How To Quickly Clean Horseradish At Home And How To Wipe Your Hands Later + Video

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How to properly clean horseradish and quickly return your hands to cleanliness

Thrills add spice to everyday life. And if this statement is applied to gastronomy, then horseradish as a seasoning or appetizer can give food a completely unique flavor. For its preparation, it is necessary to take into account a number of nuances associated with peeling the peel. And ways to wash your hands after contact with such a fragrant plant will also not be superfluous in the arsenal of household life hacks.

Do I need to peel horseradish root

Horseradish contains a valuable set of vitamins and minerals, is used for joint inflammation, urolithiasis, in cosmetology to remove age spots, freckles and sunburn traces, and also stimulates appetite and improves digestion.

Both leaves and rhizomes of the plant are eaten. But if the former are mainly used only in conservation, the latter are also the basis for unique sauces for meat, fish and aspic dishes. In this case, the skin is cut off, since it is too hard. The only exceptions are thin young roots - the peel on them is still quite soft, and it is not necessary to remove it.

Horseradish spices are an integral part of Russian cuisine

How to clean the root correctly and quickly

Since horseradish secretes substances that cause watery eyes, it is important to minimize the inconvenience associated with this. The only way to do this is to take into account all the details of the preparation and the process of peeling.

The worst thing is considered to be the horseradish dug up in September.

To work, you need any of the following tools:

• a sharp knife (the skin is thinly cut with it);

  

  You need a sharp knife to clean horseradish roots

• device for cleaning vegetables;

  

  You can remove the skin from the roots of horseradish with a vegetable peeler, which is usually used for peeling carrots or potatoes.

• iron scrubber (for scraping off the skin on young horseradish).

  

  With an iron washcloth, you can quickly clean young horseradish roots from contamination

Preparation for work

This stage includes only two steps:

1. Put fresh horseradish in cold water for 5–6 hours, and if the vegetable has already lay down, soak it in water for 3–7 days. Such procedures will give the skin elasticity and help to remove dirt better.
2. Put the horseradish in the freezer for 1.5-2 hours: this way the skin peels off faster.

Peel off

There are several ways to quickly and easily remove the skin from the root.

Cleaning horseradish with a knife

Instructions:

1. Soak the vegetable in water, wash it well and cut off the antennae of the roots and hard-to-reach dirty spots.
2. Soak horseradish with a napkin.
3. Use a knife to cut off thin strips of peel.

To clean horseradish, the knife must be sharp

The advantages of the method are speed, accuracy (no cleaning is flying around), and the disadvantage is that the root itself is cut along with the skin.

Using the vegetable peeler

Instructions:

1. Rinse the roots well.
2. Lightly soak them with a napkin.
3. Scrape the skin off the horseradish with a vegetable peeler.

Removing the skin from horseradish is easy with a vegetable peeler

The advantage of this method is the reduction in the volume of waste, and the disadvantage is that it is not always possible to control the direction of flight of the skins. In addition, fans of horseradish workpieces claim that the roots are cleaned with a knife a little faster.

Video: two ways to clean horseradish

Original approach

If the young roots are approximately the same size, this method will work:

1. Wash the vegetable well.
2. With a sharp knife, cut off the antennae, flabby ends and other unnecessary parts of the stems.
3. Brush any remaining dirt with a toothbrush and rinse again with water.

Before cleaning the horseradish root, flabby edges must be cut off

The Karcher mini-sink will help you solve the problem even faster. If you have such a device, use it for quick peeling by placing the washed horseradish roots in a fine mesh net.

Video: horseradish cleaning using the Karcher device

How to wash your hands after handling horseradish

Having cleaned the roots, we face another problem - dirty hands. Cope with it quite simply:

1. Cut off 2 lemon slices.

   

   Lemon is a proven product for removing dirt from under nails and cleaning hands

2. Wipe your palms with juice.
3. Dip your fingers into the pulp for 1–1.5 minutes.

4. Wash your hands with warm water and mild soap.

   

   After processing with juice and lemon pulp, wash your hands with warm soapy water

5. Apply a nourishing cream.

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To prepare any dish, it is not enough to choose products, you need to wash and clean them correctly. Especially when it comes to vegetable preparations. To easily and quickly remove the peel from horseradish, the described tips will help.