where to get "real" wasabi?

[potentialtoburn.livejournal.com]

is super88 my best bet, or is there somewhere closer to davis?

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Crunchy turtle!

[hissilliness.livejournal.com]

If you want real real wasabi, they sell it at Penzey's in
Arlington Heights. Note, however, that, as their website says:

Funnily enough, the wasabi we've all been eating in Japanese restaurants for many years isn't actually made of only ground up wasabi root. It is a combination of ingredients which combine to give the bright heat and zesty flavor we all know and love mixed with soy sauce and served with sushi. Pure Wasabi root is extremely expensive and a small jar doesn't really make very much. As far as the flavor difference, it is kind of like turtles. When you've been going to the candy store all your life eating turtles, luscious chocolate covered caramel and pecan creations, and then you get told no, real turtles are at the pet store -so you go there and find out they are crunchy amphibians, even though they truly are the "real" turtle, you'll probably, in the long run, end up back at the candy store.

Re: Crunchy turtle!

[potentialtoburn.livejournal.com]

ha! ya, that's basically my quest. i want to know. i do like my horseradish.