Romaine lettuce

Romaine Lettuce

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Romaine lettuce

Romaine or cos lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. var. longifolia) is a variety of lettuce

Lettuce

Lettuce is a temperate annual plant or biennial plant of the daisy family Asteraceae. It is most often grown as a leaf vegetable. In many countries, it is typically eaten cold, raw, in salads, hamburgers, tacos, and in many other dishes....
which grows in a long head of sturdy leaves with a firm rib down the center. Unlike most lettuces, it is tolerant of heat.

dictionaries trace the word cos to the name of the Greek island of Cos

Kos

Kos or Cos is a Greece island in the south Sporades group of the Dodecanese, next to the Gulf of G?kova. It measures 40 km by 8 km, and is only 4 km from the coast of Bodrum, Turkey and the ancient region of Caria....
, from which the lettuce was presumably introduced.

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Encyclopedia

Romaine or cos lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. var. longifolia) is a variety of lettuce

Lettuce

Origin and etymology

Most dictionaries trace the word cos to the name of the Greek island of Cos

Kos

Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
word for lettuce, ?? khus

It apparently reached the West via Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, as in Italian

Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
it is called lattuga romana and in French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
laitue romaine, hence the name 'romaine', the common term in American English

American English

PhonologyIn many ways, compared to English language in England, North American English is conservative in its phonology. Some distinctive accents can be found on the East Coast of the United States , partly because these areas were in contact with England, and imitated prestigious varieties of English English at a time when those varieties we...
. (Davidson)

Cuisine

The thick ribs, especially on the older outer leaves, should have a milky fluid which gives the romaine the typically fine-bitter herb taste. Romaine is the standard lettuce used in Caesar salad

Caesar salad

A typical Caesar salad comprises romaine lettuce and croutons dressed with parmesan cheese, lemon juice, olive oil, egg , Worcestershire sauce, and black pepper originally prepared tableside....
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Romaine lettuce is often used in the Passover Seder

Passover Seder

The Passover Seder Meal is a Jewish ritual feast held on the first and the second nights of the Jewish holiday of Passover . For Reform Jews and in Israel, the Seder is held only on the first night....
as a type of bitter herb

Maror

Maror also spelled Marror refers to the bitter herbs that are eaten at the Passover Seder. The word derives from the Hebrew language word mar ....
, to symbolise the bitterness inflicted by the Egyptians whilst the Israelites were slaves in Egypt.

Nutrition

The includes Romaine Lettuce in its list of foods that fight Cancer.