Horseradish
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Saint-Just
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There are usually some in Waitrose (I know, I know)…
Nice65
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It grows all over the place too, roadsides and fields. If you google it you’ll realise you’ve seen it growing wild, looks very like Dock leaves but smells very much like horseradish.
Unfortunately you probably can’t read this so you’ll have to part with some Yorkshireman’s wealth in Waitrose.😁
Unfortunately you probably can’t read this so you’ll have to part with some Yorkshireman’s wealth in Waitrose.😁
bushwacker
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Eees off of up norf. They dont have the same plants as us in the beautiful south
Come over. I've got a patch outside my back fence in the alleyway. (Polish export to be truthful.)
Damn near impossible to kill off, if the mood suits you. This stuff can melt your eyebrows.
With _excellent_ ventilation and gloves:
Wash/scrub then peel the root stocks. Grate what's left.
It's much more fibrous than I expected.
Mix with heavy cream and refrigerate.
Something that every good roast of beef really needs.
Damn near impossible to kill off, if the mood suits you. This stuff can melt your eyebrows.
With _excellent_ ventilation and gloves:
Wash/scrub then peel the root stocks. Grate what's left.
It's much more fibrous than I expected.
Mix with heavy cream and refrigerate.
Something that every good roast of beef really needs.
ElThomsono
VIP Member
Good to see you here Brian, how's the weather?
I live in the west face mountains of the Rockies, Robson Valley district of the great Fraser River.
Unlike everywhere else on the west coast, my place is mild ( -10C up to +5C daily) and mostly sunny and dry.
Anybody trying to make a dollar shoveling snow is going broke. Bare streets and roof tops here.
Places in southern BC like Fernie are getting their normal 30' of annual snow.
People in the San Bernadino mountains of California might still be totally cut off with 5-10' new snow.
I read that supplies are being air lifted by helicopter.
I'm loaded down with food and drink for me and Rumpuss-cat. House is warm and dry.
The daily sunshine really warms the place up. The grape pickers rewarded me with a half dozen bottles
from past vintages. My legs are bad, I'll be house-bound until some really serious health issue commands otherwise.
The wood carving is slow but still enjoyable with what I have upstairs now from the shop.
Unlike everywhere else on the west coast, my place is mild ( -10C up to +5C daily) and mostly sunny and dry.
Anybody trying to make a dollar shoveling snow is going broke. Bare streets and roof tops here.
Places in southern BC like Fernie are getting their normal 30' of annual snow.
People in the San Bernadino mountains of California might still be totally cut off with 5-10' new snow.
I read that supplies are being air lifted by helicopter.
I'm loaded down with food and drink for me and Rumpuss-cat. House is warm and dry.
The daily sunshine really warms the place up. The grape pickers rewarded me with a half dozen bottles
from past vintages. My legs are bad, I'll be house-bound until some really serious health issue commands otherwise.
The wood carving is slow but still enjoyable with what I have upstairs now from the shop.
Yeah, thanks. I appreciate the conversations. I don't have visitors. I have people to do stuff and I see them every 2 weeks (alternatively) for house keeping and all kinds of shopping. That takes care of a lot of crap in this house (2 x 12,00 sqft) for just me and the old cat, Rumpuss, I named her.
There are a couple of people who do drop in, they help me do all sorts of odd tasks around the house.
Rumpus was living rough under a shed behind a petrol station. Some 14 months ago, we had an awful cold spell with nights of -35C or worse.
The poor cat wound up with frost-bitten black feet and the top half of her left ear froze solid and broke off. Anyway, the animal welfare people were called in, they caught her, and put her up for adoption. Best guess was about 12 years of age, maybe more.
My cat of 18 years died October 2021, pelvic paralysis left her crawling around with her front claws. I got to thinking that I'd like to have another companion cat but a mature, slow one that was not about to rip the place apart and clear off the counter tops. I put out the word and soon enough, those animal welfare people showed up with this cat. She had no name. So with inspiration from TS Eliot's Book of Cats (poetry), I made up a name, "Rumpuss," for this old doll.
I put all the cat things in my big bedroom and kept the door shut for more than a week. Rumpuss was living under my bed which was OK.
Gradually she came out and very slowly I gained her trust. Providing the food is a good driver for that. Eventually, she's got the run of the entire house. Where she goes and what she does is her business. She can't jump but uses her claws to climb up the blankets onto the bed for nights.
I bought a copy of TS Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. 15 poems which gave even Webber the inspirations for his musical "CATS". (That was a wonderful show, saw it in Melbourne, Australia.) Much to my total surprise, my naming of "Rumpuss" was not a novel invention on my part.
Eliot beat me to it! 1935!!!! That made me feel even better.
That's about it. My lower legs are too weak to stand up from low seats or from the floor. Need to be quite careful. Let my Driver's License lapse. Sold my vehicle. Had to quit bird hunting before last season. Will be selling shotguns and all the trappings with them.
But, I've been wood carving for 20 years. Very strong influence from the First Nations native cultures of the Pacific Northwest coast here.
Can I add pictures? If so, how is that done in this site?
There are a couple of people who do drop in, they help me do all sorts of odd tasks around the house.
Rumpus was living rough under a shed behind a petrol station. Some 14 months ago, we had an awful cold spell with nights of -35C or worse.
The poor cat wound up with frost-bitten black feet and the top half of her left ear froze solid and broke off. Anyway, the animal welfare people were called in, they caught her, and put her up for adoption. Best guess was about 12 years of age, maybe more.
My cat of 18 years died October 2021, pelvic paralysis left her crawling around with her front claws. I got to thinking that I'd like to have another companion cat but a mature, slow one that was not about to rip the place apart and clear off the counter tops. I put out the word and soon enough, those animal welfare people showed up with this cat. She had no name. So with inspiration from TS Eliot's Book of Cats (poetry), I made up a name, "Rumpuss," for this old doll.
I put all the cat things in my big bedroom and kept the door shut for more than a week. Rumpuss was living under my bed which was OK.
Gradually she came out and very slowly I gained her trust. Providing the food is a good driver for that. Eventually, she's got the run of the entire house. Where she goes and what she does is her business. She can't jump but uses her claws to climb up the blankets onto the bed for nights.
I bought a copy of TS Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. 15 poems which gave even Webber the inspirations for his musical "CATS". (That was a wonderful show, saw it in Melbourne, Australia.) Much to my total surprise, my naming of "Rumpuss" was not a novel invention on my part.
Eliot beat me to it! 1935!!!! That made me feel even better.
That's about it. My lower legs are too weak to stand up from low seats or from the floor. Need to be quite careful. Let my Driver's License lapse. Sold my vehicle. Had to quit bird hunting before last season. Will be selling shotguns and all the trappings with them.
But, I've been wood carving for 20 years. Very strong influence from the First Nations native cultures of the Pacific Northwest coast here.
Can I add pictures? If so, how is that done in this site?
MaC
Moderator
@Brian T
I have mobility issues at times. When it's bad then little things like the back step become kind of scary. When it's good I run up and down the stairs, when it's bad those stairs could be bloody Everest.
Anyhow, sitting does me no good, but at times standing and walking hurts like hell and sitting is pretty much what I can manage.
So, we bought me one of these for when times are not good.
It's basically a gadget that makes all the little muscles in my feet and lower legs move. When it's bad and I can't reach down to wipe my feet with a damp cloth before I use it, I just drop a couple of baby wipes on an old tray and rub them on that. Feet need to be gently moist for it to work. That's the only problem I have using it.
The results though, are worth the bother. It genuinely helps. Even just sitting reading and using the thing two or three times a day, it helps. It keeps the blood flowing, it keeps the joints mobile, etc., and it wasn't expensive either. I'm pretty sure that Amazon or the like would supply one your side of the Atlantic too.
If you search for 'TENS, EMS foot circulation', it ought to come up with things like this one.
I didn't pay that for mine, pretty sure I got it for about forty, but it looks like a huge price jump; sorry.
I haven't used the stick on electrodes at all, so can't make any claims for those, but the just sit with your feet on pad thing, is awfully good
I note that they now do heated ones....might be a comfortable thing under a desk or table too.
Best of luck with it I hate being so limited, feeling unsteady and my every step unreliable.
Just now I'm good I hope your own improves.
M
I have mobility issues at times. When it's bad then little things like the back step become kind of scary. When it's good I run up and down the stairs, when it's bad those stairs could be bloody Everest.
Anyhow, sitting does me no good, but at times standing and walking hurts like hell and sitting is pretty much what I can manage.
So, we bought me one of these for when times are not good.
It's basically a gadget that makes all the little muscles in my feet and lower legs move. When it's bad and I can't reach down to wipe my feet with a damp cloth before I use it, I just drop a couple of baby wipes on an old tray and rub them on that. Feet need to be gently moist for it to work. That's the only problem I have using it.
The results though, are worth the bother. It genuinely helps. Even just sitting reading and using the thing two or three times a day, it helps. It keeps the blood flowing, it keeps the joints mobile, etc., and it wasn't expensive either. I'm pretty sure that Amazon or the like would supply one your side of the Atlantic too.
If you search for 'TENS, EMS foot circulation', it ought to come up with things like this one.
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I didn't pay that for mine, pretty sure I got it for about forty, but it looks like a huge price jump; sorry.
I haven't used the stick on electrodes at all, so can't make any claims for those, but the just sit with your feet on pad thing, is awfully good
I note that they now do heated ones....might be a comfortable thing under a desk or table too.
Best of luck with it
I hate being so limited, feeling unsteady and my every step unreliable.Just now I'm good
I hope your own improves.M
Maybe 2-3 years back, people insisted that I do the electo-stimulation of my leg muscles. It was unpleasant.
Not possible for that to replace the gradual deterioration of my lower leg circulation. Clearly a vascular issue.
The major surgery for the abdominal arterial bypass has been wonderful in delaying more rapid damage onset.
Before, the pain in my thighs would stop me in my tracks for 15 minutes ( by the clock.) Now that bit is all gone!
Not possible for that to replace the gradual deterioration of my lower leg circulation. Clearly a vascular issue.
The major surgery for the abdominal arterial bypass has been wonderful in delaying more rapid damage onset.
Before, the pain in my thighs would stop me in my tracks for 15 minutes ( by the clock.) Now that bit is all gone!
MaC
Moderator
Aye, anyway, horseradish.
Does anyone have a bit of root that might sprout ? and could I grow it in a pot ?
Himself likes horseradish sauce. I have older recipes that use it in condiments.....I suspect these are pre-curry/British Empire type recipes, but I'd still give them a go
Does anyone have a bit of root that might sprout ? and could I grow it in a pot ?
Himself likes horseradish sauce. I have older recipes that use it in condiments.....I suspect these are pre-curry/British Empire type recipes, but I'd still give them a go
MaC
Moderator
This machine goes from 1 to 100 and it's up to me what level I choose to use. I have a high pain tolerance and usually run it pretty high.
Son1 had a shot and at 15 he was in severe discomfort.....but you could really see his legs twitching with it.
I think if you could find one at a reasonable price, it might be useful in helping keep the lower legs active, but it might best be something you discuss with your Doctor.
Sorry, I just don't know.
M
The horseradish that I have is a great big mass of big leaves on stalks like rhubarb.
Get busy with a garden fork or a shovel in the rough gravel soil and dig up whatever you need. Thrives on neglect.
Potted? Somehow, I think it's too rough and vigorous for a pot. A piece from a grocery store (Asian?) ought
to germinate just fine, like ginger will usually do.
Get busy with a garden fork or a shovel in the rough gravel soil and dig up whatever you need. Thrives on neglect.
Potted? Somehow, I think it's too rough and vigorous for a pot. A piece from a grocery store (Asian?) ought
to germinate just fine, like ginger will usually do.
CaptainBeaky
VIP Member
Hi Brian
Good to see you here.
Hope you and Rumpuss are doing ok.
Good to see you here.
Hope you and Rumpuss are doing ok.
MaC
Moderator
I found some online. Nearly a tenner for five bits to plant.
Anyone know if the leaves are edible too ? I like my greens, and spicy greens could be rather nice.
If it is, then it might be worth the tenner.
Saint-Just
Administrator
I said Waitrose... 
:p
:p
MaC
Moderator
Nearest Waitrose is 14 miles away though.
I'll just do eBay.
M
I'll just do eBay.
M
Don't know where there is one.I said Waitrose...
Beachlover
Moderator
I had some on one of my old allotments so went for a forage this morning. Turns out the eejits erected their compost heap over it.
I’m sure it will eventually resurface, but not in time to be of any use to anyone here.
I’d no idea about the leaves Mary, but yes, it looks like they are edible.
I’m sure it will eventually resurface, but not in time to be of any use to anyone here.
I’d no idea about the leaves Mary, but yes, it looks like they are edible.
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bushwacker
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isn't he a tory MP?