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 ## Peppers! @ CoreDumps.Org ## http://www.coredumps.org/peppers/ 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. > >