On Fri, 31 May 2019 13:13:36 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>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

Well distilled water is good for the steam iron