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the underdog of the garden, peppery enough to bite back before you bite it
means A small, crisp root vegetable, usually red-skinned and white inside, with a sharp peppery taste, eaten raw in salads.
from From Latin 'radix,' meaning 'root' — the same source that gives us 'radical' and 'eradicate,' since to eradicate is literally to tear something up by the roots. The word came into Old English as 'rædic,' borrowed early enough that this peppery little root has been on English tables under a near-identical name for over a thousand years.
- grows fast
- Edible in under a month from seed
- space-tested
- Grown aboard the International Space Station
- same family
- Cousin to cabbage, mustard, and broccoli
- the heat
- Spice comes from glucosinolate, a defense chemical
- giant kin
- Japanese daikon can exceed three feet
daikon radish — japanese white radish, can grow over 2 feet long and weigh 30+ pounds in okinawa
watermelon radish — pink-fleshed heirloom variety from china with concentric rings when sliced
black radish — dark spanish variety with peppery bite, traditionally grown in central europe