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Atman

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72. We grow our own lettuce, but never iceberg. Ever. Never.

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 02:17 PM

Aug 2015

It is a waste. We grow all sorts of fancy lettuce which I can't name because by "we" I mean "my wife." Anyway, we always have wonderful salads. But dayam...there is something to be said for a good wedge salad with blue cheese and bacon and fresh tomato. Sure, a restaurant will charge you $8-12 for a quarter of a $1.50 hunk of crisply water in leaf form, but couple it with another obscenely over-priced restaurant staple, French Onion Soup, and you've got yourself a delightful guilty pleasure.

Or you could make both of them at home for less than $5.

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all water, low nutrition salad foods: cucumbers, radishes, lettuce, celery. waste of resources? [View all] Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 OP

the Washington Post is good for paper training dogs olddots Aug 2015 #1

... Mnemosyne Aug 2015 #2

No kidding yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #3

This is the priming for the 'efficiency' movement. Shandris Aug 2015 #4

If they take us there, I hope I am dead. yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #5

Good, I'm glad to find out about Agenda 2030. It's what we need muriel_volestrangler Aug 2015 #57

Yes. Shandris Aug 2015 #75

indeed, they really could find "real" stories Puzzledtraveller Aug 2015 #69

And wrapping fish. JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2015 #74

I'll eat my salads, steaks, and whatever I want. FLPanhandle Aug 2015 #6

The story isn't commanding you not to eat salads. Silent3 Aug 2015 #14

cucumbers cyberswede Aug 2015 #7

And you can be Aerows Aug 2015 #23

They also provide us with pickles and relish. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #28

Yep. Science for hire has determined most of the human ESSENTIAL nutrients... hunter Aug 2015 #29

Cucumbers H2O Man Aug 2015 #66

radishes cyberswede Aug 2015 #8

i KNEW radishes had too much flavor to be goodie free. pansypoo53219 Aug 2015 #50

celery cyberswede Aug 2015 #9

ok. good to know Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #12

My salads usually have carrots retread Aug 2015 #18

and tomatoes retread Aug 2015 #20

Celery can easily be grown indoors Aerows Aug 2015 #24

Good to know,,,, KarenS Aug 2015 #32

What? Take celery out of creole cooking? Not here. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #70

Compared to what? Bottled water? Soft Drinks? hunter Aug 2015 #10

Yeah, really! gollygee Aug 2015 #13

And Twinkies! rusty fender Aug 2015 #19

Considering you can take a multi-vitamin daily. Rex Aug 2015 #11

Nobody eats iceberg lettuce anymore. nt Codeine Aug 2015 #15

My grandmother once told me that Iceberg lettuce was pig food Marrah_G Aug 2015 #17

I do. How else am I supposed to get the ranch dressing into my mouth? Butterbean Aug 2015 #27

One of my grandpas was like that, in his lunchbox... hunter Aug 2015 #41

I like ranch, but only certain types, and I have to have a craving. Butterbean Aug 2015 #44

You haven't met my relatives Retrograde Aug 2015 #30

They sure sell alot of it in stores. former9thward Aug 2015 #31

I don't use it for salads, but it's still good for shredding for tacos, for sandwiches, etc. TwilightGardener Aug 2015 #33

What iceberg lettuce is perfect for Freddie Aug 2015 #37

This nobody does. SamKnause Aug 2015 #35

I occasionally do... SoapBox Aug 2015 #36

iceberg has a cool crisp mouth feel Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #47

romaine is my favorite shanti Aug 2015 #54

Not true. "The wedge" is making a comeback. KamaAina Aug 2015 #62

We grow our own lettuce, but never iceberg. Ever. Never. Atman Aug 2015 #72

The iceberg lettuce that you can see eaten is only 10% of the total Orrex Aug 2015 #64

For the win. nt Codeine Aug 2015 #73

A big salad, mostly iceberg lettuce, is my dinner staple bhikkhu Aug 2015 #77

Good for dieting, lol. nt daredtowork Aug 2015 #16

Lettuce LostOne4Ever Aug 2015 #21

Back up off the celery. Solly Mack Aug 2015 #22

Red and green leaf lettuce is very good for you... TheProgressive Aug 2015 #25

Was this article written by a 12-year-old boy? Aerows Aug 2015 #26

Agree. SoapBox Aug 2015 #38

Pretty much any Cajun food contains celery KamaAina Aug 2015 #67

Solving the wrong problem Taitertots Aug 2015 #34

There are not just 27 nutrients. There are phytonutrients. So Charles Benbrook KittyWampus Aug 2015 #39

And so gmo corn and cane sugar are super foods, wapo, right?.... Dont call me Shirley Aug 2015 #40

High Fructose Corn Syrup is a magic food in that world, don't you know??? hunter Aug 2015 #42

Magically delicious... Dont call me Shirley Aug 2015 #43

As one of the comments after the article states, Kingofalldems Aug 2015 #45

Vertical farming solves the acerage problem. karadax Aug 2015 #46

yes, because sunlight likes to go around corners snooper2 Aug 2015 #60

If you go to the USDA Nutrition Database (and there's an app, too) Gloria Aug 2015 #48

I tend to disregard the "experts" in nutrition on what foods to eat or not... 1monster Aug 2015 #49

I'll give you my greens and salad veggies when you pry them from my cold, dead hands. Arugula Latte Aug 2015 #51

I'll considering skipping salad when Nestle stops buying our water at 2 cents/gallon RufusTFirefly Aug 2015 #52

No coffee, no nuts, no sugar Texasgal Aug 2015 #53

but, but shanti Aug 2015 #55

It seems to me then that these crops are crops that could benefit from some major GMO cstanleytech Aug 2015 #56

That's just ridiculous. ladyVet Aug 2015 #58

I Knew This Day Would Come RobinA Aug 2015 #59

and eating salad is just proof of how selfish you are HFRN Aug 2015 #76

I love foie gras, caviar, steak AND salad. Not giving ANY of them up. closeupready Aug 2015 #61

And so much of the Salinas Valley is devoted to growing lettuce KamaAina Aug 2015 #63

Yes, but Crunchy Frog Aug 2015 #65

Lettuce is just ruffage Capt. Obvious Aug 2015 #68

Increasingly, I as well. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #71

Perhaps if we want to save water we should stop cutting down trees to print the washington post. Travis_0004 Aug 2015 #78

So, the nutritional label on my tub of spring greens is all a lie? GoCubsGo Aug 2015 #79