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Radishes, radishes, radishes!
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Posted by Cosmicgardener N W TAS (My Page) on Tue, Dec 6, 05 at 21:16
Here's the scene - you plant radishes so the kids/grandkids get a quick lesson in growth, and you don;t mind an odd one in your English Salad. Then you get this humungous crop of round red balls ( and long black ones this year) which, if you don't use them quick will split and be horrible to taste. You've tried successive sowing, but rhe later ones catch up anyway. How many ways to use a radish. Well, last night it chucked some into a stir fry and they were delicious! Along with some ginger, hoi sin, green beans, garlic and chicken strips they made a really interesting combiation. So I surfed the net and now have recipes for chutney, soup and other delights using Radishes. Seems they are pretty nutritious althoght the leaves are said to be better than the radish - they contain trace element and a high level of phytosterols which fight cholesterol. I'm wondering now if they might be useful for insecticide sprays or something - got to use them! Anybody else love to grow them then wonder what to do with them - the black ones ar coming on in leaps and bounds too! Cheers
Linda |
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RE: Radishes, radishes, radishes!
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Yep, Linda,
I've found their proclivity to provide profuse, prolonged, proliferate, profligate provisions and produce a problem.
(You can tell I'm a real pro).
And yes, as with broccoli, the leaves contain far more nutrients than the rest of the plant. (I mix the leaves with young dandelions and various lettuces and basil in a great tossed salad). Even worse than zukes and silverbeet for unrestrained growth...if only I could get the same results with tomatoes! Regards, Shax (who's run out of medication...) |
RE: Radishes, radishes, radishes!
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| I like the daikons - nice radish, tasty leaves, and heaps of delicious seed pods to eat as too. Well, you can't have all three from the same plant of course, though perhaps Shax could before he gets his next prescription filled. LOL. (I'm so funny sometimes, I almost make myself smile!!!) I left my French Breakfast in a tad too long. They're now the size of small baseball bats and virtually hollow! |
RE: Radishes, radishes, radishes!
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| Eating the seed pods - is that in the green stage, when they are still forming? And how do you prepare them? Or do you harvest the seeds and roast them? Might be a slightly silly question, so regard this as some light entertainment from my side. :) I've still got some Muenchener Bier Radishes for eating. Lovely taste. Thinly sliced, with some salt, then on some bread with butter or cream cheese. Some of them are starting to bolt. I'll give the seed pods a go then. |
RE: Radishes, radishes, radishes!
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| The daikon seed pods are really nice. Young and green and tender. Very juicy. A slight peppery taste, sort of "Radishy". Would be lovely in a stir fry I'd say, or just as part of a salad with rocket etc. |
RE: Radishes, radishes, radishes!
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| My goodness, you folks will eat anything!!!!!!!!!!! |
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