Wasabi Gone Wild

[kern0099]

I have been looking for a way to pickle Wasabi leaf. I've tasted it before and it's delicious, it was pickled together with a small relative of Daikon radish and another kind of root that was sliced before pickling, maybe it was Yam? I can't read Japanese labels, so I couldn't tell. It was an artisan company that made it, now defunct, afaik, so I'm not surprised I can't find any recipes. But, is it something you've heard of or tried before?

[JohnsonJimmy1998]

this wasabi is chili for sushi when i eat wasibi i cry so hot and rpicy i tod it was cake !!! XD LOL !?!?!?!?!?

[nikokungreenfuzzey]

i have to find myself some of this "wild" wasabi but have to say that i actually enjoy the pile of green stuff with sushi sometimes alone but hey to each his own

[ladyzmann]

hey you are very intelligent if i ever come to japan i want to go on a hike with you lol

[softypapa]

@ladyzmann Thank you for the nice words. I'd love to take you hiking if you come to the Shizuoka area! Have a great weekend! ~Kurt :-)

[kanamechidori]

nice video :D

[Oty3d]

You could have a wild サラダ. Wish you could find some Sansai or Takenoko.

[Draconigen38]

Love wasabi

I always learn something new from watching you ^^

[crazyboyfromjapan]

I found wasabi ice cream sold in downtown Shizuoka, but I don't have any courage to try it...

Anyway, it WAS a fun day in the wilderness.

Thanks!!!

[aopdjasldksa]

@crazyboyfromjapan It should be, in a sense, similar to chocolate with cayenne pepper powder in it, not too spicy but enough to intensify the flavor. Unless it's the gag ice cream haha.

[Cebrail1991]

Nice

[DivineContrast]

Wasabiiiiiiiii ^_^

[MrJingjong]

Interesting!

[BusanKevin]

That looked so good! I would also love to try some of that on a salad :)

[MicknFumi]

I'll have to try fresh wasabi, I've only had it as a paste...The only time I've liked it was when I had it mixed with mayo & put in an avocado prawn salad.

[JoeCubicle]

I grew up as a small child walking around my Grandmother's HUGE garden picking and eating all kinds of things with her. She had a small knife, a salt shaker and a bucket of water. My favorite was Turnips, I loved the texture and crunch. I've always liked root foods, especially horseradish and wasabi.

[gtpluvr]

Very cool!! I love wasabi...oishi!!...it was a good movie too! lol!

[ForceOfWizardry]

I hear wasabi must be grown on the freshest of spring waters.

[xxKaoruLoverxx]

Wasabi, wasabi, running wild and free! Wasabi, wasabi, delicious like this, to me! A mild taste, along the river. Green and fine, wind make them shiver! A useful plant, a green ballade! Grown in the wild, used in a salad. :]

[edtomorrow]

WEll that clears that up! Was always wondering where or what wasabi actually is. Thanks!!!

[Pure2Trance]

i love all your videos! there so cool

[TGracia93]

S! D! S! U! Fight Fight FIGHT! Couldn't help it. xD Nice wasabi. It looks very beautiful growing naturally.

[AndySan]

Wow, great video Kurt!! Totally from left field!

[Windowlicker77]

Wow cool area along the mountain. The water in the background is so clear. Nice find!

[Limastudent]

Good ones are expensive.

[TripleMCProduction]

Awesome :D Wasabi burns mah mouth T ^ T lolz

[FeileCase]

Hi Kurt: Is it almost like eatting a radish or radish sprout but tastes like a hint of wasabi flavor?

[softypapa]

@FeileCase Your description hits it on the nose! The wasabi flavor is ever so distant (though certainly there) with the dominant flavor being something very similar to those little red and white radishes I remember back in the states. However, the flavor was oh, so nice perhaps due to the freshness of the leaves. ~Kurt :-)

[APIC4PINY4L3G]

wait wasabi''s are spicy whoa dude

[softypapa]

@APIC4PINY4L3G Indeed wasabi is very spicy. Kiyoshi and I were both surprised to find that the leaves had such a mild taste. The actual wasabi flavor was only a very faint part. I guess that the roots might be stronger though we did not try it. ~Kurt :-)

[APIC4PINY4L3G]

FIRST YES YES I WIN I WIN!!!! im a douche

[Pure2Trance]

@APIC4PINY4L3G yes you are haha, but i loled so its all good.

[softypapa]

@APIC4PINY4L3G Thank you for being the first to comment and share this experience with Kiyoshi and I. I'm delighted you could join us. ~Kurt :-)