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the peppery weed that out-nutrients kale while floating smugly in a stream
means A peppery-leaved aquatic plant of the mustard family, grown in or near running water and eaten raw in salads and sandwiches.
from Exactly what it says on the tin: Old English wæter + cresse (the cress family of pungent leaves), a transparent compound that's stayed nearly unchanged for a thousand years. The 'cress' part is shared across Germanic languages — German Kresse, Dutch kers — and may be related to an old root meaning 'to creep' or 'to nibble,' fitting for a plant that spreads through streams and bites the tongue.
- perfect score
- only food rated 100 by CDC nutrient density
- roman fuel
- soldiers ate it to stay decisive
- aquatic rebel
- grows in flowing water, not soil
- mustard kin
- its bite comes from the cabbage family
- hippocrates pick
- reportedly built his first hospital beside a stream
river itchen watercress beds — hampshire, england - continuous commercial cultivation since 1820s, still supplies uk markets
nasturtium officinale — scientific name for wild watercress found in cold streams across europe and asia
california watercress farms — monterey county produces majority of us commercial watercress supply