I mostly pickle radishes (white vinegar, rice vinegar, salt, sugar, water, let sit overnight in fridge) and use them as sandwich toppings. But I doubt that would be a solution if the problem is "too bitter."

Nothing makes you more eager to leave your own country quicker than a trip through jail. And bureaucratic hell.

I don't doubt it. On the plus side, if your family is anything like mine, it gives them the chance to say "sorry, she's fled the country" every time you get a phone call.

And bureaucratic hell.

Hmm, I don't know that you'll escape that in the UK. But at least they'll have different accents! Seriously, though, I'm glad that you've gotten everything straightened out on this end.

I mostly pickle radishes (white vinegar, rice vinegar, salt, sugar, water, let sit overnight in fridge) and use them as sandwich toppings. But I doubt that would be a solution if the problem is "too bitter."

Hm. Well, it might be a different sort of bitter, with a little sweet in them. I might try that. Tom will eat them if I don't end up liking them, so there's nothing to lose.

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Hmm, I don't know that you'll escape that in the UK.

Different kind of bureaucratic hell. I'm very eager to get back.

I think you can slow-cook radishes in a little bit of butter and salt. It's a twist on french, to cook them down.

Slice before pickling or whole? I love me pickled stuff,a nd have bnever thought to try radishes. Which I don't like raw, but I don't like raw cucumbers, either, and pickled cucmbers are something I occasionally crave with some seriousness.

Grest news, SA! You certainly deserve some trouble-free travelling. I hope it's much much easier than it has been.

I do not like radishes

Give the root part to someone who likes it (me if I'm there). Mix the leaves with lettuce in a salad; radish leaves are a sweet and not noticeably spicy green.

ooh, intrigued by radish greens.

Man, I love greens.