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Eible Watercress - (going OT)
And the seeds themselves are "capers". Capers are watercress seeds? - We had them on the cruise ship in '86 on different foods - thought it was a Greek thing - excellent Er, no, capers are nasturtium seeds. Now I'm confused, too :-) Plants with the common name "Nasturtium" are genus Tropaeolum ("Flowering Nasturtium" is /Tropaelum Majus/) and not at all related to watercress - which is genus Nasturtium! Watercress is a type of mustard. Here's a good page: http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Lepi_sat.html Now I have to follow up what he said about capers - maybe they _aren't_ actually the same thing... OK, Derek - you got the ball, run with it :~ Gale :~) |
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Eible Watercress - (going OT)
G Pearce wrote:
And the seeds themselves are "capers". Capers are watercress seeds? - We had them on the cruise ship in '86 on different foods - thought it was a Greek thing - excellent Er, no, capers are nasturtium seeds. Now I'm confused, too :-) Plants with the common name "Nasturtium" are genus Tropaeolum ("Flowering Nasturtium" is /Tropaelum Majus/) and not at all related to watercress - which is genus Nasturtium! Watercress is a type of mustard. Here's a good page: http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Lepi_sat.html Now I have to follow up what he said about capers - maybe they _aren't_ actually the same thing... OK, Derek - you got the ball, run with it :~ Right, he's across the 50 yard line and heading for the end zone: capers are "Caprissa Spinosa", not very closely related to Tropaelum, but ... He's at the 30 yard line and leaving the opponents behind him: Capers _are_ fairly closely related to Watercress! (both being members of the Mustard family). Touchdown! I love following up these questions because I invariably learn something I didn't know before. I've just complained to DW that she lied to me about the Capers - she insists that she didn't lie, she just believed somebody else who told her the same thing. -- derek - Unless otherwise noted, I speak for myself, not rec.ponds.moderated moderators. |
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