Nancy Young wrote:
>
> "Arri London" > wrote
>
> > Nancy Young wrote:
> >>
> >> My verdict: This was a delicious dish, although it is more of a cold
> >> weather meal. I would only add half a pound of pasta next time, and
> >> looking at the picture they have on the card, they didn't use a whole
> >> pound of pasta, either. Also, I use bot hot and mild sausage. This has
> >> earned a spot in my keeper recipes book.
>
> > Does escarole have any other names in the US? I never see anything by
> > that name sold around here. Presumably a bitter lettuce would work?
>
> When I looked up escarole, I see that it is related to chicory and is
> sometimes called broad chicory or common chicory. It was thisclose
> to the chicory at the store yesterday. In my experience, those types of
> greens are always kind of shoved in together at the supermarket, maybe
> you just never noticed it?
>
> nancy

Have seen something called chicory but it didn't look like what I know
as escarole. What I know as chicory is rather pale green with elongated
leaves, which isn't what escarole looks like. Will look again. Otherwise
will just try all the non-lettuce leafy greens I can find