• Japanese radish were so highly valued by the ancient Greeks that pocket-sized replicas of them were made in gold ; Beta vulgaris were show in silver and turnips in lead . The Greeks of the third century B.C. write of the radishes of their mean solar day , and a Greek doc wrote a whole Word of God about the plant ( and was mock for doing so byPliny ) .
• The Raphanus sativus longipinnatus is not fadish : Like the Greeks , ancient Egyptian record show that daikon were a coarse food for thought in Egypt before the Pyramids were build up .
• The word " radish " get along from the Latinradixfor root . And one cupful of slice red Japanese radish will give you 30 percent of your day-to-day vitamin degree Celsius requirement in less than 25 calorie !
• But you know whoreallycan’t do without radishes ? … Fraggles ! Mokey was responsible for braving the Gorgs ' garden and pull in the radish , Doozers mined radishes and Red was the Fraggle Rock champion of the blindfold One - Legged Radish Relay ( Now who has the " Fraggle Rock " song in their principal ? It ’ll be there the sleep of the daytime . Sorry ! )
• Radishes also are useful as decorative chip at items ( such as amouseor come up ) , and even have their own festivity in Mexico call " Night of the Radishes " ( which would be a fantastic B - Movie title ) .
• They also make a enough backup for tomatoes … permit me to explain : opera slap-up Maria Callas was once rain cats and dogs with radishes and need 150 cops at the opera house .
• In Danish , Charles Schultz ’s Peanuts is interpret as “ Little Radishes . ”
• Raphanus sativus seem to spring up quitebeautifully in comic books(literally - it was dubbed " manga farming " ) and haveconquered space !
• Back on Earth , according to researchers at the University of Georgia , it may be potential for radish oilseed to beused as a biofuel . ( The seed is about 40 percent oil color by weight ) .
• And just for the sake of pretty : watermelonradishes !
• Luna Lovegood ( of theHarry Potterseries ) hadradish earring , and now you could , too !
• Do you Flossers eat radishes ? Or even produce your own ? I ’d wish to eat them more often but am not totally sure where to set forth !
‘ Dietribes ’ appears every other Wednesday . Food photos taken byJohanna Beyenbach . You might think of that name from our post about hercolorful diet .
