Le77uce warning

[tp4tissue]

Tp4 grew lettu(e this spring,  they grow super fast, eating about 1 head a day for a month now, impossible to eat anything else, just 2 much lettu(e, and they just keep growing.

[fohat.digs]

Leafy greens generally dehydrate well, although I haven't tried lettuces specifically.

[tp4tissue]

Same goes for Chives,  it's endless. The chives be like, oh you think you can eat all of me, think again, + 2 sqmeters..

[pixelpusher]

What are the benefits of lettuce?  Or do you just like the taste?  I thought it had almost no nutritional value.  I guess it has vitamin A and fiber?

[tp4tissue]

What are the benefits of lettuce?  Or do you just like the taste?  I thought it had almost no nutritional value.  I guess it has vitamin A and fiber?

There are some lettu(es grown in labs or vertical stacks, with no soil. These test poorly and void like, but normal lettu(e grown in soil is no different than any other green leafy vegetable. Its leaves are very fatty (for a leafy veggie) which is why it's a favorite of rabbits and tortoises. 

[chyros]

What are the benefits of lettuce?  Or do you just like the taste?  I thought it had almost no nutritional value.  I guess it has vitamin A and fiber?

It fills you right up without contributing many calories. The clever way to use it is to add mass to dishes that are calorific but not otherwise very filling. In my experience though, people eat most veggies simply because they were raised to think they should even if they don't actually care for it.

Basically most vegatables are a way to dilute the tasty stuff in your food in such a way that you want to eat less of the tasty stuff, which is worse for your health. One hamburger with a bunch of lettuce is healthier for you than two tasty ones.

[Findecanor]

Green veggies (and legumes) contain folates which helps prevent mutations during cell division, i.e. it protects against cancer.

BTW. I am growing a very small amount of mangold this year, for the first time. But the pollutants in the air around here that get into the leaves probably counteracts any health effects it has.

[noisyturtle]

Make lots of thai wraps!