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On Thursday, November 27, 2014 1:49:55 AM UTC-7, Bruce wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 22:24:13 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
> >So by some stupidity on my part, I have quite a few watermelon radishes. I
> >kept ordering them in my CSA packages but when I got them. I thought they
> >were turnips! They are actually the size of a turnip and that's what threw
> >me. Only after I attempted to peel one and cut it up to make caramelized
> >turnips did I see my mistake!
> >
> >They are very good and have some bite to them. Not too much bite. But I
> >decided to try salting a slice because sf said that would take the bite out
> >of them. Well it didn't. It also didn't make them taste salty like I
> >thought it would. It just made them bitter and unpleasant.

>
> The roundup must have reacted with the salt and made them bitter. It
> tends to do that.
>
> --
> Bruce


You are full of it...Round-up has no effect on the taste of food produced from the sprayed plant. Where did you get that gem?