Plant-based diets?

[Owlie]

I've never found daikon to be spicy, even raw. Catrin, it's mild and almost slightly sweet, so go ahead and try it. It's pretty good with dip too--almost like chips because it's crunchy, but not bad for you! It's also good raw with a sprinkling of soy sauce for salt.

Shootingstar, at least in this part of Ohio, and even in Cincinnati (a more diverse city), we can only reliably get bok choy and daikon (and that only semi-reliably). If I were to drive down to the GIANT international grocery store in Cincy (which is inconvenient even from my parents' house), I might be able to find a bit more.

Oak, I actually cooked radish greens this evening...albeit in bacon grease. Not bad, but I wouldn't go out of my way to eat them...

[shootingstar]

y CSA posted a recipe for daikon pancakes, basically the same as zucchini pancakes. They were yummy, and you're right, cooking does take a lot of the bite out of the radish.

That daikon pancake ....sounds abit like the daikon panfried cake that one finds in dim sum section for restaurants/Chinese supermarket hot food deli areas.

I bought bitter melon today and stir fried it with a small amount of lean beef, with daikon , red pepper, onion, garlic and ginger root with fresh steamed light Chinese noodles. I have not been to the Chinese supermarket for the last 6 months so certain things I had to get. Just lazy me, that's all.

But other Asian groceries I got during the winter months, they are in all the major national and regional chain stores in the cities where I've lived.

(Fresh noodles are just that: they are al dente and just need to be lightly boiled to be edible. Only under 10 min. Then use in consomme soups, stir fries.)

[Catrin]

Thanks for the tips on Daikon, I will try it. My local Meijers features an amazing range of vegetables from all over the world, so it is never difficult to find something new to try. The problem is to figure out what to do with it - but that is what the internet is for

Eventually I want to try home delivery of local organic veggies, it is actually pretty affordable but I am trying to keep things as simple as possible right now. Besides, then I wouldn't be faced with the choice of which of those odd looking new veggies will I try? I figure if I can steam, sautee, or roast it I am game to try it

[Owlie]

Thanks for the tips on Daikon, I will try it. My local Meijers features an amazing range of vegetables from all over the world, so it is never difficult to find something new to try. The problem is to figure out what to do with it - but that is what the internet is for

Eventually I want to try home delivery of local organic veggies, it is actually pretty affordable but I am trying to keep things as simple as possible right now. Besides, then I wouldn't be faced with the choice of which of those odd looking new veggies will I try? I figure if I can steam, sautee, or roast it I am game to try it

Meijer has quite a bit! It's a little better than the Kroger here unless I want organic produce beyond the boxed salad greens. It's not great if you want the more exotic stuff on a regular basis (though I did see some unusual squash, beans, etc when I moved here last August), but it's not bad.

[Catrin]

Meijer has quite a bit! It's a little better than the Kroger here unless I want organic produce beyond the boxed salad greens. It's not great if you want the more exotic stuff on a regular basis (though I did see some unusual squash, beans, etc when I moved here last August), but it's not bad.

Mine has quite the stable exotic mix...but a good percentage of their regular customers are immigrants so that may have something to do with it. They have the freshest veggies of any store I know of. I've not really been to any of the others so I don't know if this location differs from their norm. I start at Trader Joe's and get everything else from Meijers.