Them bits of green that normally find their way into an egg-mayo-sandwich... (Cress)

Member Name: The-ex-Raven

Product:	Cress
Date:	01/01/08 (131 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Keeps kids amused...nice little project

Disadvantages: Some kids won't eat it...

Cress, them bits of green that normally find their way into an egg-mayo-sandwich or lost in a salad somewhere...boring subject maybe but on having bought some for 28p (to make egg-mayo sandwich with as happens) The need to grow my own came upon me, it works out cheaper really - and it can be amusing...

We like to grow things but It's cold and horrible out there, little boy's sunflowers are long dead and gone, plus the pansys aren't too pretty anymore. Had a quick hunt around local shop that stocks some seeds in the back but no joy, sad person that I am I bought some off eBay - cheap deal cost me a pound which was good, plus the amount of seeds I got in a packet would easily equal 6 or 7 ' punnet ' things of shop-bought cress so good deal.

There's quite a few different types of cress - I'm no expert but they vary in size type and flavour, some being more bitter /peppery-hot than other milder types. I wanted 'normal' standard sandwich type cress -but I got some Curly Mustard Cress as well which has a very nice tasty pepper-type-hot-flavour to it not as mild as your usual Cress, and is a good tasty extra to shove in your sandwich or Salad or omelette or whatever you fancy.

All Cress needs to sprout is a reasonable (room) temperature, light and a damp surface to grow on. That and the fact it grows so fast - about 10 days -makes it a good project for bored kids !!

The fun bit is sowing and growing the stuff, you can simply sow onto damp kitchen roll in a plastic tub OR (particularly if you have young Kids) You could be inventive and make egg-cup-people with Cress for hair - Or even more inventive make a proper old style Cress-Head with some tights (like I did when I was small !!) Well we grew our Cress and Little boy doesn't like it, but nevermind all the more for me. Least it kept him amused watching it grow !!

For what Egg People look like See:
http://www.johnsons-seeds.com/acatalog/veggie_fun _seeds.html

Is simple just stick cotton-wool into empty eggshell and decorate, add seed water and wait for hair !!

To make one out of tights first put your seed in then stuff with wood shavings (sawdust - easily found at pet shop) and squash into a 'head shape' twist a ball for a nose and tie it off with an elastic band, buttons / or some plastic googly eyes, maybe a pipe cleaner stuck on for a mouth / whatever you've got handy to make a face really and there you go.
Just put him on a saucer / plate add a sprinkling of water now and again and wait for his hair to grow...
then chop it off and eat it !!!!

Yum!

:o)

Thanks for reading.

Summary: Them bits of green that normally find their way into an egg-mayo-sandwich...