zuuum wrote:
> "sf" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> >
> > Serendipity wrote:
> > > I bought this by mistake or rather the grocery store
mislabelling.
> > > Anyway, I now have a head of chinese lettuce and don't know how
to
> > use
> > > it. I tried google and askjeeves. Do you use it like regular
> > letuce?
> >
> > Go to Google, type Napa Cabbage in the search box and then click on
the
> > Images Tab. Does your lettuce look like that? If so, now you know
> > what recipes to look for.
> >
> Chinese LETTUCE (Lactuca sativa) isn't Napa Cabbage (Brassica rapa)
>
> Rather, go to Google and type in "Chinese lettuce" IN QUOTES. or just
go
> here -
>
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...oogle+S earch
> but be aware that many pages misname Napa Cabbage "Chinese
> lettuce"...usually cooked, fried or at least wilted. When it comes
to
> Chinese cuisine, I defer to Chinese cooks... especially when it comes
to
> ingredients

I don't believe there's a chinese word for "lettuce"... you need to
broaden your search: <chinese vegetables>.

With Chinese vegetables there are so many cultivars within each type
it'd be near impossible to make an ID from the meager discription
offered by the OP (none)... I mean like there has to be at least 50
types of Chinese cabbage, probably more than 100. I grow a lot of
chinese veggies, I particularly like to use the Chinese mustards for
salad lettuce... many are quite mild, with only a hint of bite, but
it's the delicate crispy texture I love... and in fact mustard is
cabbage.

http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC1306.htm

http://www.innvista.com/health/foods...es/mustard.htm

Sheldon