Antonia  +  91403 Tue, 19 Apr 05 10:21 AM Hi! Can you tell me, please, what is watercress stem : is it the hard part of watercress (white part) or are they perhaps simply, leaves (the green part)? Antonia Joined on Fri, Mar 11 2005 Contributing Member 1,266

	pieanne  +  91415 Tue, 19 Apr 05 11:46 AM Well, a stem is a stem, but I wonder what you could do with just the stems! They're so small... So it could refer to the whole of it: stem + leaves. pieanne Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 South of France ...But I'm Belgian! Veteran Member 7,517 I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

	Antonia  +  91421 Tue, 19 Apr 05 12:05 PM good question, I don't know, let's wait for some more posts Although, from the context I get teh impression that it means-leaves Antonia

	abbie1948  +  91427 Tue, 19 Apr 05 12:24 PM Hi Antonia, The stem is the little stalk the leaves grow from picture: http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=images&fr=fp-tab-web-t-1&va=watercress&imgsz=all&vf=all I have managed to find one recipe which specifies using the stem as a salad ingredient, with the leaves served as a separate salad. http://www.mmmi.net/roys/recipes/porkmed.html abbie1948 Joined on Thu, Mar 24 2005 England Senior Member 2,657 Hope that helps. Abbie