Anyone know?

[Jemisa]

My nephew at the dinner table tonight asked "Aunty why do they call this Horseradish sauce?" Mmmm! I couldn't answer him, but said I'd ask the AB. Any idea's?

jem

[jno]

nobody's quite sure. See the end of this paragraph

http://en.wikipedia.o...i/Horseradish#History

[TheWinner]

http://www.horseradish.org/history.html

[237SJ]

Because it`s made from the horseradish plant

[ELVIS68]

My kids ask the same question about Hamburgers, 100% beef an all that

[mike11111]

Hamburgers are named after the town of Hamburg, not the meat.

[jno]

frankfurters come from Frankfurt; cheeseburgers come from Cheeseburg

[237SJ]

I didn`t know that tonyted. A bit like pizza then. Everyone thinks they come from Italy but they were invented in New York

[philkool]

Does bread come from liverpool ?

[ELVIS68]

What about Mars Bars?

[jno]

pizzas come from Naples - a piece of bread livened up by having some sauce on it.

[philkool]

cottage pie comes from bricks and mortar

[philkool]

do the french serve horseradish sauce on they,re horsemeat i wonder ?

[mike11111]

I've suddenly gone off shepherd's pie.

[Jemisa]

237SJ -- I think I can work that one out all on my own TYVM.

jno - & - TW - thankq for the links v/helpful explains a lot.
Our young Michael will be enlightened tomorrow.

jem

[237SJ]

Jemisa - glad I was able to help! :-)