Iceberg Lettuce

[midnightcatprowl]

There has been a lot in the Press about the 'salad crisis' due to bad weather in Spain, particular emphasis was put on the shortage of iceberg lettuce. Today the good news is out that the 'salad crisis' is coming to an end because UK salad crops are becoming available earlier than usual, again particular emphasis was laid on the fact that the UK shopper has been saved from a shortage of iceberg lettuce.

Can anyone explain to me why anyone would want an iceberg lettuce in the first place? Or indeed what you might want to do with it once you had it? I suppose the answer might be feed it to your guinea pig but that seems hard on guinea pigs who to my mind are nice little creatures who deserve something better.

I can understand people fancying a cos or a little gem or various other lettuces which appear in the shops but iceberg?

[redsturgeon]

I guess that your problem with iceberg lettuce is its taste (or lack of). I have to admit that I like it when used with something spicy just to give that nice fresh crunch in total contrast to say the chicken tikka that I am eating it with.

I also find it very useful as a receptacle for yuk sung.

John

[Slarti]

The only lettuce worth having is Romaine/cos.

And then only when in a Caesar salad.


Slarti

[johnstevens77]

I shred it and cook it, usualy in petits pois a la francaise. Do the same when we have a surpluce of home grown produce.

PS Anyone know why the cedila does not work under the C? Even when copied and pasted from Word.

john

[UncleEbenezer]

I wouldn't go out and buy one, unless in an occasional fit of silliness.

But it's a perfectly good ingredient in the context of traditional things like bread&cheese. Yum.

[swill453]

PS Anyone know why the cedila does not work under the C? Even when copied and pasted from Word.

It çeemç to work for me

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Scott.

[Slarti]

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PS Anyone know why the cedila does not work under the C? Even when copied and pasted from Word.

I'd find it on a website and copy it from there.

Works with other diacritical marks, for me.

EG façade

Slarti

[johnstevens77]

Re cedila

Thanks for the replies.

ç

Seems ok now!

john