LL-L "Delectables" 2010.01.03 (03) [EN]

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From: Heiko Evermann <heiko.evermann at gmx.de>
Subject: LL-L "Delectables" 2010.01.03 (01) [EN]

Hi Roger,

> Also in my kids' time an other part of the lettuce was used than what they
> use nowadays. At the time only the green leaf was withheld and the nerves
> were threwn away. Nowadays you only get the nerves. I guess modern people
> prefer it to be crispy, it holds for longer, and it fills the bowl more
> easily.
Well, the lettuce did indeed change. Today they usually sell
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisbergsalat
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJsbergsla
where the whole leaf is crispy.

Hartlich Gröten,
Heiko

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