On Fri, 02 Nov 2018 07:39:23 -0600, U.S. Janet B. wrote:

> It's funny. The salad gurus told us that iceberg was of no value
> nutritionally, was kinda low class and anybody who knew anything
> didn't eat iceberg. The same gurus told us all about various
> vinegars, esp. balsamic and the very good oils we needed (very good
> olive oil only please). Just recently, on different occasions,
> different shows I've heard a cook or chef remark that salads just
> don't taste as good as they used to. They were wondering what the
> heck was wrong with red wine vinegar and why didn't anybody like
> iceberg lettuce with all that nice cool, juicy crunch?
> I had just recently decided to go back to iceberg and red wine
> vinegar. I was telling my daughter about it and she said that she had
> recently switched as well.
> The old basics still work. ;-)
> I'm running for cover now because of my unpopular view.

Iceberg is only slightly less nutritious than Romaine or any other
lettuce, mainly because it's grown and trimmed to be that way - all
heart and no leaves. Romaine hearts are probably about as
nutritious as iceberg, not including the green leafy stuff.

I made a 20-second forkless-knifeless salad last night out of
romaine hearts. Ripped off 4 leaves and put blue cheese dressing
down the stem. Fold and eat. Can't do that with iceberg.

-sw