Real Wasabi

[Shel_B]

I've been thinking about making a pesto from the leaves, maybe the stems as well.

[liuzhou]

On 6/24/2024 at 1:48 AM, rotuts said:

its expensive to manufacture ,as it grows in a ' pond like ' aquaculture  it seems 

 

No. It grows in or on the banks of fresh running water, usually in mountainous areas.

[liuzhou]

I grated some today to use as a garnish on a homemade hamburger. Worked well. I'll do that again.

 

(Can't see McDonald's taking it up, though.)

[haresfur]

2 hours ago, liuzhou said:

 

No. It grows in or on the banks of fresh running water, usually in mountainous areas.

Kind of somewhere between. It grow in running water but extensively modified from natural streams 

[liuzhou]

1 hour ago, haresfur said:

Kind of somewhere between. It grow in running water but extensively modified from natural streams 

 

I'm sorry but in way does a stream, 'modified' or not, become to be between a stream and a pond? Ponds contain still water; streams have running  water.

 

I've visited a number of wasabi farms; none were anything like ponds.

 

 

 

[haresfur]

It grows in an aquaculture system that uses running water, not a natural stream. 

 

And the water in ponds moves, just more slowly than what we usually call streams. It is simply a question of degree. The aquaculture system needs to provide the right amount of flow in the right depth of water over a larger area than you would find on the unmodified banks of running water that you would find in mountain streams. 

[liuzhou]

18 minutes ago, haresfur said:

It grows in an aquaculture system that uses running water, not a natural stream. 

 

 

Maybe sometimes. All the farms I've visited, two in Japan and three in China are in mountainous areas and use natural streams. The only 'modification' was some landscaping.

 

 

Edited Monday at 11:15 AM by liuzhou (log)