Horseradish - Herb of the year & annual festival

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Make plans now to attend the 23rd (or is it 24th) annual Horseradish
Festival (www.horseradishfestival.net) in Collinsville, IL (suburb of St.
Louis MO) the weekend of June 4-5.

Better yet, come for a week of vacation fun; visit the Arch, Grant's Farm,
Six Flags, Missouri Botanical Garden, the St. Louis Zoo or hundreds of other
attractions. If you pick the right days to be here, local legend Chuck
Berry will be performing in the Duck Room at Blueberry Hill
(http://www.blueberryhill.com/events/).

Visit "The Hill" neighborhood for great Italian restaurants, sausage makers
(Volpi and Oldani are widely respected) , bakers and grocers. A short
scenic drive away is Illinois Amish country or in the other direction,
Missouri Wine Country and wonderful German food.

Heck, we even have a great brewery; no, not that one the Belgians own -
St. Louis Brewing Co. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Louis_Brewery),
makers of Schlafly's and owners of the Tap Room and The Bottleworks
brew-pubs.



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On Sun, 1 May 2011 03:34:50 GMT, l, not -l wrote:


Do they sell Atomic Horseradish there? That is the brand commonkly
known as the best horseradish around but I can't find it through any
of my restaurant sources. And small bottles cost and arm and a leg
VIA mail order - $1/ounce + shipping.

I just looked on Amazon and I happened to notice that the "Top 100"
grocery products are almost all diapers and baby food/formulas. WTF?
Have that many people kidnapped babies that they have to order
supplies VIA mail order?

-sw
 
l, not -l,

Thanks for the invite, neighbor!

I've been there once.

Your St. Louis Arch is a colossal national monument!!!

Best,

Andy
 
On 1-May-2011, Andy wrote:


Come on down (or over); but, if the Arch is high on your list of must-see
STL attractions, come soon, before the government shut-down. 8-)



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On 30-Apr-2011, Sqwertz wrote:


I can't say; they don't publish a list of vendors expected to be there.
They do claim to have the hottest horseradish available on-site; of course,
that doesn't mean it's the best.
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"l, not -l" wrote:

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l, not -l,

I saw a TV documentary about the St. Louis Arch construction.
Remarkable! What ingenuity!!!

It would take me at least a dozen Bud Lights to get in that elevator to
the top. And upon living back to ground level, I'd be ready, willing and
able to risk dining on a St. Louis pizza, with or without horseradish!


Best,

Andy
 
BTW, ages ago, when we passed by it (I80), instead of the "Gateway to the
West" nickname, we discussed it for a few seconds and instead proclaimed it
"Gateway to the Left or Right of America."



Andy
 
On 1-May-2011, Andy wrote:


If by "(I80)" you meant Interstate Highway 80, you weren't passing the
"Gateway to the West"; you would have had to be on I-70, I-55 or I-44 to
have passed it. Of course you might have fat-fingered the a 7 into an 8;
or assumed inflation over the years had turned I-70 into I-80 (it didn't)
;-)

Happy trails from the left-side of the Gateway.


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On 4/30/2011 10:34 PM, l, not -l wrote:


Isn't Collinsville the home of the giant ketchup bottle? Does the
ketchup company make horseradish sauce, too?

Thank you for the warm invitation. We have been to that area many
times. We will pass through again later this summer as we follow the
Mississippi River along The Great River Road.

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On 1-May-2011, Janet Wilder wrote:


Yes, "The World's Largest Catsup Bottle" (http://www.catsupbottle.com/) is
nearby. Though the Brooks plant is no longer in operation, the community
celebrates and maintains the ketchup bottle shaped water tower. The folks
of Collinsville love festivals, thus the Catsup Bottle has its own, though
shorter, festival on July 10th.

I don't believe Brooks processes horseradish; the only Brook's products I
know of are the various canned beans and the tangy ketchup. From what I've
heard, the ketchup's tang comes from tobasco peppers, not horseradish.


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On 5/1/2011 1:57 PM, l, not -l wrote:
I never tried the ketchup. I think it's a local brand as I've never seen
it in a supermarket. The water tower, however is pretty awesome. I have
a photo of it somewhere.

IIRC, we had some decent BBQ in a little place in Collinsville. This was
back in 2004. We were camped nearby so that we could visit Camp Wood
River and St. Louis at the beginning of our summer of following the
Lewis & Clark Trail on the 200th anniversary of the Corps of Discovery.
We were staying very near the Cahokia Mounds. Interesting place!

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