rather a lot of radish!

[Sparkly]

I planted a little too much radish! anyone tried pickling them? work out?

[Sparkly]

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

I pickled some last year. It was disgusting. And the colour the liquid went was something out of a horror film. There are lots of recipes for pickled radish from Japan, "daikon", but they use white radishes

[Sparkly]

ah well that is that idea out of the window, salad sunday, monday, tuesday then!

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

how about sliced and stir-fry? "The Garden Expert" bloke reckons that the workers in ancient Egypt lived on them, so why not build a pyramid in the back garden?

[Doris_Pinks]

Sparkly I sometimes slice them and throw in a stir fry, but you got me searching as I am partial to a nice radish! ;D

BBC food has some interesting recipes using them, this one appealed to me

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/citrusradishconfit_85604.shtml

as did this one

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/goonggoongshomemadep_72057.shtml

and there is actually a radish council that donated these recipes! :o :o


http://www.fabulousfoods.com/features/featuring/radish.html

If you try any of them let us know what they tasted like please! :D

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

don't the Belgians consider the humble radish to be an ideal accompaniment to a glass of BEER

[Doris_Pinks]

RT  my OH considers ANYTHING to be an ideal accompaniment to beer! ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

Nah, the idea accompaniment for a pint of good beer is a glass of good whisky.

[davyw1]

Nah, the idea accompaniment for a pint of good beer is a glass of good whisky.

WITH ANOTHER PINT OF BEER

[greenscrump]

and a red wine chaser  ;)

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

that's settled then, Sparky. get yourself off to Threshers, and you'll soon clear those radishes

[Sparkly]

hehe well I am off to a friends tonight for a few drinks (OH is at a stag do so can't let him have all the fun!). I will take some and suggest we have them as an accompaniment to our beverages.  :o

I just made a variation of recipe 1 (linked above). About 10 sliced radish, juice of 2 lemons and 2 limes, 1 apple (chopped small), about 100ml of water, salt, lots of black pepper, half a chopped small white onion, about 4 dessert spoons of sugar. Boiled it up for 15 mins. It LOOKS like a sort of chutney and tastes quite nice warm. I will leave it overnight in the fridge and test it out tommorrow for the full verdict.

Have a good evening all  ;D

[Doris_Pinks]

If you reply in the morrow, we will all know it is OK! ;D ;D

[cambourne7]

i wonder what pickeled radish would be like?

[Jeannine]

The Japanese stuff is smashing. I get mine from Fuji International on line with my other Japanese stuff,cos I aint got a shop nearer !!! XX Jeannine

If you go for it try the pickled plum as well, just a tiny bit mind,  it is real good. Tora will back me up on that if she is around XX

[Tora]

The Janapese pickled mooli radish is called Takuwan. Mooli is dried (but not completely dry) first and then pickled in a mixture of salt, sugar and rice bran.
It tastes sweet and salty and almost always eaten with cooked short grain rice. It has quite intense saltiness so you can eat only a thin slice at a time.

I use mooli radish in many dishes ans suspect nomal round radish can be used in same dishes. I like grating finely it and adding to oriental-style salad dressing or tempra dipping sauce.
Mooli is often cooked as well. Mooli cooked in kombu (kelp) stock seasoned with soy sauce is a very popular winter dish in Japan. :)

[Sparkly]

Haven't eaten the chutney yet! I am planning to try it tonight with grilled chicken and spinach (and more radish) stir-fried.

For lunch we had a salad made wth cous cous, lime jucie, black pepper, chopped tomato, baby spinach leaves,  thinly sliced radish, chopped spring onion, chopped red chilli and feta cheese. Was lovely! With chilli, spinach and radish being the only veg we have ready at the moment I am trying to be inventive  :)