Re: [CH] WHAT MAKES HORSERADISH HOT?

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>Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 00:10:54 -0400
>From: "Mark Barringer" <mdogdrum@earthlink.net>
>Subject: [CH] WHAT MAKES HORSERADDISH HOT?
>
>I have a fondness for a local horseradish producer called Brede's.
>This company has produced the stuff here in Detroit for years.  Why is this
>stuff so sinus clearing when you first open it?  Why does it mellow with
>age, unlike some salsas and hot sauces.  Are there capsaicinoids in
>horseradish?

Mark,

NO, what hot is a few of the many mustard oils (isothiocyanates) in lots of different plants.
In horseradish, the main two are allyl isothiocyanate & 2-phenethyl isothiocyanate.
Many isothiocyanates have cancer-preventing & inhibiting properties.

>Any answers are greatly appreciated.  And, by the way, Brede's
>beet horseradish rocks!

For further info, take a look at the Gold's, Litehouse & Morehouse site:
http://www.horseradish.org/homepage.html
http://www.horseradish.org/search.html

Art

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