Horseradish: more than just a tasty flavoring.

[rikibeth]

The Bloody Mary mix at work is made with, among other things, a generous amount of fresh horseradish root.

They were mixing up a batch of it yesterday as I was heading out. It smelled FANTASTIC.

I asked Derek today if Mary mix counted as "juice" -- staff's allowed unlimited coffee, fountain drinks, and juice, but not the alcohol. I told him I didn't want to take it if it wasn't allowed. He said it was fine. So I poured myself a moderate cupful, and had it along with my morning coffee. It was DELICIOUS.

It was also, as I discovered, not a good thing to put into an empty stomach. The first thing I noticed was that it made me feel hungrier, whereas my coffee-with-cream usually pacifies me until I can grab a break.

The next thing I noticed, a couple of hours later, was rather more uncomfortable, and resulted in extra bathroom breaks. Eep!

I came home and poked Google, and, yes, horseradish can indeed do that.

I didn't want it to do that.

I'm eating plain rice for dinner tonight, I think. Maybe some toast. (Bananas and applesauce, while recommended for this condition, are too gross to contemplate. The smell of bananas gives me heaves, and applesauce is just ew. I like SOUR CREAM on my latkes, thanks.)

Bloody Mary mix: NOT a substitute for breakfast.

Comments

[donnad.livejournal.com]

I came home and poked Google, and, yes, horseradish can indeed do that.

Tomato can do that too. The acid is a bladder irritant. (as is soy and citrus). Yeah, been there, done that.

I prefer sour cream on my latkes too.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

This was not my bladder. /TMI

Also, tomato juice is my standard morning beverage in addition to coffee, and it doesn't give me problems. Nope, definitely the horseradish.

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

Russ sends his sympathies. He gets that from anything made with canola oil, which has resulted in some unpleasant surprises when a couple of our standard road-trip food breaks changed their cooking oil without notice. And it's turned both of us into ingredients readers on packaged foods, too.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. Some people I know have the same response to soybean oil. Unfortunate!

I've had Bloody Marys full of delicious horseradish before with no problems, but it's always been in conjunction with a large brunch. The food must act as a buffer.

[donnad.livejournal.com]

Oh... Well, Hope it passes quickly.

[(Anonymous)]

But isn't that the problem? *ducks*

Sorry to hear; it's always unfortunate when tastebuds and physiology don't agree.

[marmota.livejournal.com]

whups, the anonymous comment was from me. Misplaced my logged in session, apparently.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

//hands you cookie despite terrible pun

[tanyahp.livejournal.com]

Aw, I am an applesauce and latkes kinda girl, but I sympathize with the horseradish thing. Eeps.

[tubin.livejournal.com]

Sour cream AND apple sauce with my latkes, thankyeverramuch.

And you're making me very grateful I inherited Dad's cast-iron stomach.

Maybe you need to start having the bloody mary mix for lunch, along with something more solid to buffer it. It would be a pity to miss out entirely!

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

I think if I EAT something for breakfast, instead of just having coffee and juice, I'll probably be safe, but I've got to figure out something that's quick and easy.

Mary mix isn't what I want to drink with burgers. If I haven't been making beer-battered anything (and therefore have no reserved beer) I'll generally grab a fountain Coke with a lemon wedge.

[7kim-moon.livejournal.com]

Heh. I don't know which of three possible do-thats you mean, but it doesn't matter; horseradish has had all three effects on me when taken on an empty stomach. Love it passionately but get some carbs in there first.


(Now I wish there were a way to filk "just a spoonful of horseradish makes the medicine go down", so I could skip away into the night singing that ... but, tragically, it won't scan.)

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

I thought that by mentioning that my condition was susceptible to treatment with the BRAT diet, I'd made it clear enough without being overly icky.

Because, trust me, it was ICKY.

[7kim-moon.livejournal.com]

Well, the three possible ickies were the α-icky, the β-icky, and the γ-icky. You had made a comment elsewhere that γ-icky was out, and the BRAT is good for either α- or β-icky. :)

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

I did not throw up.

[7kim-moon.livejournal.com]

Ah ... that icky.

Ick.

[shut-me-up.livejournal.com]

If bananas were meant to be food the universe would have given them a different taste/smell. Period.

Tummy ok again?

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Just fine, thanks!

I dreamed abut you last night! I dreamed I'd traveled all the way to Germany to see a concert where Ego Likeness was opening for Information Society and that Steve Archer (of Ego Likeness) had done a double-take when he saw me in the audience (because he knows he usually sees me at shows in the northeast US), and you were letting me stay overnight before I had to go home again. But then a lot of people came over to your apartment. It was strange.

[shut-me-up.livejournal.com]

That's really... not sounding much like me.
But still... I AM IN YOUR HEAD!! *evil laugh*

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

I know, it's not as if you ever post about people coming over to your apartment except maybe your parents, definitely not a LOT of people.

But you were in my head!

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about the digestive unpleasantness. I hope you're feeling better today.

Am strangely pleased to know that I'm not the only one who doesn't like bananas, but I would I'd found out under better circumstaces for you.

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

I am lucky in that the secondary effect of peppers/horseradish I don't suffer.

Coffee, by itself, is an appetite suppressent. The cream helps. Caffeine stimulates insulin.