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Maui Onions
Two characteristics set the Maui onion apart from other yellow onions: the high sugar and high moisture content of its flesh.
White Corn
White corn is a sweet corn variety. Its ears are wrapped in tightly layered pale lime green to white husks. One ear of corn can contain up to 400 kernels growing in rows lengthwise.
Seasons/Availability
Baby Oak Leaf Lettuce is available year round.
Current Facts
There are four lettuce type classifications: crisphead, romaine, loose and butterhead. Oak leaf lettuce is a type of butter lettuce. Butterhead lettuces are known for their compact heads, their leaf texture and their mellow flavor. They are also great short season varieties as well as more heat-tolerant than crisphead lettuce.
Description/Taste
As its name suggests, green oak leaf lettuce has the appearance of oak leaves - lobed and loosely serrated. The leaves form a semi-tight rosette, growing upward and outward. Green oak leaf lettuce has a buttery texture and an incredibly mellow, nutty and sweet flavor, which rarely becomes bitter, even in hotter climates.
Nutritional Value
Oak Leaf Lettuce is good source of vitamin A, vitamin C and folate.
Applications
Add color and taste to soups. Add to salad mixes. Use in sandwiches. Use as an edible bed for fruit salads or to plate proteins. Gently braise with fresh herbs. Add to sushi rolls and hand rolls to add texture and color.
Geography/History
Oak Leaf lettuces was first cultivated in France from what was originally considered a weed found growing wild. There is the very early reference to Oak Leaf Lettuce by Evelyn in Acetaria (1699) that may indicate oak leaf lettuces had arrived in England prior to the 18th Century. Oak Leaf Lettuce was introduced commercially under the name “feuille de chene” in 1771 by the French seed company Vilmorin.
Featured Restaurants
Restaurants currently purchasing this product as an ingredient for their menu.
Baby Oak Leaf Lettuce is available year round.
Current Facts
There are four lettuce type classifications: crisphead, romaine, loose and butterhead. Oak leaf lettuce is a type of butter lettuce. Butterhead lettuces are known for their compact heads, their leaf texture and their mellow flavor. They are also great short season varieties as well as more heat-tolerant than crisphead lettuce.
Description/Taste
As its name suggests, green oak leaf lettuce has the appearance of oak leaves - lobed and loosely serrated. The leaves form a semi-tight rosette, growing upward and outward. Green oak leaf lettuce has a buttery texture and an incredibly mellow, nutty and sweet flavor, which rarely becomes bitter, even in hotter climates.
Nutritional Value
Oak Leaf Lettuce is good source of vitamin A, vitamin C and folate.
Applications
Add color and taste to soups. Add to salad mixes. Use in sandwiches. Use as an edible bed for fruit salads or to plate proteins. Gently braise with fresh herbs. Add to sushi rolls and hand rolls to add texture and color.
Geography/History
Oak Leaf lettuces was first cultivated in France from what was originally considered a weed found growing wild. There is the very early reference to Oak Leaf Lettuce by Evelyn in Acetaria (1699) that may indicate oak leaf lettuces had arrived in England prior to the 18th Century. Oak Leaf Lettuce was introduced commercially under the name “feuille de chene” in 1771 by the French seed company Vilmorin.
Featured Restaurants
Restaurants currently purchasing this product as an ingredient for their menu.
| Donovan's Prime Seafood | San Diego CA | 619-906-4850 |
| Nobu | San Diego CA | 619-814-4124 |
| Marine Room | San Diego CA | 858-551-4676 |
