On Friday, May 31, 2019 at 12:50:07 PM UTC-4, tert in seattle wrote:
> writes:
> >On Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 5:00:07 PM UTC-5, tert in seattle wrote:
> >>
> >> writes:
> >> >
> >> >Naw. Still just as good without the tasteless lettuce.
> >>
> >> anyone who says "BLT sandwich" obviously can't appreciate this, but
> >> come on, it's a BLT - the perfect sandwich! "just as good" makes no
> >> sense here
> >>
> >Sure it does. Lettuce really adds no flavor; it just makes it 'prettier'
> >and people think because it's got a hunk green vegetable on it, that adds
> >no nutritional value, that's really healthy now! Not that bacon is a super
> >food by any means. Probably the only thing that could be considered healthy
> >is the tomato.
>
> although there are health benefits to eating lettuce despite its lack
> of vitamins I do not advocate for BLT wholeness/purity based on that
>
> as Gary eloquenty put it lettuce adds the crunch factor - texture is a
> major transcendent property of BLTs

I like the way the cool lettuce offsets the salty, smoky bacon and the
sharp, sweet tomato.

Cindy Hamilton