Sunday, June 21, 2009

The lavish radish

It has been brought to my attention recently that many people actually enjoy eating radishes. I myself have been trying to accept these bright, easy-to-grow salad accents as legitimate players at the table, but it's slow going. I'm trying, though: I got a (temporary) radish tattoo; I attempted to make a radish salad at Judith's last weekend. (Actually, the salad turned out to be fairly tasty, but then, when you saute anything in butter -- as we did the quartered radishes before tossing them with the radish greens, arugula, and a viniagrette with citrus, curry powder, and yoghurt to make a wilted salad -- really, how can you go wrong?) I've thought about roasting and stuffing them like mushrooms, tinkered with ways to use grated radishes in a risotto, I wonder about grilling them over the beer can stove as a side for macaroni.

But I need more ideas for ways to prepare and enjoy these spicy little red guys, so I'm starting another contest: whomever submits the best radish recipe by the end of this month gets the second official Bikeable Feast postcard. Chefs, start your burners....

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3 comments:

  1. Radishes? They only make me think of the SNL skit for the German television show where the kids ask for candy and are told "NO! Radishes und coffee!" But I'll see what I can find...

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  2. And the winner is: Justin! Actually, I'm not sure I will be making the recipe, but it was by far the funniest submission and involved mincing radishes into the smallest bits possible and hiding them in scrambled eggs. (As I used to tell my students, "If you don't know the answer, at least make me laugh -- you may get partial credit.") Congrats, Justin, I'll get your postcard in the mail soon....

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  3. Sure, act like I'm not just a culinary genius...

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