Radishes

clkeiper · December 31, 2015

Can you do ANYTHING with radishes besides eat them raw?

AlittleSalt · December 31, 2015

Throw them at the neighbors?

Happy New Year Carolyn.

Eat them raw, or raw in a salad is how we use them.

Deborah · December 31, 2015

I like radish sandwiches. Butter dark bread, sprinkle salt and add a layer of radish slices. Good with soup.

Worth1 · December 31, 2015

You can cook and eat the leaves.
And you can cook them.

Worth

jmsieglaff · January 1, 2016

My son and I enjoy radishes. He is 5 and only likes them mild. So he likes the ealry season crop. The only thing I do is eat them raw. If you don't like them raw maybe try a different spring crop? Good luck!

imp · January 1, 2016

Like4 any root veg you can cook them. Smaller whole ones can be dropped into the huice /fat area in the roasted chicken pan along with potatoes or carrots.

Depending on size, you can shred them into a slaw too.

clkeiper · January 1, 2016

Thanks... that just popped into my head as I was looking at seeds catalogs last night. I have never seen a recipe using radishes as a cooked ingredient. hmmm. I was wondering if they were like lettuce. Nothing but a raw crop. never frozen never cooked.

I actually have a crop of radishes out in the garden that were seeds I threw away late this Fall as I was cleaning. I had a bunch of different seeds I tossed since they were old and the radishes are actually the nicest crop of radishes I have ever had. but boy oh boy... they don't set well in my stomach. quite frankly, it was embarrassing, not to mention disgusting. sigh.

reddeheddefarm · January 1, 2016

We grow a few different ones for our chefs. They roast them, use them in slaws, pickles, garnish(watermelon radish) grate them fine for a topping, I know of one place that will incorporate them into drinks. They go great with beer too.

loulac · January 1, 2016

Which radishes are we taling about ? they can be pink and round or 2 inches long, pink or black about 6-7 inches long, yellow but I'm not sure, and black about 6 inches long, or absolutely round, diameter3 inches max. Take your pick and eat radishes all the year round !

Worth1 · January 1, 2016

It seems as though cooking radishes and radish greens has fallen out of favor or some how become lost in the US.
Maybe it has in Europe too I dont know.
One time I served some radish greens in a salad and someone asked what they were and said how good they were.
When I told them they said WHAT I had no idea you could eat the greens.

Take the radish like an icicle type saute them in butter and garlic with a little black pepper and at the very end wilt the greens with it.

Worth

Deborah · January 1, 2016

You want the tops young and tender. They get rough and hairy as they mature. I give the young tops to my rabs.

spacetogrow · January 1, 2016

Cooked radish root is just so-so in my book but that's my attitude about a number of cooked root vegetables. I believe that in the orient one of the major ways of using radishes is to slice and dry the bigger ones, like the daikon types, for use in cooking later in the year.

Sliced up radish root is also a commonly used ingredient in kimchi, I'm told. You can make your own. I've done it but found it too time-consuming for my taste.

The greens are fine cooked...if you like cooked greens. The leaves do get prickly as they become full size, but that doesn't seem to matter once they are cooked.

The way I enjoy radish the most is eating the pods raw with dip. You can cook them, too, but I like them much better raw. Be forewarned however that bolting radish plants can get quite tall. The Candela di Fuoco that I grew last year also got VERY bushy and top heavy...and highly productive of many, many pods. I hadn't thought of how much shade they would produce and planted them much too close to the bush squash. Oops.

On the topic of radish pods, does anyone know of any radish varieties that produce longer pods that are still more mild tasting than the Rattail types are reported to be? The Candela pods were about 1-1/2 inches long, which is OK but time-consuming to pick.

AlittleSalt · January 1, 2016

The seed pods are really tasty (Tastes more like a bean)

I forgot all about shredding them into slaw. That's the bite our homemade slaw has been missing.

jmsieglaff · January 1, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

The seed pods are really tasty (Tastes more like a bean)

I forgot all about shredding them into slaw. That's the bite our homemade slaw has been missing.

+1 on the seed pods. They are delicious with mild radish flavor. We are trying a variety this year just for the pods--they are supposed to be rather long.

spacetogrow · January 2, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmsieglaff

+1 on the seed pods. They are delicious with mild radish flavor. We are trying a variety this year just for the pods--they are supposed to be rather long.

jmsieglaff, would you be willing to share the name of that variety?

December 31, 2015	#1
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	Radishes Can you do ANYTHING with radishes besides eat them raw? __________________ carolyn k

December 31, 2015	#3
Deborah Riding The Crazy Train Again Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Marcos, California Posts: 2,562	I like radish sandwiches. Butter dark bread, sprinkle salt and add a layer of radish slices. Good with soup. __________________ "The righteous one cares for the needs of his animal". Proverbs 12:10

January 1, 2016	#7
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	Thanks... that just popped into my head as I was looking at seeds catalogs last night. I have never seen a recipe using radishes as a cooked ingredient. hmmm. I was wondering if they were like lettuce. Nothing but a raw crop. never frozen never cooked. I actually have a crop of radishes out in the garden that were seeds I threw away late this Fall as I was cleaning. I had a bunch of different seeds I tossed since they were old and the radishes are actually the nicest crop of radishes I have ever had. but boy oh boy... they don't set well in my stomach. quite frankly, it was embarrassing, not to mention disgusting. sigh. __________________ carolyn k

January 1, 2016	#11
Deborah Riding The Crazy Train Again Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Marcos, California Posts: 2,562	You want the tops young and tender. They get rough and hairy as they mature. I give the young tops to my rabs. __________________ "The righteous one cares for the needs of his animal". Proverbs 12:10

January 1, 2016	#12
spacetogrow Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: MN zone 4 Posts: 359	Cooked radish root is just so-so in my book but that's my attitude about a number of cooked root vegetables. I believe that in the orient one of the major ways of using radishes is to slice and dry the bigger ones, like the daikon types, for use in cooking later in the year. Sliced up radish root is also a commonly used ingredient in kimchi, I'm told. You can make your own. I've done it but found it too time-consuming for my taste. The greens are fine cooked...if you like cooked greens. The leaves do get prickly as they become full size, but that doesn't seem to matter once they are cooked. The way I enjoy radish the most is eating the pods raw with dip. You can cook them, too, but I like them much better raw. Be forewarned however that bolting radish plants can get quite tall. The Candela di Fuoco that I grew last year also got VERY bushy and top heavy...and highly productive of many, many pods. I hadn't thought of how much shade they would produce and planted them much too close to the bush squash. Oops. On the topic of radish pods, does anyone know of any radish varieties that produce longer pods that are still more mild tasting than the Rattail types are reported to be? The Candela pods were about 1-1/2 inches long, which is OK but time-consuming to pick. Last edited by spacetogrow; January 1, 2016 at 12:31 PM.

December 31, 2015	#2
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Throw them at the neighbors? Happy New Year Carolyn. Eat them raw, or raw in a salad is how we use them.

December 31, 2015	#4
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	You can cook and eat the leaves. And you can cook them. Worth

January 1, 2016	#5
jmsieglaff Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Southern WI Posts: 2,742	My son and I enjoy radishes. He is 5 and only likes them mild. So he likes the ealry season crop. The only thing I do is eat them raw. If you don't like them raw maybe try a different spring crop? Good luck!

January 1, 2016	#6
imp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 4,832	Like4 any root veg you can cook them. Smaller whole ones can be dropped into the huice /fat area in the roasted chicken pan along with potatoes or carrots. Depending on size, you can shred them into a slaw too.

January 1, 2016	#8
reddeheddefarm Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: delaware ohio Posts: 81	We grow a few different ones for our chefs. They roast them, use them in slaws, pickles, garnish(watermelon radish) grate them fine for a topping, I know of one place that will incorporate them into drinks. They go great with beer too.

January 1, 2016	#9
loulac Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: France Posts: 554	Which radishes are we taling about ? they can be pink and round or 2 inches long, pink or black about 6-7 inches long, yellow but I'm not sure, and black about 6 inches long, or absolutely round, diameter3 inches max. Take your pick and eat radishes all the year round !