Kathleen said...

> Goomba wrote:
>
>> Dimitri wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "kilikini" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> James wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I know it's basically water and not much else but am I better off
>>>>> eating it anyway?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You're better off with something like Romaine lettuce,
>>>
>>>
>>> WHY?
>>>
>>> Dimitri
>>
>>
>> Darker greens have more vitamins.
>> To me iceberg is just something to eat for the coolness (that high water
>> content) or crunch. I don't ever bother with it for flavor. Does it
>> really have much of a flavor??
>
> Not much. Iceberg is an excuse to eat salad dressing.


Iceburg only has it's place shredded for tacos, imho. Romaine, stripped of
it's ribs serves well on sandwiches such as tuna salad or burgers or BLTs.
Not as jaw breaking and softer chewing lettuce, it's only fault being it
doesn't tear without a fight, ime.

Andy