# Do you like Horseradish Sauce? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 25, 2005, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328 "2005-09-25T12:20:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328/1 "2005-09-25T12:20:53Z")
Ugh. I could do without it. I got a foodbox from a friend as I was low on funds for this week and one of the things inside was a jar of Toasted Garlic Horseradish Sauce. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not ungrateful or anything, it’s just upon opening it, smelling it (Oh MAN, talk about one of the most WORST pungent smells EVER!), and then dipping my finger in to taste it, I found it tasted just like Horseradish Sauce has always tasted to me. Namely bitter, disgusting, and YES…HOT (my father always told me I was nuts because he always claimed that Horseradish Sauce wasn’t hot, which boggled my mind because it always seemed to be hot to me). Bleah! How anyone can enjoy this stuff is beyond me. So please, tell me there’s still some sane people around who agree with me that this is a horrid condiment (just kidding, you’re not insane if you really do enjoy it, of course, but man…I just can’t see how you that do like it can stand it. Heh). What do you think of Horseradish Sauce? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328/2 "2005-09-25T12:23:48Z")
I hate it too, but not for the same reason you do. I prefer straight horseradish, not some bland pap that has a bit of horseradish mixed with a gob of mayo or sour cream. How else can you eat roast beef? ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328/3 "2005-09-25T12:27:32Z")
I’m sorry, I just can’t put something in my mouth that smells like that. It might be good, but I guess I’m never going to find out. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328/4 "2005-09-25T12:28:07Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > How else can you eat roast beef? Why, with melted, cheddar cheese, of course! ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328/5 "2005-09-25T12:33:39Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > How else can you eat roast beef? With Yorkshire puddings of course. And plenty of horseradish. Mmmmmmm…horseradish. Idle, then how do you eat your sushi? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328/6 "2005-09-25T12:34:48Z")
Mmm, horseradish! If only I weren’t a vegetarian, I’d be eating it all the time! I agree that it’s hot, but it’s not a pepper-hot. It’s a mustard-hot. There’s also a ginger-hot, different from the previous two; and there’s a russula mushroom hot, different from the previous three; and I’m sure there are other culinary heats out there. Your dad’s wrong. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328/7 "2005-09-25T13:23:06Z")
Horseradish -mmmmm it’s a must have for prime rib, sushi, and many sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328/8 "2005-09-25T13:31:24Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > Your dad’s wrong. > > Daniel Not necesarilly. Try eating horseradish with your nose pinched shut. No heat. Now try that with hot sauce, or a hot pepper. Still hot. The hot from horseradish is caused by the vapors attacking the nasal cavity as the air from your mouth is connected to your nasal cavity via the back of your throat. If you stop breathing while you eat horseradish or pinch your nose, you escape most of the _heat_. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328/9 "2005-09-25T13:36:07Z")
By the way, I love all hot foods. I use horseradish whenever possible. I recieved a small container of EXTREMELY vaporous horseradish as a gift from a friend a few years back. The ingredients were; horseradish root, mustard seed oil, and vinegar. It was VERY invasive to the senses. It was sooo hot it gave me an adrenaline rush. It was the only horseradish that I could actually feel in my stomach after eating it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328/10 "2005-09-25T14:25:39Z")
Yum…horseradish. Count me in with **Fear Itself**. I prefer it straight. The stuff in the jar that calls itself “sauce” is too weak for my tastes. As for serving, I put it all sorts of meats, and incorporate it into dips and sauces. I love horseradish! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328/11 "2005-09-25T14:34:28Z")
I enjoy Inglehoffer’s Mild on roast beef sammiches, and of course the odd Bloody Mary. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328/12 "2005-09-25T14:41:10Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > Idle, then how do you eat your sushi? I eat it plain… 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Glassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Glassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glassy)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328/13 "2005-09-25T15:32:04Z")
Yes, the hotter the better. Good with beef, good with shrimp. I like it on grilled salmon, too. Mmm. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328/14 "2005-09-25T15:47:18Z")
> [@Uncommon Sense](#): > > Not necesarilly. Try eating horseradish with your nose pinched shut. No heat. > Now try that with hot sauce, or a hot pepper. Still hot. > The hot from horseradish is caused by the vapors attacking the nasal cavity as the air from your mouth is connected to your nasal cavity via the back of your throat. If you stop breathing while you eat horseradish or pinch your nose, you escape most of the _heat_. Makes sense–are you suggesting that the dad has clogged sinuses? Daniel ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328/15 "2005-09-25T21:17:08Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > I eat it plain… 😕 No wasabi? You just don’t know how to live 🙂 . ---
**Author:** ![ic8spots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@ic8spots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ic8spots)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328/16 "2005-09-25T21:21:29Z")
I’m not a big fan of anything I can smell on myself three days after eating. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328/17 "2005-09-25T21:39:02Z")
I love it. I put it in my cocktail sauce, my bbq sauce, on my bratworst, in appetizers, wherever. Yummy. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328/18 "2005-09-25T21:41:52Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > No wasabi? You just don’t know how to live 🙂 . Good wasabi can make or break an evening of sushi for me. Likewise chinese mustard; I go to a nearby takeout place, where the food is so-so, but the chinese mustard there is the most energetic I’ve yet tasted. Turns your sinuses to cellophane in a blast of hallucinogenic proportions. Seconds, later, it’s gone. Egg roll is not the same without it. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328/19 "2005-09-25T22:49:52Z")
> [@Uncommon Sense](#): > > It was sooo hot it gave me an adrenaline rush. It was the only horseradish that I could actually feel in my stomach after eating it. Outstanding! RE: Vapor. For one Passover Seder I attended, fresh horseradish was chopped and exposed to the air for several hours. It was quite mild. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328/20 "2005-09-26T00:18:12Z")
Horseradish is the reverse of mustard. If you prepare fresh mustard and refrigerate it at once, it will be very mild. It needs time to develop its kick. Horseradish fades with time. A good Chinese mustard will be prepared in the morning, so by lunchtime it is potent, and by dinner time it is deadly. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-horseradish-sauce/323328.md?page=2)