Water Cress..Who uses it?

[ThisOldCabin]

I have been seeing more about water cress.Its always grown here and I have eaten it some.I wonder if its just another joke.I'm all for growing it but is it really good?

 

[Neko-chan]

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[Wifezilla]

I have garden cress. It's tasty.

 

[Kim_NC]

We grow creecy greens. They're a cress, but a land cress rather than water cress. They're very good....slightly peppery, but not as strong as mustard or turmip greens.

 

[patandchickens]

Enh... if you like its taste, it's good, if you don't care for it so much, then it's not

I am tolerant of small am'ts in sandwiches (not tea sandwiches LOL) but other than that I can really take it or leave it, am not into 'hot' greenery that much; OTOH my sister thinks it is the best thing since sliced bread and has loved it since she was 3 or 4 yrs old.

I find it real, real hard to believe that it has any special nutritional or health powers beyond what any other strong-flavored greens got.

JMHO, good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[Neko-chan]

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[me&thegals]

I had cress at a foraged/hunted/grown potluck we hosted about 12 years ago. I still remember it, it was so good! Our friend served it tossed with a sweet vinaigrette.

 

[big brown horse]

My Armenian Godmother uses it a lot in her traditional dishes. I remember a water cress and yogurt soup she made once.