Comments on: Reddish Radish Relish

By: Addenda: Butterflies, Radishes, Garlic « Tangled Branches: Cultivated

Addenda: Butterflies, Radishes, Garlic « Tangled Branches: Cultivated — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:27:09 +0000

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By: entangled

entangled — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:30:30 +0000

Yikes! That would put me off radishes permanently.

I wasn’t a big fan of many vegetables until I started growing them myself. But there are some that I just don’t like (asparagus, asparagus, asparagus) and don’t grow either.

By: entangled

entangled — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:13:37 +0000

Oh, that’s a shame that you don’t have your own radishes for your famous recipe. I could send you some But seriously, thanks for posting that recipe!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:44:18 +0000

ooh, your salad looks delish, and all your food ideas sound really good too! I grew radishes (and tasted them – I havn’t always been good with veggies…) for the first time a couple years ago and they sent me to the hospital. Literally. I thought I was having a heart attack and turns out it was probably the radishes that caused a severe reflux type reaction!

By: Gini

Gini — Mon, 31 May 2010 23:18:48 +0000

Glad you liked the pachadi. I have been planting radishes every year since I blogged that pachadi but everytime they bolt and haven’t had any radishes worth mention. Haha.

By: entangled

entangled — Mon, 31 May 2010 11:49:52 +0000

Whadya mean you don’t like radishes? I always thought I didn’t like them either until I started growing them, and now I’m kind of obsessed.

But anyway I think you’re on the right track with jicama…..there’s a very similar thing made with jicama in Yucatan. Cucumbers would be good. Maybe carrots too (thinking of all the east Asian relishy/salady things that combine carrots and radishes).

Or just grow ‘French Breakfast’ radishes. I grew them once and rejected them as not having any taste.

By: entangled

entangled — Mon, 31 May 2010 11:33:21 +0000

The pachadi is really good. I didn’t realize how often radishes are used in Indian cooking until my spouse asked me to grow them, and I started researching recipes.

By: Blackswampgirl Kim

Blackswampgirl Kim — Mon, 31 May 2010 02:13:39 +0000

Okay, you’re going to laugh at me, but… what if you don’t like radishes? What can you add to make the relish but not have those involved? (I’m serious–I don’t like the horseradish-y-ness of radishes, but the rest of the recipe sounds delicious. Jicama? Potatoes?)

By: our friend Ben

our friend Ben — Sun, 30 May 2010 14:12:23 +0000

Yum, entangled! Your radish relish sounds great! Like you, we have tons of radishes that need to be harvested and put to good use now. (And yes, we also have ‘Lemon Drop’ peppers—one of our favorites!) Can’t wait to try your relish and the pachadi. And bless you for the link to Poor Richard’s Almanac!