#FoodTuesday #writingprompt
Full disclosure: I hate a radish. Or I did, until my #4 Daughter SIL, the fabulous Michael Ignacio, cooked some for me. Yes, COOKED. They’re delicious. Roast them or fry them in oil until they’re browned on the outside. OMG, IS THIS REALLY A RADISH?
ANYWAY, for some reason, I came across a video of my beloved Maagchi pickling one of those humongous daikon radishes and, having found one at the farmers market, I decided to copy her.
I took them to the family get-together and two of my sisters in law went CA-RAZY for them. They’re slightly sweet, slightly pickly, and only mildly radishy, with none of the nasty radish bitter heat that I hate so much. So if you like nasty, bitter, hot radishes, you probably won’t like these. I kinda like them.
A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Something bitter made slightly sweet.
MA
Barbara Greer
June 18, 2026 at 11:56pmNot sure about fried or roasted radishes. I have always like them as they are, and not n ecessarily thinly sliced, though I haven’t eaten any in quite a long time. But, I think I would try them fiend or roasted, not sure pickled, though.
Thanks for sharing this.
Marian Allen
June 19, 2026 at 11:04amMaangchi says Koreans only eat them with sweet/spicy fried chicken, I think.
Daniel Antion
June 16, 2026 at 4:24pmI love radishes, but I’ve never had them roasted or pickled. I look forward to trying these.
Marian Allen
June 17, 2026 at 9:19amI hope you like them as much as I do. 🙂
Mitchell Allen
June 16, 2026 at 8:11amMarian, it is so nice to be getting your emails again! I hate radishes unless they are thinly sliced in a salad. I never tried other methods of preparation.
Cheers,
Mitch
Marian Allen
June 16, 2026 at 8:50amMitch! It’s so good to hear from you! I don’t know why my update emails stopped going out or why they started again, but I’m sure glad they’re back.
I hated radishes in any thinness until I had them cooked/pickled. I might try them plain again, now that I’ve got the bit in my teeth.