This sprouted up around the middle of May. I took the picture about a month after that, and I harvested a 1.75# Daikon last week. I'm assuming it thrived thanks to the cooler than usual wet weater we've had here the past month. Pretty cool though - I usually can't grow any cool season veggies once May comes.
I had one like that too. For the longest time I had no idea what it was, until my neighbor suggested it might be a daikon. So finally I decided I needed that bed and dug it up, it was absolutely huge, 4-5" in diameter and perhaps 20" long. I tried to pull it and it broke - it was a monster.
Now the question is, how do you eat it? I tasted it and it is pretty spicy. Can it be cooked? What are you going to do with it, Happy? Mine is taking up a lot of space in the vegetable bin in the fridge.
There's a few variety of daikon. There some that aren't spicy and can be eaten raw. But growing up, my mom used to throw that in soups like carrots.
I lived in Japan for over 7 years, so I know how to do lots of things with Daikon Radish! :-)
You can eat it raw of course - sliced or diced in salad, but when eating it raw it tastes best shredded. It's also good pickled. You can also eat it cooked in soup (especially miso soup) and stews. I've already eaten mine - wish I had another. I usually can only enjoy them in the cooler months because I only like them raw or cooked from fresh.
Thanks for these ideas. Unfortunately, DH is not very adventuresome. Do you think it could be frozen (cubed) for soup? That way he might not object too much.
Soup is fine. Just toss it in like it was carrots.. You can also use it for pot roast and stuff. Just use that in place of carrots. My husband is picky too and he's never objected. I just tell him it's white colored carrots and he's fine with it.
Great, I'll try it, I'll freeze a small bag and sneak it into a soup this winter.
Clementine, if you stick it in pot roast, it take on a golden color.. Base on what you cook it with, it can absorb flavors based on what it's paired with.. Best of luck.
Thank you, Icosden.
You can also cook it with potatoes and serve it mashed up with a little butter. One of my favorite side dishes.
I bet it's good that way.
Yuska, that sounds really good too, great idea, thanks.
I mash mine with potatoes, too. Add a little alt, pepper, cream and thyme and it's heaven.
