You will find too, that many of the summer and winter radishes that are not Asian types also do not have prickly leaves. But it really depends on the variety. Some can be quite prickly. We just cook them like turnip green or toss them in with stir fry.
When you have a surplus of radishes then that is when cooking them comes in handy. They become less hot and more potato like so you can blow through a large batch of them quickly when you sautee them as a side dish for a family.
I am with you mathfed- I normally do not eat that many raw. They are good, but eventually enough is enough. Now my 7yo could eat them with salt every day of the year for his lunch and never get tired of them.
The ones at the store always are much hotter than the ones we grow. My 7yo only likes the milder ones so I guess I'll be growing and eating radishes every winter until he moves out of the house
. Now my other son (3yo) is obsessed with peas and I do not think any of us could ever get tired of eating them
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Tiffanie