One of the oldest leafy vegetables eaten by humans…think I captured that ancient quality in the audio track?
Water cress
Delicate hollow stems
Crisp money leaves…
Bite it, it bites back
Heats the tongue
Fires-up taste buds
Flavor sharp as a hot knife
like its cousin, mustard
cress
cress
cress
water cress
tangy tangled fairy hair
ancient leafy vegetable
good for us!
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Alison Amazed 
Very edible blog Alison!
Thanks bostonmtnchef! That’s a very palatable comment!
I love watercress and will hear this now every time I eat it. I have found though, that if I eat too much at one sitting my stomach aches! A sign to me not to be so greedy, perhaps!
I like the idea of an A-Z of food and will look back at your earlier offerings.
I found the April A-Z challenge most interesting and will definitely attempt it again next year.
Hey, that’s great that you expect the audio track to be that memorable for you! My mother wrote: “About Watercress – I understand.” THanks for stopping by, listening and commenting. I’m looking forwrd to more reading at your blog.
wow! will never look at watercress the same way again! fairy hair – that’s absolutely brilliant!
THanks Lou. 🙂 I quite like the poem myself.