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Watercress Salad

4 servings

Ingredients

• watercress (as needed)
• oil (plenty)
• vinegar (a little)
• salt (a little)

Instructions

1. Watercress, a very healthy, blood-purifying, and stomach-strengthening salad, is usable throughout the winter and spring as long as the leaves are tender.
2. Cut the stems from the leaves so that about three fingers' width of stem remains attached.
3. Wash several times in plenty of water by pulling the cress out and immersing it again.
4. Shake well and mix with plenty of oil, vinegar, and a little salt.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.