Comments on: Dietribes: Lettuce Rejoice!

By: Araxie

Araxie — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 11:03:28 +0000

I love lettuce so much- when I was a kid, my turkey sandwiches always had a ratio of more lettuce to meat.

Last summer we grew tons of lettuce- watch out for earwigs though! They love hiding in the stuff. You can also use “wild lettuce”, which is a type of thistle http://www.hort.uconn.edu/cipwg/hogweedLookalikes/HogweedLookAlike_WEB/WildLettuce_Stem.JPG (thistles are closely related to lettuce! If you let lettuce go to seed in your garden, it looks a lot like thistle flower, eh?), which is better stir-fried than added to a salad.

My mom used to sing “Lovers be lettuce” instead of “let us be lovers”, a line from Simon and Garfunkle’s song “America”.

By: bre

bre — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:15:42 +0000

I find lettuce (at least the leaf varieties) extremely easy to grow. I grow a mesclun blend in pots on my deck. My only issue is trying to keep it watered. Container plants need water at least once, preferably twice a day. Usually, about halfway through the summer, it gets dried out from too much sun and lack of consistent moisture. But then I just tear it all out and plant more seeds for an early fall crop.

By: heather

heather — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:53:30 +0000

My mom tried growing lettuce a few years ago, but they were too small to warrant the effort. We just buy ours from now on *shrugs*

One good and easy side dish is to wash and separate a head of iceberg (or whatever kind you like) and dip it in a soy sauce/mayo dip. Simple and delicious, and probably the only way she’d get my dad and me to eat veggies :D

By: Pam

Pam — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:36:32 +0000

Never had any luck growing head lettuce, since I try to grow my veggies sans pesticides. So the earwigs and slugs usually get more than their fair share. One good lettuce I have found is called Red Sails. It’s a red leaf lettuce, and is resistant to heat and bugs, and it tastes pretty good too.