Radish Sprouts

Radish sprouts and other peppery miniatures have been on and off the market for years. But, with America’s new love for “hot” foods and the acceptance of sprouts as delicious and “real,” not mere rabbit nibbles for health foodies, there may be a good chance of keeping them in the stores. (Them, and what promises to be a whole new world of sproutables, for fennel, coriander, mustard, fenugreek, caraway, and other full-flavored sprouted seeds are just around the corner.) If you have ever had the pleasure of English mustard cress, the ubiquitous duo (Sinapis alba and Lepidium sativum) that is snipped over egg salad, tucked into buttered bread, or strewn about slabs of meat, you have an idea of how good these little tidbits can be.