The "Root" Family- 4/5/09
I was a bit skeptical of tonight's recipe. I don't think I've ever eaten cooked radishes. We grew them in our garden when I was a kid and always ate them fresh in salads. I wondered what cooked radishes would taste like. Would they still have that spicy tang? Well, cooked, radishes taste much like a mild parsnip. The tang is gone but there is a mild bitterness. Sure enough, when I looked it up, parsnips and radishes are in the same root family and are closely related. I'm tempted to go out and taste a raw parsnip. I think I've always eaten parsnips cooked. Do they have that radish tang? Something to try next time I'm at the grocery store. If you know they are disgusting, warn me! For dinner, I made the Skirt Steak with Radishes in Mustard Sauce on page 65 of this month's Gourmet magazine. As I stated, I was skeptical of the cooked radishes but I was pleasantly surprised. The mustard gave a yummy tang to the very mild taste of the cooked radishes. I actually...