Peggy wrote:
>
> I think Europeans have been eating radishes for a long time...
> "Raphanus sativus. Radish.
> ...Radish are eaten raw with bread in stead of other food... for the most
> part, they are vsed in sauce with meates to procure appetite, and in that
> sort they ingender blood lesse faulty, than eaten alone or with bread
> onely..."
>
> John Gerard's
> Herball or General Historie of Plantes

Radishes were considered a divine aphrodisiac by the Egyptian pharoahs.
I consider them a necessary garnish for Pozole, something I haven't
made for years. I'll have to remedy that...