VEGETABLES 103 



RECIPE FOR COOKING 

 Vegetable Marrows Fried 



Take a couple of marrows, pare, seed, and quarter them, 

 salt and pepper them, then let them marinade in a wineglass 

 of vinegar and double the quantity of salad oil, and let them 

 remain in it for half an hour. Then drain them, cover them 

 with poivrade sauce, and stew till tender, and when ready 

 sprinkle some grated Parmesan over, and serve quickly and 

 hot. 



WATERCRESS 



Few people think of growing watercress. They 

 are quite contented to buy it ; but it is so easy of 

 culture, and its medicinal properties are so great, 

 that I think that those who have gardens would find 

 it most useful. In the days of our forefathers it used 

 to be grown, as it was an important ingredient in 

 * spring tea.' The ' Gardener ' writes : ' An individual 

 named Bradbury, during the seventeenth century, 

 was the first to cultivate it in this country (it hailed 

 from Holland in the first instance). This man 

 made use of some natural watercourses running 

 through his market-garden for the purpose. He 

 simply sowed the seeds in a ditch, and regulated 

 the height of the water by means of dams of earth at 

 regular intervals.' Where there are running streams 

 it is a very easy matter, but it is not necessary to 

 have a stream to grow them in, as they are easily 

 cultivated in borders, and this must be done in 

 September in a moist and shady border. The earth 

 must be dug fine, and a slight trench drawn with 

 the hoe, and fill this with water till it becomes mud. 



