YSK that radishes are fucking amazing. They contain vitamin C, improve blood pressure, and are full of Sulforaphene, a powerful anti-cancer substance. Radishes contain almost no calories
4mon 10d ago by sh.itjust.works/u/Daswi in youshouldknow from sh.itjust.works
I mean they're cool, but they're not that cool.
They're only rad-ish.
How dare you…take my dam upvote
dam
Don't suppose you're actually a beaver?
I was using swipe typing and knew it was wrong when reading it. Then I was like fuck it and hit post anyway like a fucking madman. Felt good.
That was way more clever than it had any right to be... Get out!
When prepared well I find them radishing.
The leaves are edible too,I use them in various recipes
The leaves are edible too,
I actually didn't know that
Too many claims, too little sources to back it up; did big radish write this?
Although sulforaphane research on cancer has been ongoing for many years, there is no good clinical evidence to indicate consuming sulforaphane-rich vegetables or dietary supplements provides any effect. Wikipedia
Hmm
The fact that this post continues to stay up is an indictment of Lemmy moderation
Yeah, this is the second post I've seen today regarding radishes.
Big Radish is on the move.
Just wait until you hear from Big Daikon.
big radish
They're called daikon.
And they're delicious.
Put a lil salt on em and its a genuinely great snack.
Well, until you get that one that's randomly hotter than the sun and turns your eyes and nose into gushing torrents, while you try not to cough it out in front of everyone else.
Always when you least expect it
The gamblers choice. I like it.
Edit: same as that mystery chunk of ginger/cloves/etc.
You know, I love radishes in salad or stir fry or whatever, and I just never thought of them as a standalone snack....
And thats on me. I'm gonna get some radishes today while I'm briefly out in the arctic temperatures.
Lower your blood pressure on one hand and raise it with the other. A perfect balance.
Alternatively a little lime/lemon juice and a sprinkle of sugar and you got awesome sweet pickled radish.
Or just cronch em!
Slice them thin, a tiny bit of salt and pepper, a dash of vinegar, let it rest on the fridge overnight.
Oh, so pickling them.
Not quite, right? You're not drowning them in solution. But now I need to try fully pickling them.
And they're by far the easiest vegetable to grow yourself, so much so that being called a 'radish farmer' is an insult.
They’re easier than zucchini? Does that make keeping radishes from taking over their entire plots actually kind of difficult or do they just grow perfectly only where you plant them?
The latter. But don't plant anything else nearby. The grow damn fast and shadow everything around them.
I would still mess it up.
Not really it is those wascally wabbits and deer. Poor soil too.
Pro tip: sprinkle your piss in the garden regularily, it works at fertilizer and keeps deer and possibly most other herbivorous mammals at bay. If you have neighbors, it's recommendable to, uh, collect it in the bathroom into a jar or jug instead of doing it on spot.
No this is not a joke, the deer haven't eaten my plants nearly as often when I started deterring them with this.
I've heard that man piss keeps a lot of animals away. The testosterone in it wards off many animals, including predators if you have chickens (I did last year, first my dog killed some, then a bear killed all, presumably a bear. Going with Guinea Hens this spring instead)
No neighbors to speak of here, I will start peeing out there and hope it works, I am most concerned with protecting my apple seedlings I am going to start shortly, previous years fruit trees get eaten.
See I've heard the opposite, at least for deer. Deer seek out salts since they grow antlers every year which takes a ton of calcium, so peeing on trees makes them target the bark where you've peed. Not totally sure tho
Oh yeah, I had only heard that predators were scared off by the testosterone, but yeah herbivores are salt starved they would try and lick a mountain lion's balls if it was salty in a no salt area like I am here. Probably best not doing it at all.
I'm not a man. Nothing to do with testosterone.
The pee warding off predators is literally about testosterone, it carries through in the piss and scares off certain predators supposedly, female pee isn't supposed to work. It's not my fact I've multiple sources telling me that, from Bear Gryllis on the discovery channel, to elsewhere. So I don't know the accuracy but it is not disputed anywhere I've seen yet but accepted and verified.
Not sure about predators, but I believe that the reason it works with herbivorous mammals like deer is because they can smell a human scent and don't stop to snack there since they think there might be a human nearby.
If anyone here dislikes the peppery taste of raw radishes, I recommend cutting them into chunks, tossing with some olive oil, salt, and other seasoning and roast them until they are tender. This gets rid of the peppery taste and makes them taste more like potatoes or turnips.
The peppery taste is what I like most about radishes.
That's always been my issue with them. I've been trying to expand my palate continuously, and this sounds wonderful. Definitely giving it a try.
Huh, I might try that. While I like the taste of radishes, I never know what to do with them other than toss in a salad. My kids don’t like the taste so another option is bonus
Or in soup.
Sounds like that could get rid of the benefits like vit C as well.
Roasting them in a non-cast iron pan is the way to lose the least amount of vitamin C out of all available cooking methods. And to someone who won't eat radishes if they aren't cooked, they get more vitamin C eating them cooked than not eating them at all.
Anyway, eating a raw bell pepper is a wonderful way to get lots of vitamin C. Adishes are awsime anyway.
This is what I was looking for. How I make them taste better.
Also one of the few foods that give me inexplicable instant acid foaming back up from my stomach. I'll eat habaneros for giggles, no problem, but a single one of those little round red monsters in a salad and I'm out.
It's likely the sulforaphane, the compound that doesn't actually fight cancer at all. Similar to the sulfur containing compounds in onions, it's an irritant created when radish tissue is damaged to repel pests. In mammals, it irritates the lining of the digestive tract and causes the lower esophageal sphincter, which normally keeps stomach acid from refluxing, to relax.
Dunno, but wiki says "Sulforaphane is present in cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and cabbage. Sulforaphane has two possible stereoisomers due to the presence of a stereogenic sulfur atom.[3]"
I eat those three foods with no problem, unless radishes are the different isomer...
Sulforaphane is heat labile, so cooking breaks some of it down. Broccoli and cabbage are fairly low in it, while Brussels sprouts and radishes are quite high. Radishes also have high amounts of sulforaphene, a related compound with similar properties. So it might be cooked vs raw, quantity consumed, -phane vs -phane/-phene, or something else entirely.
Only the R-isomer is found in any appreciable amount in nature, so it's probably not that unless you're eating research radishes.
Duh. I'm not braining too well today, of course it's the cooking.
You're fine! I had to ask myself why I cared so much, and it's because I love radishes but they also wreck my guts. I have no problem eating them cooked, though the spicy/snappy flavor goes away because that's the sulforaphane/phene.
It's yet another vegetable humans love because of the thing it makes to keep animals from eating it. We're culinary masochists.
contain vitamin C
Basically all plants do. Do radishes contain unusually much of it?
improve blood pressure
Higher or lower?
Improve
Instructions unclear, circulatory system now has a refrigeration cycle
That would be amazing, what with the climate change and all...
Higher or lower?
Sideways
Flips your sistolic and diastolic, just for fun
Thanks for reminding me to buy radish seeds. Radishes grow pretty quickly and yes, you can roast them and they are delish-- after roasting are less peppery but still good. I want to know if Daikon radishes also have these same properties.
Daikon do! Some varieties of radish go from seed to "ready to harvest" in as little as 3 weeks. They're also great for nutrient cycling and breaking up dense soils in preparation for other plantings, Daikon does a particularly good job as they grow deeper than many varieties. Even when planted around other things they grow low to the ground so they rarely directly compete for light.
I normally plant at least 2 waves of radishes in my garden to start and end the season.
If you get really big daikons, you should try scalloped daikon radishes, it's my new go-to during the season when I get overwhelmed with large ones.
They also make your farts smell like rotten eggs if you eat too many of them.
Sold
really?
raw? I've been eating radishes for years - the red ones mostly - and haven't had this.
I certainly have broccoli farts tho, and asparagus pee.
pickled - kimchi for example - oh heck yeah but that's a lot of fermenting
If you've never tried this with a sandwich, give it a shot. Toast the bread well, then take a peeled clove of garlic and rub it on the inside facing side of each slice. Basically, you're using the rough surface of the bread to grate the garlic down to nothing until the clove is gone and transferred to the surface if the bread. Then add a light bit of olive oil, salt, and pepper. This works especially well with with salami or prosciutto and basil sandwich.
If you like garlic, it imparts a powerful flavor, even moreso than chopped. It's basically like micro planed, but quicker
You say they have no calories like that should make me more inclined to want to eat them. We are not all fat you know.
I do like radishes though.
As someone who tries desperately to bulk, fitness/health marketing is so frustrating.
I need calories, these small portion minimal fat and calorie bull shit foods low-key piss me off.
Was this written by a guy who is in love with, and does sleep with, radishes?
daikon't see a problem with it.
I love that the pronunciation of daikon makes this sentence sound British in my head
Too bad they taste bad
That's crazy. They are delicious!
Roast them
Radish the kind of veggie that gets relegated to a mook in DBZ
There, roasted.
Ok...
Qevlarr's mama is so fat, when she jumped in the air she got stuck.
Yeah, without cooking, if you eat too many pieces, they give a weird pain in the chest, which can be stronger than onions, if you have a good quality radish.
I don't know about that, where I live we eat a lot of radishes with tacos, pozole, enchiladas, we make radish salsas and eat whole radishes with lime and never heard anything like that lol
I see. Guess it's just a me thing.
If I much them continuously, then on top of feeling spicy, I get that other feeling, so I tend to take little bites, while eating other stuff.
yeah im not a fan myself. I guess it is a good target for supplements.
you don't feel that way when you have to make dozens of radish roses in culinary school
Since you’re practiced, I’ll settle for one.
Radishes contain almost no calories
Not very amazing then, given that I need those to survive.
also it's not like other vegetables have the energy density of plutonium, aside from the starchy stuff most vegetables have precisely the amount of calories that's good for you.
Learn to fill up on veggies and you cannot overeat. No one got overweight gorging on non starch veggies or fruit.
If they do not taste good, do not eat for a day or two, and cut any salt or sugar, your palette will learn to appreciate real food.
Ha! This is my advice to my pirate-crazed kids: Let's try hardtack for a week and I bet this broccoli would taste AMAZING!
Well that's an easy fix: use maintain weight, and then eat a little more ;)
Even easier: maintain my weight then you’ll gain all you want
Not really. With this flipped around my reaction is …. “whooOOSHH”.
How is it that now even self-deprecating humor targeting oneself can get someone ‘s panties in a bunch?
Oh come on. Don't just ignore my smiley and go on a rant like a boomer snowflake.
Pickled radish is delectable, amazing on salads and sandwiches.
I like radishes raw but pickled sounds really good. I'll have to try making some.
I don't like raw radishes, but I will devour pickled ones.
I don't think I've ever seen those in the shops. Do you pickle your own?
I do, brew wine out of maple syrup I make and apple cider I press, buckets get infected and become vinegar, mother of vinegar eats alcohol below 5 pc concentration.
I throw cut up veggies in there, peppercorns and spices, lots of spicy peppers as I am a fiend. Radishes take longer to soak through than zuchinis and cabbages and the like but go great with them.
Nom nom nom nom nom nom nom.
Separate question.... How's the maple syrup wine? I used to home brew but haven't had the time in a while.
And how are the hangovers from it? It sounds delicious tbh but I can already hear my brain screaming.
It is good, but not like you might imagine, there are a wide range of flavours that can result from it. I haven't noticed any hangovers outside of the turbo yeast but that's not made for wine, but I've used it when in a hurry, that is like the 48 hour stuff. That produces off target substances that cause hangovers more.
But it's good, very interesting complex tastes result from it. The colonists traditionally used their off tasting syrup for it, the french made mapleesqueue or something like that, a maple liqueur, where they added syrup to the finished product to back sweeten.
I love freshly made, quick pickled radishes, but I feel like they get a weird odor if kept. Am I doing something wrong? Making them using hot vinegar & salt mixture, let sit for 10min or so, then eat.
They are amazing fermented with ginger
(Please!) tell me more!
Very easy to do, just a brine and add what you like
Try telling that to my dog, she hates them.
It worked, amazing Jesus H. Christ, hot damn.
Yeah, dogs have so sensitive noses, i think they sting them.
That sounds like medicine to me, not food :P
They taste like it too
More for me!
Great they may be, but sneaking into the Gorgs' garden to retrieve them is such a hassle.
I love radishes. One of my favorite vegetables.
I just wish they tasted better.
I like radishes, raw and pickled. And it used to be very cheap food. But in US it's really expensive. I wish we could just grow stuffs freely. Radishes are ready in 2-3 months if grown.
Not selling me anything, no clickable link, just a prophet for the benefits of the great radish. I'll allow it.
Not selling me anything,
EAT MORE RADISHES
I grow them myself, so fuck "big radish".
Big radish is behind this for sure.
I too would create a burner account if i were to post pictures of radish-porn like that without nsfw tag.
What link where?!
I love fresh radishes. I've often been called a weirdo for that. But they're so... edible. Colorful, crunchy, flavorful. Even the spicy ones are good in a wasabi-spicy kind of way, excellent for clearing your nose!
Tacos
Someone has cornered the radish market.
And Watermelon Radishes are gorgeous and have a mild flavor 💖💚💖💚
I love radishes YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM
Found the fraggle
Tiny bit of butter and salt and I’m in heaven!
You can eat the greens, too. Chop them up and saute. I don't like radishes though. I wish I did. I worked a few summers on an Amish farm and radishes are fun to harvest.
Radish Cake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnip_cake
Fresh radishes are very tasty. I like them better as a planty snack than carrots.
Also, depending on your local climate, you might be surprised how quick and easy it is to grow your own turnips. If you're in a temperate northern hemisphere climate, good chance you can have fresh home grown turnips for 8+ months of the year, if not the whole year. They don't take a lot of time to reach maturity, you can basically plant a small batch of seeds every few weeks to keep things going.
Yes, they are delicious on their own, fresh cut in salads, and so on. You can roast/bake/cook them, and they take on a taste and texture similar to potatoes. You can soak them in a pickling brine (1:4 vinegar to water with a bit of salt) for a few hours minimum and that will also eliminate most of the "bite" if you don't like that part of their flavor profile.
Thanks for the tip. Might incorporate them into some homemade fajitas or Chinese-style stir-fry.
more than likely sulforaphene is more useful invivo studies rather than consumed, because the stomach acid will likely neutralize the effect the compound anyways.
Who would've guessed radishes were so radical vegetables.
And they taste great.
To me, they taste like dirt. Like seriously - I'm not trying to be edgy here, that's just what they taste like to me. I'm also one of those "cilantro tastes like soap" people. Possibly related?
Maybe most people just don't know what dirt tastes like? I don't know what dirt tastes like, I assume different dirt tastes different? Is there a universal dirt tastes? What's your favorite dirt? Maybe radishes only taste like the dirt where you live? Maybe you have radish flavoured dirt where you live?
Have you tried quick pickling or just pickling, cut the radishes, spoon of sugar and vinegar for a few hours and that's it.
Basically the same thing as onion https://youtu.be/6VPkezPD0EE
I have not, but that does sound good. Might give that a try
I mean, they don't really taste like much on their own so perhaps you just need to clean them. They did come out of the ground, after all.
No, that's not it. I'm fastidious about cleaning my veggies. I guess I should clarify that I'm referring to those standard store-brand red radishes. I've had Daikon radishes as well and those taste fine to me
I also was referring to the normal red kind. To me, they taste like nothing. Like it's just a texture in my mouth. Same with mushrooms. Maybe I've just got fucked up tastebuds 🤔
Those are true for me too. Does celery smell like medicine to you? It does me :|
why are people so obsessed with radishes
I fucking love radishes. I use them as a dip delivery device, along with celery, to cut out chip calories.
Wait ALL radishes? Or just certain breeds?
Toast, hummus, and microplaned radishes. Mmmm.
If you don't have a micro plane, get one!
You lost me at "almost no calories". Fuck diet culture.
Yeah, that claim is pretty dubious.
If it has almost no calories, then it has almost no mass.
To get the approximate amount of calories in a piece, just measure its weight to get the mass (M in kg) and use the formula M * c * c * 0.2390057, where c is the speed of light in m/s.
Mass has no direct relationship to calories. A gallon of water has 0 calories. A pound of salt has 0. Some things we eat provide necessary elements of nutrition but no energy/calories. Some things provide calories but have 0 nutritional value, like sugar. Most foods provide a mix of nutritional value and calories.
Weight loss scams hate this one weird trick!
If you drink cold water it's like negative calories because you have to spend energy as it warms up to body temperature.
Your comment is non-inclusive to trans personalities.
For anyone that identifies as a black hole, all mass is calories.
I think your joke whooshed way over some heads.
I'm happy with the result.
Also what if my radishes are like really fast?? You need to account for relativistic effects!
YSK that they are disgusting 🤮
No
They taste like spicy ass.
hot
Some picky eaters here on Lemmy.
They aren't as good as carrots but I like them better than cucumber
ooh I will take cucumber over carrot any day but don't like radishes.
Weird scale but sure