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To: Uncle Frank who wrote (34001)	10/29/2000 9:54:45 PM
From: John Stichnoth	Respond to of 54805

great commercial Ah, but do you remember what the ad was for? (I don't, though I've seen it several times). If you don't remember the product, it's not a good ad. "See" y'all during the week.

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (34001)	10/30/2000 10:25:50 AM
From: StockHawk	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 54805

Enough with this FAKE wasabi - for Gourmets the REAL Wasabi is available. They say that real wasabi is to fake wasabi as ketchup is to salsa. Until recently it was only cultivated in Japan, but is now grown in Oregon. (Frank, since you spent time in Japan, you might enjoy this.) From the web site: "Don't be fooled. The green smooth textured clump on the side of your sushi dish is rarely real wasabi. More commonly it is ordinary horseradish with food coloring added. Real wasabi is one of the rarest and most difficult vegetables in the world to grow. Few geographical areas are suited for growing wasabi. Wasabi powder is available in most grocery stores and is also used in most sushi restaurants in the U.S. The powder is not real wasabi at all. The customary ingredients are horseradish powder (dried and ground regular horseradish), mustard powder, cornstarch and artificial color (blue and yellow). It's convenient and inexpensive but tastes nothing like real wasabi. Prepared wasabi tubes are available in Japan in three grades--Grade 3: no real wasabi, Grade 2: approximately 25% real wasabi and Grade 1: 100% real wasabi. The grades 2 and 3 are usually available in the U.S. however, grade 1 is more difficult to find. Fresh Wasabi Rhizomes - $24.95 + S/H Half-pound Box. Each order contains a complimentary wasabi grater. Gourmet wasabi rhizomes shipped by air and delivered fresh to your door. Serves 6 to 8 people or more. Instructions on the proper Japanese method of grinding your fresh wasabi for maximum enjoyment are included." freshwasabi.com StockHawk (I hear it is particularly good with fugu.) Ok, now that you got me started, for those who do not know, fugu is a poisonous Japanese blowfish. And it is deadly. But, specially licensed chefs in Japan can prepare it by skillfully removing the toxins. It is said that the most skilled chefs can leave just a trace of the poison (for which there is no antidote) so that the lips of the diners will buzz - and they can relish their brush with death. Alas, some are not as skillful as they would hope. From another web site: "A partiality to fugu is thus an expensive predilection, and, when prepared by the wrong hands, a dangerous one. Toxic effects begin with a tingling and numbness of the lips and tongue. Depending upon the amount of toxin ingested (one milligram is believed to constitute a fatal dose), a progressive paralysis affects all muscular movement including that of the diaphragm. Most victims expire within six to twenty four hours. There is no known antidote; about fifty percent of poisoning victims die. Each year, about one hundred Japanese succumb to residual tetrodotoxin in fugu." chemistry.about.com OK, back to investing.