Subject: Re: [permaculture] Can anyone identify this oriental vegetable variety; is it celtuce?
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:33:45 +0000
Hi Larry,
I think that's celtuce, alright. I was sent some Celtuce seeds by an Asian
lady in the
US many moons ago and grew it and it looked like the "orsun" shown in the
video.
I was given a green variety and one with a red tinge to the leaves, much like
you might see in other lettuce varieties.
Celtuce is Lactuca sativa convar. sativa var. angustana, as opposed to
butterhead/crisphead (var. capitata) or cos (var. longifolia) or loose-leaf
(var. crispa).
I vaguely remember stir-frying the thinly-sliced stem.
HTH
Ute
Re: [permaculture] Can anyone identify this oriental vegetable variety; is it celtuce?,
Ute Bohnsack, 02/15/2012