I got two daikon radishes in this week's CSA. Any suggestions for them?
This link has some suggestions:
http://www.seriouseats.com/talk/2009/12/daikon-radish-what-to-do-with-it.html?ref=search
Serious Eats is an awesome food site by the way, my go-to for most things. I'm sure they have plenty of other pages on daikon.
Thank you for the website!
Glad you like it! It is my favorite food website. They have The Food Lab, where Kenji, who has an MIT degree, devotes all of his scientific knowledge and curiosity to coming up with killer recipes, answering cooking questions, and dispelling cooking myths. They also have "Drinking the Bottom Shelf" which has articles on the best cheap booze. For example, they'll try every bottle of wine at Trader Joe's that's under $5. And hacks, taste tests, etc. Super entertaining and not one bit snobby.
They also like to experiment with cooking everything they can in a waffle maker. Turned out to be the best way to reheat frozen pizza, interestingly enough!
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Nikki, I'm glad to report the tortillas were a total success! I made a batch for Taco Night, but the beef was taking longer than expected to cook. So we scooped out a bowl of the beef cooking juices/sauce and ate all of the tortillas dipped into it. Then I made another whole batch and we ate those too the same way. It was awesome! I will definitely be making tortillas regularly and can't believe it look me this long to finally do it. So thanks!
BTW, I got the idea for our humble meal from the great book "The Feast of Santa Fe." The author writes about how humble the food supply in New Mexico was for centuries, pretty much just corn, bean, and chilies. He suggests 12 "feasts of simplicity", with the 12th day being Christmas. So the first day you roast a green chiles, mash it with garlic, and eat it with fresh tortillas, maybe with some butter and a little cheese. The second day you boil some beans and add it to the first day's feast. The third day, you add some red chile sauce to the beans. The fourth day you add a little pork to the beans. Etc. In this way you build up to an Xmas feast, although it's just the simple dishes from all 12 days combined.
Point being, reading that made me realize that just sauce and tortillas could be the first night's meal, and tonight we'll add beef,beans, and cheese to it and feast like kings.
(Granted, our beef is all decked out with lard, onions, garlic, chili powders, paprika, vegemite, soy sauce... so it's not exactly austere ;)