Radishes (by sarah)
Becca Radishes are mainly a salad thing.
All eats them by themselves but they can have a strong peppery taste so I would advise that you get some nice greens for a salad, like rocket, lettice maybe some cuccumber and peppers to eat with them.
You should wash them then 'top and tail' them - this means you cut off the spindle hair-like root bit and the bit where the leaves attach. Then you can leave whole or slice or if you are feeling really adventurous then you can cut a zing zag around the 'equator' of the radish creating to 'flowers' from the radish - my dad used to do this for my lunch all the time - places on a slice of cucumber it becomes a water lilly!
Dads other 'peice-de-la-resistonce' is where you slice half way into the radish and then 'wrap' the knife around it in a spiral as you go. Then place the radish which should still appear whole, into a glass of water where a) it will end up with amilder taste and b) the radish will open up into a lovely spiral.
Do not top and tail until just before eating as they can shrivel not being shop bough ones injected with water!
Hope that was helpful
I think the Japanese may do lots of other things with radishes but then they have lots of types of radish!
Tue 23rd May 2006 9:38 pm 
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By becca, Wed 24th May 2006 @ 9:15 am
cheers, will try poached salmon with a rocket and radish salad.