Re: [CH] Black Pepper, La Bamba
Joe Ferguson (coredump@coredumps.org)
Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:59:41 -0500 (EST)
You sure about this? I can remember a time when a little horseradish
would make my eyes and nose run, just before I fell out of the chair. Now
I can take a spoonful of the pure stuff and not even blink. On last
night's roast, for example...
Of course, I may have gotten dumber... :o)
-joe
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On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, A. Bucsics wrote:
>
> The pungent principle of horseradish is, if I remember correctly,
> mustard oil. It is a sulfur-containing compound, volatile and chemically
> unrelated to capsaicin. Neither does it desensitize.
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