Cress Reviews

Please note this review refers to the edible garden plant land cress, and not to watercress, the spindly type of cress you get in an egg-and-cress sandwich, or any other type of cress. I picked up a package of land cress seeds at the local nursery as an impulse buy - the blurb written on the packet made it sound great as an easy-to-grow ...  Read the complete review

Cress is a delicious, succulent, green plant that has a tendency to find its way into egg sandwiches. Whilst the leaves often get stuck in the back of the throat, the stalks are particularly moist and go down like a treat! The taste is very mild, and extremely watery and refreshing...Mmm! Now cress is the subject of many a ...  Read the complete review

Cress is possibly the easiest thing to grow in the entire world. No matter how ungreen your fingers are, the chances are high you can grow cress. You can get a packet of seeds fairly cheaply - I think my last packet was 30p from Lidl. These then need to be sown. You can scatter them in a little pot of earth, or even on a damp flannel. ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

A strange plant which grows quickly and tastes very pleasant. You don't have to grow it yourself, but it is cheaper, not that it could be much cheaper than the supermarkets. A pleasant sprouter which you can add to salads for a bit of umph, I find it has a slightly raddishy type taste. It is only faint. It also goes extremely well ...  Read the complete review

Cress, What plant do you think of when I say cress do you think of curled cress that you get served with a salad, or in an egg sandwich. Do you think of watercress a helping of watercress is often served as a side salad with a meal? There are many other cress plants, pennycress, hairy bitter cress, hairy rock cress, mouse ...  Read the complete review