I was cleaning out all the dirt from my crisper this weekend, taking stock of how many carrots I have left, when I found two little CSA radishes in there. Six-month-old radishes, yes, but they were still perfectly good and crisp. There was also a beet.
The rational side of my brain told me to stick with the steps in the program, and whip them into the bushes outside. But it wasn’t my rational side’s turn to win, so instead I made myself a radish sandwich, fried thin slices of beet until crispy, and started fantasizing about the summertime. Summer, when we get big bunches of radishes in our farmshare and I can have them with bread and butter and big grains of sea salt sprinkled on top every day of the week if I want to. Followed by moist slabs of rhubarb cake. And pick sugar snap peas right off the dewy vines.
For God’s sakes, June, HURRY UP.
Those radishes look incredibly tasty... what variety is that?
Posted by: Adele | April 13, 2008 at 09:49 PM
I'm so with you.
SO WITH YOU.
But I'd even be thankful for May right now.
Asparagus anyone?
Posted by: Gillian | April 13, 2008 at 09:51 PM
Those are the prettiest radishes I've ever seen! I can honestly say I've never eaten them on bread. I just eat them as they are.
Posted by: Jess | April 14, 2008 at 09:51 AM
Jess: A purist. I can respect that.
Gillian: We both need to migrate south, I think.
Adele: I believe those are watermelon radishes, a Chinese variety if I'm not mistaken. Another cool radish he grows is a black radish: white on the inside, ink black on the outside.
Posted by: Tammy | April 14, 2008 at 12:38 PM
There. Don't you feel better now?
Posted by: Ann | April 15, 2008 at 06:54 AM
I love those ever so much! I'm with Jess - I love to just crunch on radishes out of hand, with a pinch of salt.
Posted by: Heather | April 16, 2008 at 12:50 AM