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.
> 
>