I knew about this a few years ago, I asked my sister to bring back a root while she was in Japan so I could try the real thing.
She kept it in her suitcase... on the outside pocket -_-

It got squished and was totally flattened when I opened it at home.

I was so sad, plus that's like $50 out the window (It was only half root)

QQplay

United States229 Posts

October 27 2010 06:06 GMT

#42

well i figured the one of the left is imitation judging by your post! however, if asked for the color of wasabi, i'd probably say it leaned more green than yellow. i never knew it was yellow! :O
not really a big fan of wasabi though :/

BottleAbuser

Korea (South)1888 Posts

October 27 2010 06:09 GMT

#43

I've never seen yellow wasabi. The green shit is everywhere, so it's probably the cheaper one (fake).

tomatriedes

New Zealand5356 Posts

October 27 2010 06:14 GMT

#44

Wow, never knew that. I wonder if I would actually like the taste of real wasabi?

Kyhol

Canada2575 Posts

October 27 2010 06:15 GMT

#45

I have a friend who was on Ecstasy at a part a while back. We were eating sushi and laughing and chatting, this guy walks in the room and you can tell he's out of his mind at this moment. He looks at us and then he looks at the wasabi... without a word, we're all looking at him, he picks up a big piece with his fingers and sniffs it up his nose as hard as he could. I'm dying laughing at this point, "is he seriously going to do this again?". He grabs a bigger piece and sniffs it up the other nostril. Tears were shedding from both of his eyes and to this day I still don't know why he did it, but it was originally funny. He never showed an ounce of regret.

snowbird

Germany2044 Posts

October 27 2010 06:27 GMT

#46

Who cares about wasabi being real or not.

Pizza places making pizza with fake cheese is much more terribleliliier!

ZoW

United States3983 Posts

October 27 2010 06:31 GMT

#47

fuck wasabi

spicy mayo 4 life

Disregard

China10252 Posts

October 27 2010 06:33 GMT

#48

You never bother with the wasabi unless the sushi chef actually puts some in there. And I thought majority would know that its just mostly dyed horse radish, the real shit is expensive and real picky on where it grows. If you really want to try it, they usually grow it in the Northwest or just go to Japan.

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

October 27 2010 07:58 GMT

#49

man everyone must be color blind, that is not yellow at all. I guess that's why everyone calls cyan ' teal ' in sc2..

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

October 27 2010 08:00 GMT

#50

On October 27 2010 15:27 snowbird wrote:
Who cares about wasabi being real or not.

Pizza places making pizza with fake cheese is much more terribleliliier!

when the fuck has that ever happened? The only time I ever saw process topping (imitation cheese) was at the 99 cent store.

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The only thing that I can think of that might be imitation is the mayo at Jack in the Box. That shit is yellow and nasty looking/tasting.

ForSC2

United States580 Posts

October 27 2010 10:06 GMT

#51

On October 27 2010 17:00 CharlieMurphy wrote:

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when the fuck has that ever happened? The only time I ever saw process topping (imitation cheese) was at the 99 cent store.

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The only thing that I can think of that might be imitation is the mayo at Jack in the Box. That shit is yellow and nasty looking/tasting.

They might do it because it doesn't mold rather than the cost.

Which would sorta be the cost anyway.

Golden Ghost

Netherlands1041 Posts

October 27 2010 13:08 GMT

#52

On October 27 2010 17:00 CharlieMurphy wrote:

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when the fuck has that ever happened? The only time I ever saw process topping (imitation cheese) was at the 99 cent store.

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The only thing that I can think of that might be imitation is the mayo at Jack in the Box. That shit is yellow and nasty looking/tasting.

This actually happens a lot. About 70% of the cheese on storebought pizza, cheeseburgers etc. is not real cheese but something made of palm oil, starch, milk proteins and salts.

Not only is it cheaper but it is also more resistable to heat and has a few other advantages that make it more flexible to use in food preparations.

rastaban

United States2294 Posts

October 27 2010 13:54 GMT

#53

On October 27 2010 12:03 Inschato wrote:
I know the one on the left is fake, because it looks the same as the stuff I get in my wal-mart sushi and I would be shocked if they used anything real.

Yeah my thought as well. Now I am curious to try the real stuff and see if it really adds a lot to the sushi experience.