Author: G., M. & Sch., Family: brassicaceae (cruciferae)
Latin Synonym: cochlearia armoraica L.
Everyone knows the white horseradish root with the brownish skin and the characteristic hot
taste. The origin of the plant is South-East Europe, but it does also grow wild in Middle Europe,
as an escape of cultivation, though I've never seen any.
Like mustard, it can be used externally on
the skin as a stimulant, but too much can cause irritation.
More about horseradish in MGMH
Text References: Healing
| MH 20, 309 |
Treatment of Mamut's Arthritis
"Then, before you sleep tonight, I have new wash for joints. Apple
juice and hot root ..."
"You mean horseradish? The root Nezzie uses, with food."
"I think, yes, with apple juice and Talut's bouza. Will make skin warm,
and inside skin warm, too." |
| PP 2, 21-22 |
Nearby was a horseradish plant with small white flowers clustered in
a bunch on stems with small narrow leaves, and lower down, long, pointed,
shiny dark green leaves, growing up from the ground. The root would be
stout and rather long with a pungent aroma and a burning hot taste. In
very small quantities, it was an interesting flavor with meats, but Ayla
was more intrigued with its medicinal use as a stimulant for the stomach,
and for passing water, and as an application to // sore and swollen joints.
She wondered if she should stop to collect some, and then decided that
she probably shouldn't take the time. |
| PP 2, 23 |
'Wolf Repellent'
(...) going next after the long, thick horseradish root with the burning
hot taste. "I think I know a way to keep him away from our things," Ayla
said, pointing at the young canine playfully gnawing on what was left of
her leather camp shoe. "I'm going to make 'Wolf-repellent'." |
| PP 2, 26-27 |
Dominated by grasses more than five feet tall but ranging up to twelve feet in height - big bulbous bluestem, feather grasses, and tufted fescues - the colorful forb meadows added a variety of flowering and broad-leaved herbs: aster and coltsfoot; yellow, many-petaled elecampane and the big white horns of datura; groundnuts and wild carrots, turnips and cabbages; horseradish, mustard, and small onions; irises. |
| PP 4, 52 |
'Wolf Repellent'
While the food was cooking, she sorted through the herbs she gathered
for "Wolf repellent", putting aside the plant she had gathered for her
own uses. She mashed up some of the horseradish root in a bit of broth
for their meal, then began mashing the rest of the hot root and bruising
the other harsh, sharp, strong-smelling herbs she had gathered that morning,
trying to develop the most noxious combination of the plants that she could
imagine. She thought the hot horseradish would be the most effective, but
the strong camphor smell of the artemisia could be very helpful, too. |
Text References: Food
| VH 11, 194 |
Other small edibles were passed: pickled ash keys that had been soaking
in brine, and fresh pignuts. The small tuber resembled wild carrot, a sweet
groundnut Jondalar was familiar with, and the first taste was nutty, but
the hot aftertaste of radish was a surprise. |
| MH 20, 309 |
"Apple juice and hot root ..."
"You mean horseradish? The root Nezzie uses, with food." |
| PP 2, 21 |
Nearby was a horseradish plant with small white flowers clustered in
a bunch on stems with small narrow leaves, and lower down, long, pointed,
shiny dark green leaves, growing up from the ground. The root would be
stout and rather long with a pungent aroma and a burning hot taste. In
very small quantities, it was an interesting flavor with meats, (...) |
| PP 4, 51 |
I think I'll mash up some of that horseradish I found this morning,
for the roast. (...) It's hot, and you don't need much, but it gives the
meat an interesting taste. You might like it. |
| PP 4, 52 |
She mashed up some of the horseradish root in a bit of broth for their
meal, (...) |
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Abbreviations |
Editions |
| CB |
The Clan of the Cave Bear |
The page numbers refer to the hardcover editions by Crown Publishers, Inc, New York 1980, 1982, 1985, 1990.
Book 1-3 are the Special Collector's Edition, I don't know if the page numbers differ from those of the 'normal' hardcover editions. |
| VH |
The Valley of Horses |
| MH |
The Mammoth Hunters |
| PP |
The Plains of Passage |
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