[HPFGU-OTChatter] Watercress

[Jennifer Boggess Ramon]

At 2:11 PM +1000 5/15/02, Tabouli wrote:
>
>Poking my head out of a pile of paper to ask... what on *earth* is 
>watercress like?  English children always seem to be munching on egg 
>and cress sandwiches in books, and I was always curious about it. 
>Is it widely eaten?

Depends on where you are.  It's not too uncommon as a salad green around here.

>What does it look and taste like?  (some cookbook told me it tastes 
>"peppery" (?))

It does have a bit of a "hot" edge to it.  Otherwise it's basically 
yet another bitter green.

>Can you actually scoop it out of a pond and wash it off to eat?

It needs running water, so not a pond, but perhaps a brook or a 
creek.  It's too hot to grow it around here; it's more common in 
places that have hills or mountains and somewhat cooler weather.

>Maybe I have an emerging thing for eating aquatic plants or 
>something, as I love the taste of seaweed as well...

It's nothing like that.  It's more like mint than kelp, although 
that's not a very good comparison.

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