Sentence examples for head lettuce from inspiring English sources

Better yet, skip the expensive bag and buy whole head lettuce, which is cheaper and less likely to be contaminated inside.

The standard is no longer head lettuce, but mesclun, or "baby lettuce mix," or whatever you choose to call the omnipresent pile of variably colored leaves, tissue-thin and textureless.

There are two classes of head lettuce: the butter-head types with soft heads of thick, oily leaves, and crisp-head types with brittle-textured leaves that form very hard heads under proper temperature conditions.

Nowadays New Jersey ranks second among states in blueberry production, third in cranberries and spinach and fourth in bell peppers, peaches and head lettuce, the official state Web site, nj.gov, boasts.

These men, and a handful of other variously handicapped ex-silver miners, arrived in the early 1900s and prospered in "green gold", their name for the head lettuce that crisped up beautifully in the area's soil and climate.

"Who buys head lettuce anymore?" Ms. Latta said, surveying a produce case stuffed with bags of organic baby arugula, herb salad and sugar snap peas at the original Trader Joe's, on Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena.

These may form a bulb (as in the onion and lily), a head (cabbage, lettuce), or a rosette (dandelion, plantain).

Many of these items, as well as the beets, herbs and head lettuces that are stored with organic eggs ($4 a dozen) in a cool case, will continue to be available up to the first frost.

We cover the common head lettuces and small leafy ones that might be hard to tell apart at first, but eventually you'll know your mizuna from your mache.

You can also substitute small gem lettuces for a head of lettuce.

Steinmetz laid out bread, a head of lettuce, and a jar of horseradish and took a hunk of roast beef out of the refrigerator.