Spike in Lettuce Prices (healthier, crunchy, carrot, pepper)
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As a kid, iceberg was pretty much the only lettuce available to us. Not a lot of imported greens in general and certainly not where I lived. Iceberg is what I grew up on in terms of salad. Always seemed a bit boring to me.
I was astounded the first time I heard of the dish served in some nicer restaurants called Iceberg Wedge Salad!
did you grow up in So CA like me? We could have been neighbors cause I hardly remember any lettuce other than iceberg as a kid? Oh, later we were introduced to Romaine, but only in top restaurants. The first Iceberg wedge salad I can remember was served at Bob's with with thousand Island dressing.
We were raised in a family that loved all veggies and we had almost every kind imaginable, and yet, I never heard of eating raw spinach for instance. Now it is one of our favorite greens for making salad. My how times change.
did you grow up in So CA like me? We could have been neighbors cause I hardly remember any lettuce other than iceberg as a kid? Oh, later we were introduced to Romaine, but only in top restaurants. The first Iceberg wedge salad I can remember was served at Bob's with with thousand Island dressing.
We were raised in a family that loved all veggies and we had almost every kind imaginable, and yet, I never heard of eating raw spinach for instance. Now it is one of our favorite greens for making salad. My how times change.
When we were buying lettuce from grocery stores, the only ones that I remember were iceberg, romaine, escarole, and boston lettuce.
However, my father would grow a great variety of leaf lettuces and bibb lettuces from April - August.
It is almost mind numbing the variety of fresh produce that is available nationwide these days. Even remote locations like Northern Ontario or rural Southern Arizona have a good selection of produce these days.
When we were buying lettuce from grocery stores, the only ones that I remember were iceberg, romaine, escarole, and boston lettuce.
However, my father would grow a great variety of leaf lettuces and bibb lettuces from April - August.
It is almost mind numbing the variety of fresh produce that is available nationwide these days. Even remote locations like Northern Ontario or rural Southern Arizona have a good selection of produce these days.
I think of this all the time,not only produce but spices and many other things.
As I mention on here all the time, my family ate a wonderful variety of foods, we lived in So. CAl thus had access to so many fresh products and had a back yard filled with fruit, plus dad was an outstanding cook. Still we didn't have the exposure to the foods we have today, nor did we have the access to appliances that made preparing foods so much faster and easier.
did you grow up in So CA like me? We could have been neighbors cause I hardly remember any lettuce other than iceberg as a kid? Oh, later we were introduced to Romaine, but only in top restaurants. The first Iceberg wedge salad I can remember was served at Bob's with with thousand Island dressing.
We were raised in a family that loved all veggies and we had almost every kind imaginable, and yet, I never heard of eating raw spinach for instance. Now it is one of our favorite greens for making salad. My how times change.
Actually I was much further north - near Reno and Truckee. Mom did most of the shopping in Reno though.
It makes me curious as to when imported produce really took off. I remember seeing a lot of produce that I know was grown in California. And unlike today, once the season was over, it was DONE until the next year. So many things now are available year round and come from all over the globe.
Actually I was much further north - near Reno and Truckee. Mom did most of the shopping in Reno though.
It makes me curious as to when imported produce really took off. I remember seeing a lot of produce that I know was grown in California. And unlike today, once the season was over, it was DONE until the next year. So many things now are available year round and come from all over the globe.
this is one of the big improvements over the years: some things do change for the best; certainly the good: the availability of food variety is one of them.
I checked lettuce last night out of curiosity...nothing over $1.50 a head, here.
It has been a while since the heavy rains in CA so I am guessing the second planting is now being harvested.Let's hope so for those of you who eat iceberg lettuce.
It has been a while since the heavy rains in CA so I am guessing the second planting is now being harvested.Let's hope so for those of you who eat iceberg lettuce.
Oh, just to clarify, it wasn't just iceberg. All varieties of lettuce were a buck fifty or under, per head.
Oh, just to clarify, it wasn't just iceberg. All varieties of lettuce were a buck fifty or under, per head.
Sam's prices on other lettuce is about the same as always: 6 heads of Romaine for $3.99 but at our local store all were out of sight, not just iceberg, the rest not quite as bad. I think Romaine was about $2.50.
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