On Friday, May 31, 2019 at 4:11:30 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> On Fri, 31 May 2019 16:43:24 +0000 (UTC), 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
> >
> The crunch factor is there with flavourless iceberg lettuce but not
> there with decent flavoured romaine.

Use the stems. They're quite crunchy.

Iceberg lettuce isn't completely flavorless. It is quite mild,
however.

My gold standard for "flavorless" is distilled water.

Cindy Hamilton