mustard and cress
Britishnoun
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Pile up the sandwiches on a silver dish, and sprinkle some loose mustard and cress round the base.
From Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet by Payne, A. G.
Sowing early mustard and cress on winter underclothing.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 30, 1917 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
Sow also in heat mustard and cress for salads, onions for salads; tomatoes, celery to be pricked out for an early crop; and Early Horn carrot and kidney-beans on slight hotbeds.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
It seems like growing mustard and cress upon a yard of damp flannel, as I used to do in my childhood.
From The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation by Boldrewood, Rolf
With this, butter bread, and make a salad of tarragon and some chives, mustard and cress, chopped very small, and put them upon the bread and butter.
From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady
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