mustard and cress

British  

noun

1. seedlings of white mustard and garden cress, used in salads

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Example Sentences

“No, no. I insist that we share the blame fifty-fifty. Besides, the question won’t arise now that you’ve sworn off shrews and mice. I say, have you ever tried a fresh trout salad with mustard and cress? Why don’t you come over to the barn? I’m sure there’ll be enough for two. I mean, trout’s not exactly a vegetable, is it?”

From Literature

Serves 4 garlic 1 small clove cherry tomatoes 300g cucumber 1 romano peppers 2 bird’s-eye chilli 1 sherry vinegar 2 tbsp white crab meat 300g mustard and cress or watercress to finish Peel the garlic and place in the jug of an electric blender or food processor.

From The Guardian

Spoon the crab on top of the soup, add a pinch of mustard and cress and serve.

From The Guardian

Freezing Powders was message-boy betwixt steward and cook, and bore the viands triumphantly along the deck, so the steward called him “Mustard and Cress,” and the cook “Young Shallots,” while Ted Wilson dubbed him “Boss of the Soup Tureen;” but the boy was entirely indifferent as to what he was called.

From Project Gutenberg

Tom had always gone in for growing mustard and cress on board, and a bit o’ sea-kale in a flower-pot, but the idea struck Jill and me that we might carry garden operations out to even greater perfection, and having asked and obtained permission of Mr Moore, we set to work and soon arranged in different parts of the deck a series of little flower gardens made from orange boxes.

From Project Gutenberg