I had a great time at the garage sale today! I didn’t sell anything, but I was able to visit with friends and chat with people about Sarah’s Kitchen Gardens, which made it all worthwhile. This post is inspired by the woman who asked me about watercress.
I’ve heard of watercress, of course. When I was a kid my dad used to take me out foraging for wild mint and nettle and occasionally we would see watercress too. Mint and watercress both like to grow near streams, so on our trips to gather mint for mint jelly we would sometimes see the watercress. I had never considered its cultivation, though, so the question took me by surprise. Like all good questions, though, it got me thinking. Now I want to know how to grow it! First I looked in all my seed catalogues, and didn’t find watercress seeds listed. Next plan? Google it, of course! The photo above came from this site. According to them, it’s easy to grow from a stem, so you could buy it from the grocery store and start your own plant! If it’s anything like mint it will not need any encouragement to root from a stem buried in soil.
I’m going to try it. Watercress is on my shopping list, so if I can find it I will be posting about my little experiment as it happens.
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I’ve heard of it but never used it! What could you use it in?
It’s famously put on sandwiches for an English tea, but you could also add it to a salad. From what I’ve read, it has a peppery taste, so you probably wouldn’t want to eat too much of it at once.
Check this out:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Goat-Cheese-and-Watercress-Tea-Sandwiches-102121
I served these as one of the many items served at a recent tea party. 2 words–RAVE REVIEWS!
Try em. They’re delicious!
Those sound amazing, Kilah! I would have to improvise (no grains) but yum…. ‘dip buttered edges in toasted pecans’…. mmm. Definitely want to putter around with the goat cheese and cress and see what I can do!