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In 1869, Henry Heinz started his business by selling processed horseradish, applying his mother's recipe to homegrown roots. The first Heinz ketchup hit the stores seven years later, and the rest ...

Horseradish is in the Brassica plant family (broccoli, cabbage, mustard, kale and raddish). It is a perennial — meaning once you plant it, you must get the roots out or you will have it next year.

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Horseradish is grown on only about 3,000 acres in the United States. It is also grown in California, New Jersey, Virginia and Wisconsin. The root is harvested in the spring and fall.

In all, American farmers grew nearly 3,000 acres of horseradish in 2017, according to the USDA, or an estimated 24 million pounds of the root crop. Its name has nothing to do with horses.

Horseradish is one of those plants that is happy to grow all by itself without much care. However, roots from plants that are left to grow on their own will not reach optimum size.

Look for fresh-looking roots with tight skins, Tsuji instructs. Avoid roots that are soft, withered or smelly. The radish's flesh is white, but the skin can be creamy white or black.

Even so, when Peter Kump, one of my mentors, wrote in praise of the root in 1992, he argued well that horseradish remained vastly underappreciated.

Webster Groves, Missouri resident Brian King amazed onlookers by tossing a horseradish root into a wagon placed 10 yards away on his first try. “I guess I’m a natural,” King said.