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Grow Your Own Wasabi

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If you’re a regular patron of Japanese restaurants, fiery green wasabi paste is a familiar and welcome sight. So, it might come as a surprise to learn that you’ve probably never tasted real wasabi. Most restaurants use a substitute made from Western-style horseradish and other ingredients, including vinegar and mustard powder. That’s because real wasabi, Wasabia japonica, is rare and expensive even in its…

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