The mystery seeds De mystiske frø

A friend of the family once told that she had found an envelope with some seeds in it. Nothing was written on the envelope, no one could remember anything about it, and it was impossible to see what seeds they were. But she was too curious to just throw them out, so she planted them in the greenhouse.

En ven af familien fortalte engang at hun havde fundet en kuvert med nogle frø i. Der stod ikke noget på kuverten, ingen kunne huske noget om den, og det var ikke til at se hvad de var for frø. Men hun var for nysgerrig til bare at smide dem ud, så hun plantede dem i drivhuset.

It didnt take long before there were sprouts. They grew quite fast. But it was too early to see what kind of plants they were. That would be easier when they became larger. So they were left alone, and they grew and grew. They didnt produce flowers. They just became long green stems with green leaves, that our friend didnt think she had seen before. Eventually they reached the roof of the greenhouse.

Det tog ikke lang tid før der kom spirer. De groede ret hurtigt. Men det var for tidligt at se hvad de var for planter. Det ville være nemmere når de blev noget større. Så de fik lov til at vokse videre, og de voksede og voksede. De satte ingen blomster. De blev bare til lange grønne stængler med grønne blade, som vor ven ikke rigtigt syntes hun havde set før. Til sidst gik de helt op til drivhusets tag.

Then one day, when our friend was in the greenhouse, she noticed a familiar smell. It came from the mystery plants. Could it really be?... She nibbled some small leaves off one, and chewed on them. Yes, she had guessed it from the smell, it was cress.

En dag da vores ven var i drivhuset lagde hun pludselig mærke til en velkendt lugt. Den kom fra de mystiske planter. Kunne det virkelig være?... Hun nippede nogle små blade af én, og tyggede på dem. Jo, hun havde lugtet rigtigt, det var karse.

In Scandinavia, Western Europe, North America and Australia cress is a popular garnish for sandwiches. People grow it in small trays with cotton. They are often placed on windowsills. The cress is constantly being cut down, so it never grows to more than a few centimeters of height.

I Skandinavien, Vesteuropa, Nordamerika og Australien er karse populært grønt til smørrebrød. Folk dyrker det i små fade med vat. De står ofte i vindueskarme. Karsen bliver hele tiden klippet ned, så den bliver aldrig mere end nogle få centimeter høj.