Often ribs are boiled or oven-steamed before grilling to help tenderize the meat. To oven-steam ribs, place ribs in a large baking pan, fill with about 1 inch of water, cover with aluminum foil and bake for about 50 minutes in a 350-degree oven. The recipe here includes instructions on how to boil ribs before grilling.
Another use of radish is as cover or catch crop in winter or as a forage crop. Some radishes are grown for their seeds; daikon, for instance, may be grown for oil production. Others are used for sprouting and both roots and leaves are sometimes served cooked or cold.
If you want big radishes, plant them deeply, about an inch and a half deep. Planting radishes shallowly -- a half-inch deep -- results in small roots. A favorite trick is to mix radish seeds with those of carrots or parsnips to mark the rows and help break the soil for these slow-germinating crops.ll varieties of summer radishes grow equally well or poorly, so you may as well be adventurous. White Icicle is a venerable variety, dating back to the 16th century, and its carrot-shaped white roots are more resistant to pithiness than most.