Yeah...that reaction pretty much says it all! HAHA!

our horseradish is always red (pinkish-red kinda). in all my years and seder's, i've never tasted it. ick! i just have the two torn pieces of matzoh, nothing inside. (hi RI!)

and Swish goes BOOM! oppo field. 2-1 Yanks.

[2] You wouldn't like horseradish. Besides its intense spiciness it has very little taste.

I think it must be the spiciest food that isn't a capsicum pepper. What else did they use in Europe and Asia before Columbus? -- black pepper, garlic, mustard. Horseradish brings more tears than any of those.

i would've had matzoh bri if i were in NY today. i guess most folks douse it sugar - or cinnamon - but i drench it in salt.

haha - you guys are definitely making the spicy face.

[3] yeah i can handle pretty hot food - nothing like my mom or brother - but i don't like it because there is not much taste to it.

Yeah, you are right, it's just good for a dare, to knock the tears out of your face, but it isn't as tasty as some other hot food. The red stuff is red cause you add a little beet juice to it. Alarmis, I know THAT is making your mouth water....LOL

[6] beet juice! feh! : )

[5] i actually love spicy food. can you do the vindaloo? i dig it sometimes!

[6] ooh, btw, it's "thelarmis" like "thelonious", not " the (a)larmis". i know that's gotten confusing here over the years. i'll explain to you the stage name bestowed on me someday (not that it's interesting...)... : )

btw, juan miranda just smoked a double and curtis scored easily from 1st. 5-4 bravos. pat venditte threw 2 pitches. they did not show his warmup. robbie looks really good in the field today!

[3] Wasabi and certain mustards might give it a run for its money. Also, all of the above aren't "spicy" and don't really react with the tastebuds. Rather, the chemicals involved impact the sinuses.

[4] Hey, that's how I like matzoh brei, too! Gulp. Somehow I find this disconcerting. But damn it's good. I think I'd better pick up a box of matzoh on the way home so I can cook some up tomorrow for breakfast.

he's throwing lefty. he's throwing righty. this is soooo cool!!! : o

[7] yeah i love vindaloo. both my mom and my grandma make a mean vindaloo - i think mine is pretty good too.
you like some thai and indian food, right?

i used to find beets disgusting until i tried some fresh ones - they ware quite good.

[10] he alternates every pitch or just by the batter?

[8] Oh, right, I was thinking of wasabi as a kind of horseradish. Looks like maybe it's only a close relative.

[9] ooh, yes, that would be rather disconcerting for you! and thanks for letting me know how to spell "brei" - i was wondering! i'm having "breakfast" right now...

venditte is super cool. now, he just unleasehed a lefty sidearm pitch. he's not having a very productive inning though. not terrible, but not great. walk, sacrifices, earned run, a couple of decently hit balls. either way, this is very impressive!

inning over. 1.1 innings. he's prolly done. i'm glad i got to see him!

[12] just by the batter.

[13] i used to play in a band called wabi sabi.

[13] They are all pretty similar. The house mustard you get at Chinese restaurants can be very potent too.

[7] The next time you come to NY, you need to try phaal, which is a very spicy Indian curry (think vindaloo x 10). A restaurant here runs a contest to see if you can finish the entire thing. I was able to do it easily (I love the hottest of hot foods), but some of the people I was with couldn't tolerate even the smallest amount.

EDSP now pitching. walked gritner. he best steal. Swish up. he hit an oppo homer in his last AB...

[17] wow, that sounds great! i need to mention this to a buddy of mine. i've never heard of phall, i don't think.

and there goes brett the jet. he stole 2nd rather easily.

i am having a helluva time here lately w/ word press. : /

posada took EDSP deep for a 2-run, game-tying homer. 6-6.

venditte done. zack segovia in. and with that, my interest in the game has waned and i can get on with my day now! : )

[16] Ah, good point, I'd forgotten how hot Chinese-style mustard can be.

[17] so, whatjya win for finishing the phaal?!

just like i saw when he was w/ detroit, "dancers groin rust" takes some, um, interesting routes to the ball in center. lotsa turning, turning back, cutting the other way, putting his head down, changing course, etc. yet, he still seems to find the ball. interesting.

[7] [17] Funny I was gonna suggest the phaal too it's outrageous ... to us Americans ... to an ol' Indian lady I met there, she said it was no big deal ... if you finish one dish (even if you share!) Brick Lane will give you a free beer on East 6th Street just east of Second Avenue

kevin russo has a really good idea of what he's doing at the plate. he also made a nice play at SS earlier in the game. ..

For the record: the horseradish was freshly ground -- with a little kosher white vinegar added - had to buy it at a Hasdic grocery store. The Hasidim were buying the actual radish and grinding it at home. Maybe next year I'll do the same. Also - I like the taste.

[23] free beer! wahoo! i'm really intrigued by this phaal. i can't believe i hadn't heard of it. who knows, maybe i have before, but forgot. vindaloo can be pretty strong, so this sounds crazy-like!

Ah, the classic Hillel Sandwich. Gotta love it.

At our family seder, we take the whole horseradish thing seriously. In fact, we take it way too far, to the point of staging a contest to see who can construct and down the most obnoxious Hillel sandwich possible. And that means putting an extreme amount of the white stuff (fresh ground, from The Pickle Guys) on it. Over the years this contest (waged only among the family's males) has reached the point where we're putting horseradish on everything, including the brisket. But I have to tell you... take a hard-boiled egg... take a bit off the top...sprinkle some black pepper on that sucker and top it off w/ some white horseradish. Heaven.

good luck and let us know how it goes

On a bit of a tangent ///

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_india_chili_grenades

We do the same for Easter with horseradish and kielbasa.

PS - anyone else have login problems on BB? I often have to close the browser and reopen to get it to work.

[22] You win a free beer and the option of having your picture posted on the restaurant's website. I never got around to sending them a photo.

[23] To be honest, I didn't think it was hot at all. In fact, it was very tasty and I would order it aside from the novelty. I've been eating very hot things since I was kid, so I probably have an unusual tolerance. Instead of Tabasco or Franks, I use 500,000-1,000,000 Scoville unit hot sauce, so I'm a bit of a psycho.

[29] The dreaded ghost chili! The phaal supposedly has ghost chili, but I don't believe it. I have one sauce (1,000,000 scoville) with it as an igredient, and it ridiculous.

[30] What browser?
With Safari I have to refresh the page after I log in (not restart the browser). With Firefox, no problem.

[30] yeah, i am. i mentioned either here or on the last post (tiger). word press has me re-enter my password all the time. half the time, it doesn't even work, and says to log in again. i guess word press is still in spring training mode...

i use Firefox. i haven't had to close any browsers, just refresh...

[31] the free beer is cool, though Indian beers like King Fisher, are usually too pale for me. yeah, i wouldn't do the picture, either...

[33] , [34] I generally use Firefox, but I've had the same problems on Chrome and Opera as well.

I don't normally have that problem on other wordpress sites.

i am on firefox too and sometimes i have to refresh or log in a couple of times before i am actually logged-in.

i always check the "remember me" box, but it hasn't done diddly-squat lately.

[37] Story of my life, thelarmis.