{"id":1691,"date":"2014-10-28T14:49:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T14:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenfreshveggies.com\/?p=1691"},"modified":"2014-10-28T14:49:33","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T14:49:33","slug":"rat-tail-treasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gopherknoll.com\/?p=1691","title":{"rendered":"Rat-tail treasure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rat tail Radish. \u00a0 You can see where it gets its name. \u00a0It’s a little harder to see the bright, crisp radish flavor with just a flash of heat at the end. \u00a0A delicious surprise in a salad or even just garnishing a good ol’ East Texas BBQ.<\/p>\n

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Rat-tail Radish, also known as Madras Radish, \u00a0is the special veggie of the week. \u00a0 The rat-tail is an aerial radish – we eat the edible seed pod rather than the root of this unique plant. \u00a0Introduced to England from Java in 1815,\u00a0it was discovered growing at the garden of the Prince of Wales in Sandringham, and became a favorite of the royal table.<\/p>\n

There are several varieties of this unique veggie. \u00a0Ours is from a German variety\u00a0called the M\u0169nchen Bier (it is enjoyed as a snack to serve with beer in Munich, they say.) \u00a0I’ve been enjoying grazing on it as I work in the garden, but I understand it might be pickled or added to stir-fry. \u00a0 \u00a0I’m not actually a radish lover, but this one\u00a0makes me smile\u00a0every time I eat it.<\/p>\n

Come see us this weekend (it’s First Monday, you know!) at the great Athens, TX Farmer’s Market. \u00a0 We’ll have some of the spicy fall greens – Mizuna and Mustard, \u00a0Arugula. \u00a0sweet Basil, peppermint, spearmint, and Poblano, Cayenne, Sweet and Bell peppers.<\/p>\n

Try a sample of rat-tail radish and talk about the new changes coming for our CSA in the spring. \u00a0 We’d like to make it more accessible to those who might be a little overwhelmed with our standard box or who might need more flexibility in the scheduling of their boxes. \u00a0 Stay tuned for the details later this week.<\/p>\n

Looking forward to seeing you this weekend!<\/p>\n

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Rat tail Radish. \u00a0 You can see where it gets its name. \u00a0It’s a little harder to see the bright, crisp radish flavor with just a flash of heat at the end. \u00a0A delicious surprise…Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gopherknoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gopherknoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gopherknoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gopherknoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gopherknoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/gopherknoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gopherknoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gopherknoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gopherknoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}