In Japan, where apparently more radishes are produced than any other vegetable, I have it on good authority that it is a grave insult to call a girl, "fat white radish legs". I personally think it to be one of the most fabulously hilarious insults I have ever heard, and wish it were one we used here.
It's been so long between posts that you could be forgiven for thinking that I had given up on my 26 days of planting challenge.
I haven't, but I do have to admit, it's getting a little harder to find things to grow as the letters dwindle in number. So when I saw a packet of oriental radish seeds, I didn't stop to even think of whether I actually liked radish or not, I grabbed them and ran.
Which was a bit of a mistake, because from memory, I don't like radish.
I might have to get over that.
So for those of you who are not familiar with the oriental radish, they look like the seedlings above. At least I hope they do, because I planted a whole lot of seeds out in one day, and am a little confused now as to which one is which. Let's just go with the above ones hey. As for full grown, on the seed packet they look like a white carrot.
Or rather like fat white legs.
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I don't think I like radishes anymore - overload from living in the land of radish. I keep looking at the packets of sides and thinking of planting them - they come up very quickly which is definitely something I like in a seed.
I wish more girls or ladies around me would be able to take "the hilarious insult" as hilarious.
I would like you to like white radishes since it is very delicious if you add shredded radishes to salad. I recommend you add soy sauce based dressing to the salad.
I grew some this year and I wasn't sure what to do with them so I cut them thinly and added them to stir fries. I still have a couple so I will try Takaeko. (see I can write nice comments)
The "European" (i.e non-oriental) type of radish is really good as an appetiser, dipped in salt, served with a glass of cold beer. I think the Japanese type (which is what we often call "Mooli") is probably better lightly cooked, isn't it?
BTW Ali, Sergeant-Major Radish would never tolerate his radish soldiers standing in such a raggedy line. He wants them to be properly dressed. This puts a whole new meaning on "Salad Dressing"...[If you don't know the military command "By the Right - DRESS", this won't mean much! :)
I have learnt first rule of gardening is to like what you grow
Radishes are the only thing I remember my dad planting in the veggie patch when I was a kid. Every night over summer we endured radish, iceberg lettuce and tomato salad. Yuck! As I am baring my legs for the first time in a few weeks today I'm not too keen on the insult either. My legs are resembling the fat white radish insult - but add hairy.
Cathy, I might like them if I grow them!??
Mark I can't believe my rows have failed to move you. And I tried very hard, all the time thinking, "Mark cannot fail to be impressed now". I can see I need to try harder to buy the right dress. And you are right - I have no idea what that means, although it sounds a lot like a command to go shopping. Which I daresay I am quite talented at.
Hazel you big potty mouth... do you like them?
Takaeko, it is true that of course we take insults personally, although it would be a wonderful think if we could just brush them off as silly words. In another language the translation is just silly and funny, in our own it can cut like a knife. I hope I enjoy the radishes very much. If they are successful I will try them in a few different ways.
The land of radishes he ElsieMay - what were you doing there?
Japanese radish is delicious finely grated, ideally with a mandoline so it resembles angel hair pasta. My mouth is watering!
I'm with you - I don't like radish BUT I may just have to grow them to seethe fat white radish legs. Alternatively I could attempt to go our and sunbath and convert my own fat white radish legs!
500m2 that is heartening to hear, I will try it like that... do you cook it, or have it raw?
Oh Byddi, that gave me a good giggle. I too have sweet white radish legs, and no amount of sun does anything at all!
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