The North American Indian: The Mandan. The Arikara. The Atsina | 
My lovely greengrocer gave me a punnet of a sprouting plant called Atsina® Cress. All I found about this mystery plant is: “This cress is named after an old North American tribe, the Atsina Indians. They used the leaves of this plant to make a warm sweet drink to ease the pain when they had a sore throat“ https://www.koppertcress.com/en/products/atsina-r-cress and no mention of the plant's common or latin name. Any idea what this is?
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Dilara Also, the cheek of a Dutch agriculture company trademarking a First Nations name! 3w
IndoorDame It‘s a brand name. Cress is a mustard type herb with several different varieties. I‘d look up generic instructions on caring for cress plants. I think this one has an anise flavor, but just taste a leaf to be sure and you‘ll get an idea of how to use it. 3w
Dilara @IndoorDame I know it's a brand name 😁 but I find the branding/trademarking of traditional plants infuriating, which why I'd like to know its real name 😡 I doubt it actually is a cress - Koppert seem to call all their micro-leaves “cress“, even when they are not (their peashoots are called “affilla cress“) 😂. To me, it tastes like a cross between licorice, mint and aniseed. Delicious eaten straight from the pot. 3w
IndoorDame @Dilara definitely infuriating! 3w
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