Knowledge about American market lettuce
Knowledge about American market lettuce
There is many different various of lettuce seeds at China,but compare to American ,there is more.Why?Because of lettuce is good for salad,and American like it very much .
【Lettuce】What we see mostly at supermarket is :Romaine (Cos)、Iceburg (Crisphead)、Butterhead (Boston/Bibb/Limestone)、Green Leaf (Coral)、Red Leaf (Red Coral)、Green Oakleaf、Red Oakleaf、Arugula、Stem、A Choy。
Most popular at salad making!Good at eutrophy
Iceburg(Crisphead),taste very crisp,Usually see at hamburger.
butterhead,like butter,so smooth and good looking!
Green leaf lettuce and Red leaf lettuce,litter bitter,different color.
Green oak and Red oak,also popular at salad dinner!
At China,it aslo called roquette seeds
Stem lettuce ,it aslo called celtuce lettuce ,big stem ,some round leaf,some sharp leaf,Mostly are resisant to cold,only part are resisant to heat,Some stem are red too.It usually eat it it stem,can be fry or pickle.
A choy lettuce ,it aslo named india lettuce,little bitter ,very good taste,u will like it after u taste it.
【Endive】Endive is different to Lettuce,but so similar that we introduce here too.
There are various of Endive like:Curly Endive、Frisée、Escarole、Belgian Endive、Red Belgian Endive、Radicchio、Treviso、Tardivo、Catalogna Chicory。
Cury endive ,Most common at salad making!
Frisee ,common China salad making,a little bitter!
Escarole,Common see at Salad making!
Caralogna chicory,Also kind of Endive!
Belgian endive and Red belgian endive
Otheres common cabbage introduction!
Radicchio ,like China purple cabbage,purple vegetable,can be antioxidant and radioresiantce,good for our health!
Treviso,also puple pakchoy,not common even no see at China market now!