know what I would do with either of these delicacies, but as both seem cheap and easy, they might be worth a try!

se999

I've never cooked with horseradish and wasn't too keen on horseradish sauce the one time I tried it Anyway, I had a look on google!!

Found https://www.horseradish.org which has lots of recipes including ones for horseradish and vegetable soup in the starters section, so maybe you could freeze it like that. But there are lots of other recipes.

Louisa_2

Whatever you do with it watch out when you prepare it, the vapours get in your eyes they are 100 times worse than strong onions!

HOLsale

i suggest wearing goggles when dealing with it... keep a pair in your kitchen drawer for use with horseradish and onions etc

scuzz

That's just what I do and everyone laughs at me!!

Amba_Gambla

there's me here imagining you with a huge bucket of horseradish sauce, forgetting that it's a root vegetable before it gets to your steak!

DUR!

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scuzz wrote:

That's just what I do and everyone laughs at me!!

Hi I always have an old pair of swimming goggles on when I chop onions or if I'm using anything like paint-stripper or ammonia. I don't care what I look like as long as my eyes aren't watering. My kids think I'm barking anyway