Real wasabi, in fact, is much rarer and more expensive ... It takes several years for the roots to mature, and once grated, they quickly lose their flavor - in less than 15 minutes!
Because of its price the "wasabi" you're used to is probably just a mixture of horseradish, coloring, and sweetener. These products often only have 1-5% of the real thing in. Wasabi is known for ...
Powdered real wasabi will still be expensive, but should have the benefit of being used when you need it. True wasabi will contain wasabia japonica, while faux wasabi (and most of us will have to ...
Wasabi is so expensive that the kind you eat with your sushi probably has up to 5% of the real thing
Because of its price the 'wasabi' you're used to is probably just a mixture of horseradish, coloring, and sweetener. These products often only have 1-5% of the real thing in. Wasabi is known for ...
The restaurants were long known for allowing customers to grind their own wasabi roots to produce the spicy paste used as a condiment for soba. But they’ve had to mostly give this up.
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