Mustard plants produce glucosinolate toxins and when ingested, causes toxicosis in your horse. This toxin is also known as mustard oil glycosides or thioglucosides. Can horses eat mustard? When it’s flowering, it gets coarse and horses don’t like to eat it. When mustard is the same height or a little Read more…
These brushes have extra-long bristles—about a half-inch longer than a standard soft brush. “These are designed to be used to literally flick dirt off the horse,” says Harris. What is a flick brush used for horses? Horse Flick Brushes Flick brushes are manufactured with strong, tough bristles that enable dust, Read more…
A lead, lead line, lead rope (US) or head collar rope (UK), is used to lead an animal such as a horse. Usually, it is attached to a halter. The lead may be integral to the halter or, more often, separate. When separate, it is attached to the halter with Read more…
daily. 4. To stimulate healthy tail growth, brush the dock of your horse’s tail daily with a dandy brush. This will loosen and remove dirt and dander, which can make your horse itchy. Brushing the dock and upper part of the tail bone also increases blood flow, which stimulates growth Read more…
The bite and aroma of the horseradish root are almost absent until it is grated or ground. During this process, as the root cells are crushed, isothiocyanates are released. Vinegar stops this reaction and stabilizes the flavor. How long do you let horseradish sit before adding vinegar? Continue blending, adding Read more…
The plant itself is inedible, and we only eat the root. The word horse, in fact, is used as part of several other plant words, including horsemint, horseparsley, horsevetch, and horsechestnut. The word horse is used in this way to refer to something large and coarse, or rough. Is there Read more…
Although horseradish itself is vegan, the sauces made from it normally contain cream and sometimes egg. Follow Your Heart makes a dairy- and egg-free version, and you can easily make vegan horseradish sauce at home. Does horseradish have dairy? Horseradish is dairy free. Horseradish does not contain milk and should Read more…
Add 2-3 tablespoons of white vinegar and a half teaspoon of salt for each cup of ground horseradish root. Why does my horseradish taste bitter? When cut or grated, enzymes from within the plant cells digest sinigrin (a glucosinolate) to produce allyl isothiocyanate (mustard oil), which irritates the mucous membranes Read more…
The Egyptians knew about horseradish as far back as 1500 B.C. Early Greeks used it as a rub for lower back pain and an aphrodisiac. Jews still use it during Passover seders as one of the bitter herbs. What is the history of horseradish? Early Greeks used horseradish for lower Read more…
After the first frost in autumn kills the leaves, the root is dug and divided. The main root is harvested and one or more large offshoots of the main root are replanted to produce next year’s crop. When was horseradish invented? 1500 B.C.Although growing horseradish in this area didn’t begin Read more…