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I have been buying radishes weekly at the farmers market for the last 6 weeks or so this is a great suggestion as to how best to prepare them. I have to admit that I usually just eat them out of hand, added to a salad or as a side dish all their own. These are great suggestions to expand my repertoire but I have to admit that the butter and sea salt combination just doesn't do it for me. (Maybe I need to use higher quality butter??)

I just tried radishes with butter and sea salt last week - it was awesome! Definitely a good place to try a fancy salt - i used plain grocery store butter, but nice butter might have been even nicer, too...

I've always loved radishes, but always eaten them just raw in salads. A few weeks ago I threw some in with the pan of veggies I was roasting, and I may never go back to raw radishes again! They're so delicious cooked - with a nice peppery bite. Similar to turnips, I think.

oh thank you so much for all the radish inspirations - I'd only ever eaten them raw and straight up until recently.

I learn SO much from you folks at AT and all your readers who post up.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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Sometimes the ones we get from our CSA are a bit hot for me, so I cook them. I toss them on a baking sheet with a bit of olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and tarragon, chives, or whatever herb is handy.

The most simple and delicious cooked radish recipe I use all the time came from Everyday Food - heat butter or oil, saute sugar snap peas for a few minutes, add sliced radishes and inch-long green onions, season with s & p, saute another few minutes, and it's a great side for salmon or barbecued meats. Yum!

I'm planning on making pickled radishes tonight, and maybe some furikake with the leaves later. Recipes from Maki at justbento.com, of course.

For another variation on the bread/spread/radishes some lemon thyme is a nice addition.

Roasted radishes sound good. May try that one.

I planted radish seeds for the first time this year -- a pretty, slender variety called d'avignon radish -- and they were ready to pull up in just a month! I made bread and butter radish pickles (a recipe from CHOW -- I ate them on toast with cream cheese, per a suggestion made here) and a cucumber and radish salad from a recipe on the back of the radish seed packet: http://wellfedeveryone.wordpress.com/2009/05/22/cucumber-and-radish-salad/

Both were outstanding!

Last year was the first time I sauteed radishes. They were great and everyone in the house loved them. I planted extra this year just for that purpose.

This is lovely since I have breakfast radishes growing in my garden.
I also love them slightly cooked--they get sweet!. There is a Martha Stewart recipe of sauteed radish and corn that is great.