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4 to 6
unless otherwise stated.Easy
By Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright
Published 1999
There are no recipes for watercress prior to Victorian industrialization, because wild watercress carries the danger of liver fluke (a small flea) unless it is picked in running water. At the time of the Industrial Revolution, specially designed watercress beds, with a stream of water running through, were set up, and quite sizeable areas given over to growing what was the newest food fad of the day.