Radish Slaw

A row of radishes along side the cucmber bed

It all started when the local Ace Hardware put one of the seed racks on sale at 4 for $1.  I bought a bunch of seeds, including about 8 packs of radish seeds; how could I help but do it?  Mom used the seeds to plant long rows of radishes along the edge of several beds as a companion plant/pest repellent.  At this point, we have hundreds of radishes in the garden.  Mom's idea again:  shred them and make radish slaw.  So I went out and just started thinning one row and in no time had a mess o' radishes.  Shredded, the radishes were a beautiful white with red edging in the bowl.  For dressing, again following Mom's lead, I used 2:1 apple cider vinegar:water with 1/2 teaspoon of salt.  After tasting, 1 teaspoon of caraway seed (Mom's old tried-and-true cole slaw seasoning) really put it together.  Final verdict: excellent dish.  Shredding and dressing in vinegar seems to eliminate the heat.  It's a great thing to do with the huge pile of radishes we have from companion planting.

A quick mess o' radish

Beautiful shredded in the bowl

The final product