lettuce

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Chicken salad, tuna salad, pasta salad, potato salad — any of the vaguely retro, mayo-bound “salads” that aren’t really about lettuce at all — benefit from pickle juice.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

“If you buy a whole head of lettuce, you’re going to have some waste in there,” Lempert said.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Michael Hull, a retired lettuce farmer, says he is aware of the duplex mania.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

They banked almost 500,000 seeds from 19 species, including relatives of lettuce, parsnip, strawberry, radish, quinoa, blackberry, alfalfa and several species used as fodder crops for livestock.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

The mothers asked each other where they could get carrots and broccoli, iceberg lettuce, apples, peaches, or pears.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago