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10080404 No.10080404 [Reply] [Original]

Why is real wasabi so damn expensive?

>> No.10080411

its semi rare

>> No.10080425

It's a huge fucking pain in the ass to grow

>> No.10080459

>>10080404
Because there's so much of it.

Why do you think things in this world are expensive?

>> No.10080529
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>>10080404
Why is fish on rice expensive?

>> No.10080535

You have to grow it in a stream bed in a very specific climate.

>> No.10080551

>>10080529
Hey there smoothskin

>> No.10080564

>>10080551
I've always wanted to try some ghoul. So many orifices.

>> No.10080708

True wasabi is not expensive as such. It is just that fake wasabi is cheaper - only by about 16% that the True stuff. See https://wasabi.org/fake-wasabi-cost for reasons.

>> No.10080729

>>10080404
Wasabi isn't that expensive in Japan, but its so bad everywhere else that they can over charge for exports

>> No.10080774

>>10080708
Great facts namefaggot. Poison tastes like candy.

>> No.10080882
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10080882

time to go eat some horseradish
honestly whats the difference

>> No.10081044

>>10080708
nice shill

>> No.10081058

>>10080882
Authentic wasabi has a completely different flavor profile and mouthfeel. You have to actually try it to know.

>> No.10081557

>>10080708
Good luck with the wasabi farm

>> No.10081566

>>10080404
just eat some mustard instead, fucking weebs

>> No.10081586

>>10081058
Kys

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>>10080404
Wait, so the green stuff you get at your local sushi place is fake?
What is it made from then?

>> No.10081608

Isn't wasabi also near impossible to transport fresh?
>>10081602
Horseradish.

>> No.10081618

>>10080529
Because they use magic to remove bacteria and parasites from the fish without cooking it.

>> No.10081624

>>10081602
powdered horseradish mixed with water.
it's dirt cheap

>> No.10081634

>>10081608
>>10081624
Oh wow, never knew.
It's honestly not bad imo, to use horseradish instead of the real thing if the real thing would make the dish unreasonably expensive.
But in that case they should just be honest about it and call the mixture something other than wasabi.

>> No.10081639

>>10081634
It usually has some percentage of powdered wasabi but it's mostly horseradish. Therefore it's not an outright lie to call it "wasabi" paste.

>> No.10081715

>>10080564
>>10080551
Patrolling the majove almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

>> No.10081738
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>>10080404
It's very picky about the weather it can grow in

>> No.10081749

>>10080404
Wasabi oxidizes very fast.

>> No.10081753

>>10081634
>>10081624
>>10081608
Corrupt food companies lie to us when they claim to sell us stuff like maple syrup too or kobe beef.

I also think a company had to be sued before they stopped calling their ice cream product, ice cream.

>> No.10081800

obnoxiously hard to grow and turns to bland mushy shit within about 12 seconds of preparing it
real wasabi is rare to find even in japan

>> No.10081803

Ive been to a wasabi farm. It has you grow pretty much underwater so thats probably why.

>> No.10081807

>>10080404
It actually isn't. Even in NJ/NY Mitsuwa markets it is pretty cheap.

>> No.10081817

Pretty sure the only places were it’s grown successfully in any meaningful quantity is the UK and Japan.

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>>10081753
The problem is that recipes can't usually be copyrighted.
You can't own the right to selling maple syrup since it is just a combination of various ingredients than anyone could buy and combine themselves.
Because Nintendo owns the rights to Super Mario they can sue you if you try to sell anything that uses that name.
It doesn't work like that with wasabi since anyone can grow that stuff and sell the paste. And if you call it wasabi paste it doesn't even have to be 100% wasabi in there.

>> No.10081995

>>10080404
It’s folded 1000 times

>> No.10082079

This whole thread is full of non facts..... way to go.

>> No.10082252

>>10081817
http://www.wasabia.com/

Found US grown wasabi.

>> No.10082259

>>10081753
If you're too dumb to examine the food you eat to make sure you're getting exactly what you want you deserve to be swindled by snake oil salesmen.

>> No.10082275

>>10080404
>Why is real wasabi so damn expensive?

Wasabi leaves are actually poisonous so most wasabi farmers can only farm wasabi for a year, before having to rotate crops; meaning you only yield half your acreage due to rotation. Farmers that risk not rotating often get fatal liver toxicity and many die.

>> No.10082631

>>10081868
Unless the government regulates it. But the government is on their side, thus they allow these companies to blatantly lie.

It happens less so in Europe.

>> No.10082651

>>10080529
lol its not expensive unless you're a poorfag

>> No.10082656

>>10080404
It only grows in certain conditions, running streams and hillsides, which cost a lot to recreate.

>> No.10082710

>>10080404
-Despite weeb opinions, it's not so good as to interest developed countries enough to grow it*
-It's hard af to grow in the wrong climate, and it isn't very profitable to do so. Most poor countries don't have the right climate for it, making it a very shitty cash crop.

So most wasabi is grown in Japan, and it's rare.
This makes it so that import wasabi is very pricy.
On the other hand, it's not that expensive in Japan.

*I'm not saying it's not good, just not enough to interest the mass public

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WASASASASASASASA
RAW NIPPON FISH ONU RICE - HEIGHT OF CULINARY TALENT

>> No.10082719

>>10081602
>dumb weeb thought he was eating real wasabi
WOT A THICK CUNT !

>> No.10082827

>>10080404
wasabi, ginseng and truffle are the most complicated things to grow. to this date wasabi was not successfuly cultivated outside of japan.
also it rots really quickly.
Tbh it does not taste better than horseradish, it tastes a tiny bit different, but its not better by any stretch

>> No.10084931

Do we have a market for real wasabi in USA? I've always wanted to farm
Just this spoon feed and I'll work out the rest

>> No.10084942

>>10080404
Because it takes 50 years of samurai training to properly make.

>> No.10085476

>>10081738
can they just breed variety that grow in other climate? When I see the miracles of cabbages or even tomatoes I'm surprise the sushi fad isn't funelling some money into getting something they would label "the true stuff" and overcharge even more

>> No.10085541

>>10084931
Yeah, higher end sushi restaurants use the real stuff with their sharkskin graters

>> No.10085777

>>10084931
https://youtu.be/2qq30ya3ui4

Good for your health apparently. Maybe you can sell to the Whole Foods crowd.

>> No.10085953

>>10085777
Wanting to say "Quality post" for such a fine wasabi link
Only with the comment about wbole foods really disapoints

>> No.10085962

>>10081058

Only cocksuckers and creepy people say mouthfeel, just say texture like a normal human.

>> No.10085992

>>10085962
You're posting on 4chan sport. There's no room here for anyone to be claiming they're normal.

>> No.10086154

>>10080529
Jiro dreams of you being found dead impaled on your 14" horse dildo.

>> No.10086157

>>10082827
https://www.thetasmanianfoodco.com.au/our-brands/shima-wasabi/

>> No.10086160

>>10085962
Carrots and coconut flesh have exactly the same texture but very different mouthfeel.
Hint: coconut flesh is oily. Carrots are not.

>> No.10086165

>>10080529
1000 times folded bushido used in combining the ingredients

>> No.10086574

Weeb tax

>> No.10086597

>>10080404
Those bumps look like the bumps under the head of my penis.

>> No.10086598
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10086598

>>10081715
>These pizzas so hot, almost makes ya wish for nuclear winter ehhhhhhhh

>> No.10086603

>>10085992
Plenty of normal people post and lurk on *chans.

>> No.10086606

>>10086603
>Plenty of weird people in denial post and lurk on *chans
And they've been a plague on us since

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>>10086606

>> No.10086625

>>10086597
ever tried grating some wasabi with it?

>> No.10086631

>>10086606
This! Everybody should be the same and think the same and like my posts on facebook and vote for Hillary Clinton because being unique and thinking for your self is bad. Also buy stuff.

>> No.10086634

>>10086625
I should give it a go then beer back ur mom haha fgt.

>> No.10086642

>>10086597
Pearlbro what do you do when it starts itching.

>> No.10086646

>>10086642
They haven't itched before. I only notice the bumps when I'm wanking in the mirror tbqh.

>> No.10086656

>>10086631
Wow anon! You browse 4chan?
You're so quirky and interesting that you browse a copy of a Japanese image board, lol you could even say "you're a big guy" XD

>> No.10086857

>>10082713
Jiro dreams of you being found dead impaled on your 14" horse dildo.

>> No.10086863

>>10080404

Its hard to grow and horseradish paste with green dye is much easier and tastes exactly the same.

>> No.10086872
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10086872

>Wasabi is a pepper root
>Its described as strong when its just pepper, not chili

>>10085476
Not when its grown in a country thats focusing on 200% donut steel orginality.
Thats merely how Japan is

>> No.10086949

>>10082275
>Wasabi leaves are actually poisonous so most wasabi farmers can only farm wasabi for a year, before having to rotate crops; meaning you only yield half your acreage due to rotation. Farmers that risk not rotating often get fatal liver toxicity and many die.
[Citation needed]
But seriously, if you're not memeing, I'd like to read about that.

>>10086872
>>Wasabi is a pepper root
>>Its described as strong when its just pepper, not chili
U w0t m8?
Pepper is Piperaceae, Wasabi is Brassicaceae and Chili is Solanaceae. I'm no Biologist, but I think they are quite far apart from each other. Wasabi is closer to cabbage than it is to pepper.

>> No.10086990

>>10086656
>You browse 4chan?
No, because Rule 1.

>> No.10087013

>>10080529
god that ghoulish skeleton face always freaks me out

>> No.10087282

>>10080404
go to youtube and search for beginning japanology wasabi and find out.

>> No.10087310

>>10086949
He doesn't know what he's talking about. People even consume wasabi leaves since they are spicy as well.

>> No.10087319

But aren't wasabis some sort of peas?

>> No.10087337

>>10080529

It's not as long as you aren't being autistic about it.

>> No.10087648

>>10086642
That's the herp my dude pearls don't itch

>> No.10087665

>>10080404
Because it's grown on a moist hill in Japan. It has to be constantly maintained. and even then, if you get it, you have to be careful cause once you use it that's it. Meaning that it goes bad in minutes if you dont eat it.

>> No.10087916

Because Joey ate all of it creating a shortage
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r8cL6ErEBjY

>> No.10090056

>>10080404
Because the plant itself is a little bitch.
> What, you try to grow me OUTSIDE of running clear water of precisely the correct deapth, temperature and mineral content?
>Ok, you did not try that. BUT you sneezed to loud, guess I'll die. Good luck with the next harvest, snatch eyed fag.

>> No.10090190

>>10086990
>Caring about the rules

>> No.10090271

>>10086990
rules 1 and 2 refer to raids dingus