Can you do 'New England Style Pot Roast' without prepared horseradish?

[wildeyed]

I have all the ingredients except that, and I don't want to go out. I think I have wasabi. Would that work?

http://southernfood.about.com/od/crockpotpotroast/r/bl54c7.htm

[Warpy]

1. None of the old New Englanders I knew

(and some of them did go back to the Mayflower!) used horseradish in their New England Boiled Dinners, which is how they do pot roast.

In fact, they didn't use any seasoning but salt. Even pepper was considered adventurous and left to the diner's discretion, preground and flat and in a shaker on the table.

The main secret of getting decent flavor into a pot roast is to sear the meat, with or without dredging in flour, until it's nearly black. In other words, burn it. The blackness is caramelization which will dissolve into the cooking liquid and give the whole business some flavor, otherwise you're eating cardboard.

[wildeyed]

2. The recipe is in the Southern food section, which makes it even

more suspect. I'll just leave it out or add the wasabi if I feel bold.

[NMDemDist2]

3. nah, your bay leaves and some garlic will be plenty n/t

[yewberry]

4. Good heavens.

I confess that I haven't cooked or eaten New England boiled dinner in decades, but I did grow up with it. Horseradish has flavor, and thus has no place in that dish.

Salt. Boil. Keep boiling. Serve.

(It's my sister's favorite meal. I mock because I love.)

[yy4me]

5. I'm from New England and I never heard of anyone putting

horseradish in a pot roast. We are talking the same thing here, aren't we? Good old beef top or bottom round roast, browned well, water, salt and pepper added, simmered for at least 2 hours, Add potato, carrot, onion toward the end When everything is cooked, remove all from pot, thicken liquid with a little flour(shake about a tablespoon of flour with about a half cup water in a covered jar) Add to liquid as needed-don't add too much, you don't want it too think. Put everything back in the pot for and simmer for a while. Serve with good rolls. Great!

New England boiled dinner is a different thing, I don't really talk about anything that has cooked cabbage in it.

[NashVegas]

6. Horseradish = Old England

So it's not necessary.

If you have any crumbled blue cheese you can sprinkle on slices, that will do nicely.

Anyway, that's a really busy horseradish sauce. I just mix it with sour cream :)