Black Radish
Black Radish is a highly nutritious botanical that helps to support and maintain the natural health of the liver, gallbladder, urinary and digestive tracts; and while supplying valuable nutrients to sustain a healthy body, Black Radish also helps to maintain and support a normal healthy thyroid, as well as our natural respiratory tract health.
Black radishes belong to the Cruciferae family.
It is think that this ancient vegetable comes from Asia, although we know the Egyptian were making oil from radish seeds.
It is a root vegetable the size of a turnip, with a black skin and white flesh.
They have a strong bitter flavor and are often responsible for bloating.
Botanical: Raphanus sativus; Raphanus niger
Other Common Names: Black Spanish Radish, Raifort, Long Black Spanish Radish
History:
The Radish is a root vegetable that is thought to be a native of southern Asia, but there has been much speculation over the years about its true ancestral home. Early writers claim it originated in the Near East, but later studies claim that different species evolved in China and the Mediterranean and Caspian Seas. The Radish has a history both as a food and medicine that goes back thousands of years in Egypt, Greece, Rome and China. Egyptian tomb illustrations from 2000 B.C. display Black Radishes; and the Greek historian, Herodotus (648-625 B.C.), writes of the Radish as an important crop root and offering to Apollo. Root crops, as a group, have been a staple food for societies around the globe since ancient times. Radishes come in many colors and sizes, with white, red or red and white most common in the United States. The Black Radish is a dull black or dark brown, turnip-like variety that is approximately eight inches in length, and when the dark skin is peeled, it reveals a firm, crisp, snow-white flesh that is quite pungent and drier than other varieties. Few gardeners grow the round Black Spanish or Long Black Spanish Radish, which thrives in rich, moist,
Black radishes belong to the Cruciferae family.
It is think that this ancient vegetable comes from Asia, although we know the Egyptian were making oil from radish seeds.
It is a root vegetable the size of a turnip, with a black skin and white flesh.
They have a strong bitter flavor and are often responsible for bloating.
Botanical: Raphanus sativus; Raphanus niger
Other Common Names: Black Spanish Radish, Raifort, Long Black Spanish Radish
History:
The Radish is a root vegetable that is thought to be a native of southern Asia, but there has been much speculation over the years about its true ancestral home. Early writers claim it originated in the Near East, but later studies claim that different species evolved in China and the Mediterranean and Caspian Seas. The Radish has a history both as a food and medicine that goes back thousands of years in Egypt, Greece, Rome and China. Egyptian tomb illustrations from 2000 B.C. display Black Radishes; and the Greek historian, Herodotus (648-625 B.C.), writes of the Radish as an important crop root and offering to Apollo. Root crops, as a group, have been a staple food for societies around the globe since ancient times. Radishes come in many colors and sizes, with white, red or red and white most common in the United States. The Black Radish is a dull black or dark brown, turnip-like variety that is approximately eight inches in length, and when the dark skin is peeled, it reveals a firm, crisp, snow-white flesh that is quite pungent and drier than other varieties. Few gardeners grow the round Black Spanish or Long Black Spanish Radish, which thrives in rich, moist,