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- From: ramirez@julia.math.ucla.edu (Alice Ramirez)
- Subject: more on leaf lettuce
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.184602.26566@math.ucla.edu>
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- Organization: UCLA Mathematics Department
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 18:46:02 GMT
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- I think it was Jim Bishop who asked for my favorite varieties of leaf
- lettuce after I posted my very opinionated comment regarding the
- superiority of homegrown leaf lettuce to commercial.
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- Honestly I have no particular favorite varieties other than a certain
- sentimental fondness for Oak Leaf. I try always to have at least one
- red variety, one pale variety and one dark green variety. The important
- thing for me is to be able to pick the leaves off as I need them, young
- and tender and very fresh. (then massage them in olive oil, toss in a little
- lemon juice, herbs, salt,pepper and feta cheese. Yum!!) It is the freshness
- and youth of the leaves that really makes all the differences. You just don't
- get that in the markets, not even the fancy organic specialty market where
- I buy most of my non-homegrown produce.
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- Where I live in L.A., lettuce is best started in late October, November
- or even early December. Doesn't do well in summertime at all here, at
- least none I have tried. (I tried a summetime lettuce once, Kagrainer
- Summer lettuce (sp?), and the leaves reminded me of the outer leaves of
- iceburg lettuce. Not good at all.) My crop of gourmet blend, interplanted
- with scallions, is doing just fine. I am already making fresh salads.
-
- Leaf lettuce can also be very ornamental.
-