A great snack with beer, these peas are hot-hot-hot. Any more than 4-5 peas per mouthful and your eyes will water. (The pack size is 100g)
Regular price is $1.50+ but I noticed they've dropped to $1. The National Healthy School Canteen Guidelines lists them as AMBER so they must be good. Anyway, one of my daughters just loves these peas.
PS The shelf ticket at Woolworths in Hobart was wrong, and showed $1.27, but they scan at $1.
Careful, they're Hot Balls.
They're Hot Nuts.
Peas aren't nuts, they're legumes…
Someone is showing off their wikipedia skills. Very impressive JV. Very impressive indeed.
Oddly enough, so are peanuts. :)
lol, white people are hilarious
mmm wasabi…..
are these actually real wasabi or just horseradish etc like the cheap supermarket "wasabi"?
They're - quote - '0.3% wasabi powder, flavour enhancers 631 & 627, colours 102 & 133'. Yumm, the real deal.
I think they're also 'Made in China' from memory.
Shoot, really?
OK thanks for pointing that out - I would have bought a heap but I have a basic "No food made in China" rule. Don't believe in the food health and safety over there.
Havent eaten an Oreo in ages…
"Don't believe in the food health and safety over there."
While I agree with this statement, surely imported foods are checked here for safety?
Whoosh
Wishful thinking. No way the Aust authorities test the claims on the labels vs all the actual products. They don't even have the resources to test locally made products and local authorities check only a fraction of food outlets for safe handling, etc.
..and that's apart from the labelling workarounds:
http://www.7perth.com.au/view/today-tonight-articles/today-t…
http://au.news.yahoo.com/today-tonight/consumer/article/-/10…
And Santa Claus is real.
It costs too much to test each food, inspect foreign factories, etc. We rely on the honesty of the manufacturer & importer. It is back to buyer beware.
Having travelled in China, read about & talked with business owners about corrupt practices there, and been conned & cheated… well I am wary of (but still buy some) Chinese manufactured product, including 'Wasabi' peas.
And surely all bureaucrats do their job 100% of the time….right?
I'm right behind King TightArse, so to speak.
I also don't eat shit from China. Eating laminex with my corn flakes never really worked for me.
You'll notice a lot of Kraft crap is now pumped out from China. I'll eat my own face before i eat that, but then i've got a pretty cute face.
The main ingredient in Wasabi paste/powder - the Wasabi served in sushi shops is also listed as horseradish (about 40%). The horseradish/mustard gives the heat & the up the nose hit. It is not real Wasabi! (But if you like it, you'll love these peas.)
"Real wasabi is a light, golden yellow with a hint of green to it. it isn't as hot as the fake wasabi and is more delicate and herbal/floral in nature" Only the most expensive Wasabi is green & you won't see it used on peas!
Wasabi may be known as Japanese Horseradish, but is not a horseradish. Best wasabi is freshly grated root (the only way to ensure it contains any Wasabi) - superb!
Note the ingredient in these is not 0.3% wasabi, but wasabi powder (same as wasabi paste & is not true wasabi)!! That is why the product is labelled by law as Wasabi FLAVOURED so people are not deceived.
I buy 500g or 1kg bags so much cheaper than $10/kg - still very enjoyable but disappears too quickly.
Good Wasabi powder may contain some trace of low grade Wasabi Japonica, but it is not the active ingredient.
If it is green - it is from artificial colour.
If it is hot - it is from horseradish/ mustard / artificial flavour/ flavour enhancer.
But nothing wrong with healthy horseradish! Try it straight or in a quality sauce without all those dodgie chemicals. Still gives a great hit. But too much gives you more shit than hit!
Of course, most 'sushi' sold in Australian shops is not true sushi either.
So wasabi isn't really wasabi, & sushi may not be true sushi.
But still tastes great.
I remember when I was in Japan I didn't see "sushi" rolls once during my week stay. Also didn't see any wild Pikachu's…some pets but.
did you walk around in some tall bush/grassland?
They are out there - 'Californian Rolls' that is. (developed in the USA in the 1970's) But the Japanese have their own rolls - the Makizushi (巻寿司). The classic form of sushi in Japan is the Nigirizushi (握り寿司) - a bed of sushi rice, usually with a bit of (fake) wasabi, and a (seafood) topping. As for Pikachu - might be spotted in a CosPlay area/gathering.
They are great. My tip: handful in your mouth and hold them there for as long as you can. It will make you cry and imagine that a rhino has just kicked you up the nose.
ahhh wasabi pain, watching people eat wasabi for the 1st time is almost as fun as foreigners trying vegemite lol
Than god those bunch of morons are in pain! They deserve it.
some of thier stuff is funny, some..
Down vote me all you like, truth hurts it seems
Missed me :)
hahaha that was such a random example. Rhino kicking you up the nose.
handful in your mouth and hold them there for as long as you can.
They're a hot root…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wasabi_by_EverJean_in_Nish…
I bet they work well with the colonic irrigation deal from a few postings back!
Ps I love wasabi peas!
I bet they work well with the colonic irrigation deal
That deal was crap though…
real wasabi costs like 100$ per poound which is a couple of roots
fun fact is, these horseradish flavoured is actually 1.5x hotter than the real deal
Remeber if your pee burns, see a doctor.
Should I? - damn.
From sushi shop (fake) Wasabi packet
"Excess consumption of this food may have a laxative effect"!
The main ingredient, horseradish, is a top natural laxative.
pepper your angus!
I love Wasabi peas but find they are usually not that hot. Just bought 4 packs of these and at first they are not hot at all. But the more you eat, god damn. Nose burning >< They are awesome!!
jv has finally blown my 'corny joke tolerance threshold' threshold.
Watched a docu on wasabi growing earlier. They require crazy conditions to grow!
A cool mountain stream (about 10C) with lots of clean water.
Ah, memories of Wasabi growing in the high country in Japan, and eating everything wasabi - including wasabi soft-serve ice cream. Daio Wasabi Farm is Japan’s largest wasabi farm covering a huge 15 hectares, yielding 150t of wasabi per year. More of a low key Wasabi Wonderland.
http://welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp/contents03+index.id+…
On the docu they mentioned the following: Wasabi plants require air temp of 3-5oC in order to germinate, they are grown in pebbles/rocks with zero dirt, needs to be bacteria free but can't use chemicals and so flame throwers are used to heat the pebbles/rocks, they require fresh running spring water with a temp between 7 and 13oC. Probably a couple other conditions I've forgotten too. It was interesting to watch, the farm was in China somewhere :)
Certainly different to the soil raised Wasabi I saw & ate!! The photos in the link show wasabi in soil, which has the mountain stream diverted through the beds to irrigate the soil. (I was the only Foreigner there on the day, just down from 3000m. We all dipped our toes in the 10C water.) But no flame throwers!
Wasabi is grown locally in Tassie - similar high conditions, cool water & air..
So any one else tried this brand of Wasabi Peas? Going to Woolies tomorrow - will try a packet - with extra 5% off.
Yes, they are delicious, i eat them regularly - just buy some and ignore all the silly comments above.
They look like the ones I usually get as a snack - very nice. So I think I'll buy plenty. Thanks.
so you work at woolworths/big w?
No - ING PayWave or RACQ etc Gift Cards give 5% off.
oh I see :-) so you have to buy Gift Cards then
cheers
i loveeee these so much!