"cybercat" > wrote in message news:44e1bebd$0$20979>
> >
> > No I won't, this is jihad, here is what was in my salad last night,
> really.
> >
> > Cos lettuce
> > Mustard lettuce
> > Curly kale
> > Spinach
> > 5 colour silverbeet
> > Mizuna
> > Coriander
> > Rocket
> > Parsley
> > and just to show that I am not a total leaf bigot, red capsicum
> >
> > Peace
> >
>
> See now, I do not know what several things above even are, and
> have never had Rocket, Mizuna, Cos, mustard lettuce or silverbeet.
> Coriander is cilantro, no? And I am one of those people to whom it
> tastes like buring plastic smells.
>
>

You are unlikely to get some of these in the supermarket and since they need
to be fresh to be really good growing your own is the best way. This is not
as hard as you might think as many of these leafy veges are
cut-and-come-again and can be grown in a tub or window box, if you don't
have a garden.

Rocket (arugula) is quite distinctive, worth a try to see if you like it,
some don't, I have seen it in supermarkets.
Cos is a stronger flavoured lettuce common in supermatkets here.
Mustard lettuce is like a loose-leaf lettuce but tastes a little (or a lot)
like mustard depending on the cultivar, I haven't seen it in shops.
Silver beet (Swiss chard) I would expect to be common, the coloured variety
taste the same as green but look better.
Mizuna is hard to describe, mild, distinct, worth a try, not common.
I agree about cilantro, I like it but some don't, I could just as easily
have used a little tarragon, dill or mint as an accent.
Kale is a loose-leaf relative of the cabbage that is slightly like cabbage
in taste, with a softer texture, not common.

David