tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post5717708288960461266..comments2024-02-29T07:51:54.606-08:00Comments on Tales of a Kitchen Herbwife: Summer Weeds: Watercress and SorrelSarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-66983631042240699312009-07-02T07:47:00.120-07:002009-07-02T07:47:00.120-07:00Two of my favorite herbs. I remember scouring the...Two of my favorite herbs. I remember scouring the parks and alleys of Seattle for food after my parents had cut me off, finding a motherlode of watercress in Ravenna Park. I had read Adelle Davis who claimed (erroneously as it turned out) that watercress would only grow in clean water. It is also a great source of resveratrol.<br /><br />I taught my sons to eat sorrel, as my grandmother had taught me. They named it "lemon". Unfortunately other mothers reacted so badly to a young child eating weeds, that I had to tell them to do it only when the adults weren't looking. Alas most adults aren't open to learning from an informed preschooler.Karen Vaughanhttp://www.acupuncturebrooklyn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-64180040655122705552009-07-01T19:48:53.574-07:002009-07-01T19:48:53.574-07:00I purchased watercress this week at the health foo...I purchased watercress this week at the health food store and NO COMPARING it to it in the streams!Dreamseedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13070683965486749078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-9196024837930556012009-06-30T14:11:27.353-07:002009-06-30T14:11:27.353-07:00Interesting post, I love watercress and know it is...Interesting post, I love watercress and know it is a good source of iron but a lot of the rest was new to me. As for sorrel, I'm never quite sure whether I'm seeing sorrel or dock! I think sorrel is the one that my mum called 'vinegar plant' when I was a child though I've never known why. The more I think back to my mum and things she said and knew the more I think that there was agrewat deal more to her than I realised!Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.com