[Sca-cooks] period horseradish sauces

[Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach CorwynWdwd at aol.com:
>In a message dated 8/31/2003 4:25:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>StefanliRous at austin.rr.com writes:
>
>>  Does anyone know why this plant is called "horse"radish? Do horses like
>>  to eat the greens?
>>
>According to Laurie Lacey's Wild World of Plants, "The popular English name,
>Horseradish, means a coarse radish, to distinguish it from the edible
>radish...."  Can't say that I find the horse radish inedable though....

Horse mushrooms, so named for similar reasons, are also good. I can't 
vouch for horse chestnuts, though.

Adamantius