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The lettuce so structurally proud it stays crunchy long after its peers have wilted.
means A type of lettuce with long, sturdy upright leaves and a crisp central rib, prized for its sturdiness in salads like Caesar.
from From French laitue romaine, literally 'Roman lettuce' — the French got it via Italy, where it was associated with Rome, and the plant itself is thought to have been spread westward from the eastern Mediterranean. Curiously, the English elsewhere called the same lettuce 'cos,' after the Greek island of Kos, so one leaf carries two origin stories depending on who's naming it.
- caesar core
- The original Caesar salad demanded romaine, no substitutes
- roman roots
- Name traces to lettuce eaten by ancient Romans
- water content
- Around 95 percent water, basically edible hydration
- recall magnet
- Frequent star of E. coli outbreak warnings
- regrows itself
- Stick the stump in water, it sprouts again
for instance
caesars salad — iconic salad invented at caesar's restaurant in tijuana, mexico in 1924, traditionally made with romaine lettuce