>> a nice thick rib that makes it crunch, not floppy and limp like a lot of leaf lettuces.
Yeah, "floppy and limp" is the worst!
I do like Romaine, perhaps becuase i associate it with high-calorie Caeser salad.
>> 'Flashy Trout's Back'
I kind of liked it, but now that you mention it, it does sound kind of fishy.
I was going to say that it's easier to pronounce than 'Forellenschluss', but I just figured out how to remember that name! 'For Ellen Schluss'.
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Forellenschluss')
Mostly I like Italian names for vegetables. "Mangiatutto". "Pisello Rampicante Gigante Svizzero". Just the idea that there's a snap pea called "Swiss Peas" makes me giggle ("Swiss Cheese"). Then the fact that Italians renamed a FRENCH pea in Italian, and called it "Swiss" ...
Snow Pea (Lathyrus oleraceus 'Carouby de Maussane')
The Italian heirloom loose-leaf lettuce 'Bionda a Foglia' should be sung to the tune of "La donna รจ mobile")
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Bionda a Foglia')
The lovely Hawaiian name for Batavian / summercrisp lettuce variety 'Anuenue' means "rainbow. How to pronounce it? Like "Ahh, Louie Louie" with Ns instead of Ls.
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Anuenue')
