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why are people so obsessed with radishes
this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2026
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I just wish they tasted better.
Someone has cornered the radish market.
more than likely sulforaphene is more useful invivo studies rather than consumed, because the stomach acid will likely neutralize the effect the compound anyways.
To me, they taste like dirt. Like seriously - I'm not trying to be edgy here, that's just what they taste like to me. I'm also one of those "cilantro tastes like soap" people. Possibly related?
Have you tried quick pickling or just pickling, cut the radishes, spoon of sugar and vinegar for a few hours and that's it.
Basically the same thing as onion https://youtu.be/6VPkezPD0EE
I have not, but that does sound good. Might give that a try
Maybe most people just don't know what dirt tastes like? I don't know what dirt tastes like, I assume different dirt tastes different? Is there a universal dirt tastes? What's your favorite dirt? Maybe radishes only taste like the dirt where you live? Maybe you have radish flavoured dirt where you live?
I mean, they don't really taste like much on their own so perhaps you just need to clean them. They did come out of the ground, after all.
No, that's not it. I'm fastidious about cleaning my veggies. I guess I should clarify that I'm referring to those standard store-brand red radishes. I've had Daikon radishes as well and those taste fine to me
I also was referring to the normal red kind. To me, they taste like nothing. Like it's just a texture in my mouth. Same with mushrooms. Maybe I've just got fucked up tastebuds 🤔
Those are true for me too. Does celery smell like medicine to you? It does me :|
Too many claims, too little sources to back it up; did big radish write this?
big radish
They're called daikon.
Yeah, this is the second post I've seen today regarding radishes.
Big Radish is on the move.
Just wait until you hear from Big Daikon.
Although sulforaphane research on cancer has been ongoing for many years, there is no good clinical evidence to indicate consuming sulforaphane-rich vegetables or dietary supplements provides any effect. Wikipedia
Hmm
The fact that this post continues to stay up is an indictment of Lemmy moderation
Fresh radishes are very tasty. I like them better as a planty snack than carrots.
I mean they're cool, but they're not that cool.
They're only rad-ish.
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Was this written by a guy who is in love with, and does sleep with, radishes?
daikon't see a problem with it.
I love that the pronunciation of daikon makes this sentence sound British in my head
you don't feel that way when you have to make dozens of radish roses in culinary school
Since you’re practiced, I’ll settle for one.
They also make your farts smell like rotten eggs if you eat too many of them.
Sold
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contain vitamin C
Basically all plants do. Do radishes contain unusually much of it?
improve blood pressure
Higher or lower?
Higher or lower?
Sideways
Flips your sistolic and diastolic, just for fun
Improve
Instructions unclear, circulatory system now has a refrigeration cycle
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Also one of the few foods that give me inexplicable instant acid foaming back up from my stomach. I'll eat habaneros for giggles, no problem, but a single one of those little round red monsters in a salad and I'm out.
It's likely the sulforaphane, the compound that doesn't actually fight cancer at all. Similar to the sulfur containing compounds in onions, it's an irritant created when radish tissue is damaged to repel pests. In mammals, it irritates the lining of the digestive tract and causes the lower esophageal sphincter, which normally keeps stomach acid from refluxing, to relax.
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