In article >,
Mostlovely > wrote:

> On Friday, August 10, 2012 9:56:30 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
> > I ask this as I am forcing down a bowl of "American" salad. Now when I was
> >
> > a kid this was pretty much all we ever got. Except for the years when I
> > had
> >
> > a garden and grew leaf lettuce. For those of you who don't know what this
> >
> > is, it is iceberg lettuce, shredded carrots and a small amount of shredded
> >
> > purple cabbage. Once in a while there will be a few red radish slices in
> > it
> >
> > as well.
> I like greens all of them mustard tunips collard greens and cabbage. I do
> eat salads from time to time but I must admit I do not know the difference
> between lettuce.

Salads (lettuce) from the garden have flavor, and texture, and aren't
difficult to grow.
> >
> >
> >
> > I remember the first time I had butter lettuce at the Hunt Club. That was
> > a
> >
> > restaurant I couldn't normally afford to dine at. But my friend was
> >
> > graduating from college and rather than throw a party, his parents too me
> >
> > and another friend out to dinner with them to this place. I was very
> >
> > uncomfortable during the meal, partly because I had to dress up (and I hate
> >
> > to do that) and partly because people kept hovering around us. I also
> >
> > remember having a pepper crusted steak which I really didn't like, being a
> >
> > vegetarian and all but at that point in time there were no vegetarian
> > dishes
> >
> > on the menu. I think my friend had duck. They did have a guy who came
> >
> > around with a big pepper mill. I did like that.
> >
> >
> >
> > I like pretty much all of the salad greens except for when they are really
> >
> > bitter. Sometimes I will get a blend that has too much bitter stuff in it.
> >
> > I don't normally buy bagged salad for fear of food poisoning but this bag
> >
> > came from Costco and it was only $2.17. We've been eating salad all week
> >
> > from it. Tonight I put some green onions and some green pepper on it as
> >
> > well as some black olives. I intended to put walnuts but I forgot. The
> >
> > green pepper was an accident. The produce drawer was stuffed full but I
> >
> > insisted to Angela that I could fit the remaining three green onions in
> >
> > there. Well, I did but I smashed the green pepper. Which is why I ate it
> >
> > tonight.
> >
> >
> >
> > I also like tomatoes and celery on my salad. And I often put kidney, pinto
> >
> > or garbanzo beans on there. Cooked white beans are good too although I
> >
> > don't really like black beans on a salad too much. Unless it is really a
> >
> > Mexican type salad with like...corn and salsa. Then it's okay. I also
> > like
> >
> > that baby corn but I only ever want two ears. So I never buy the stuff
> >
> > because nobody else will eat it and it always goes bad before I can finish
> >
> > it.
> >
> >
> >
> > So what are your favorite salad greens? Costco sells some baby lettuces
> >
> > that I love. But you have to buy so many in a package that we can never
> >
> > finish them. Actually Angela won't eat them. But I can get her to eat
> >
> > Romaine.

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