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Have you ever taken a big bite of horseradish sauce and quickly regretted it from the intense burning sensation that leaves you in tears?!
That happened to me the other day when I was eating a new sandwich from Wawa. I took a bite of what I was expecting to be a delicious Roast Beef and Turkey combo, when all of a sudden I felt like there was fire coming through my nose!! And, I started flailing my arms and freaking out to hopefully somehow stop the burning! Meanwhile my husband is sitting across from me with a confused look on his face, wondering what the heck I am doing. I promptly explained to him that it’s the horseradish sauce, and I had full expectation that he would understand.
Because horseradish sauce does this to everybody right?!
He just kind of shook his head and said let me try it. So, he took a big bite with the horsy sauce and then…. NOTHING. He acted like it was no big deal.
I was convinced that he was just trying to be Mr. Tough Guy. But, it was then that my world changed. Matt went on to question me… Do you really not know how to eat horseradish sauce? He says it’s just like eating Wasabi or Spicy Mustard from a Chinese restaurant. What is that supposed to mean?!!
Well he goes on to explain that when you’re eating it, you breathe in through your nose, but you then breathe out through your mouth.
I’m thinking.. what, is this some kind of joke or something?? But, I was game to try, especially since I had my whole sandwich left. I took a bite, breathed normally in through my nose and then out through my mouth… and then… NOTHING!!!
What?! Could this be true? I really don’t have to go through intense, make me cry, kinda pain to enjoy Horseradish sauce or Wasabi?! I was in absolute disbelief. And, I continued to tell Matt that this was life changing news and wanted to know how he knew this. He told me that he figured this out as a kid and he thought everyone knew this trick. I said, no way does everyone know this, but everyone needs to!!
I vowed to post on this topic.. and then forgot until tonight. Matt brought home Sushi this evening and I was excited to try my new trick! So, I piled on the Wasabi, followed my above breathing technique and then… Voila! No burning… is that crazy or what?!
Now, I’m going out on a limb here in posting this, because it is possible that I’m the only one in North America that did not know this! But, either way, I would loooove to hear from you… Let me know if this is a life changing hack?! Or, are you like Matt, and knew it all along? 😉
