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11 Comments
I always wondered.
My local Japanese market always has them fresh but yes they are super expensive.
Jeremy Clarkson tries to grow it on his farm.
I heard about this but never knew
Even with the current dip in the financial Market am still glad i can smile back at my portfolio of $ 400,000 built from my months of weekly trade
You were wrong, Taiwan also plants it for a long time.
Love this video, now where can I get some, Wasabi with out having to go to, Japan?
bullshit, people are growing this out in oregon, the reason its so expencive is becaus of this spesific myth.
Don't think I've ever tried real wasabi, but I would definitely like to try growing it
How do these products differ in taste? Does anyone know?
meanwhile @spicymoustache seems to have just made his own riverbed somewhere in England (in a tent) and grows like 40 heads of wasabi at a time… I was blown away because I was always taught that this wasn't pheasible.