What kinds of lettuce do you have?

Lettuce, also known as leaf lettuce, originated in Europe. In recent years, with the prosperity of hot pot, the planting area of lettuce has been expanding, entering thousands of households. What kinds of lettuce do you have?

Lettuce can be divided into three types: heading lettuce, wrinkled lettuce and upright lettuce. Among them, lettuce and cabbage are similar in shape, and the terminal leaves form leaf balls, which are spherical or oblate. The edible part is a leaf ball with fresh and tender texture. According to the difference of leaf texture, it can be divided into brittle leaf type heading lettuce and cotton leaf type heading lettuce.

The leaf of brittle leaf type heading lettuce is thicker, the leaf ball is large and compact, the growth period is longer, and the yield is high. The leaves are crisp and tender with good flavor. It is the most popular among consumers and is the most widely planted variety at present. It is not easy to bolting and difficult to collect seeds.

Cotton leaf type heading lettuce, also known as soft leaf type heading lettuce, has thin leaves, small leaf heads, low yield in short growing period, soft leaves and slightly bitter taste. Bolting and seed collection are easy.

Wrinkled lettuce, also known as loose leaf lettuce, is mainly characterized by non-heading. Basal leaves, leaf blade long ovoid, clustered such as flowers, petiole long, leaf margin wavy notched, leaf surface wrinkled. The leaves are green, yellow-green, light purplish red, dark purple and so on. At present, the planting area of lettuce is not as good as that of heading lettuce due to marketing problems.

Upright lettuce, also known as long-leaf lettuce, does not bear balls as wrinkled lettuce, but the heart leaves are rolled into a cylinder. The leaf is narrow and long, growing erect, the leaf is entire or serrated, the leaf is thick and fleshy and the taste is slightly bitter. The domestic planting quantity is small, only supplies the hotel and the restaurant.

Lettuce is sweet and cool in nature and has high nutritional value. It can play a role in clearing heat and refreshing, analgesia and hypnosis in medicine. Because of its unique flavor and taste, it is very popular with consumers. In the north, many residents eat lettuce directly.

The above is a little knowledge about the amount of lettuce. The unique taste and flavor of lettuce can be said to be excellent when eating hot pot. Friends who have not eaten lettuce can also buy lettuce and eat it at home.