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Lettuce so soft it apologizes for the crunch of its cousins.
means A type of lettuce with loose, tender leaves that form a soft, buttery-textured rounded head, including varieties like Bibb and Boston.
from A plain English compound of "butter" and "head" — "head" being the word lettuce growers have long used for a tight rosette of leaves (think "head of lettuce"), and "butter" for the smooth, almost greasy-soft feel and pale yellow-green of the inner leaves. The name simply describes how the thing behaves in your hand: a head as yielding as butter.
- texture
- Leaves fold like silk, no snap required
- aka
- Includes Bibb and Boston varieties
- no butter
- Named for taste, contains zero dairy
- loose head
- Forms a gentle rosette, not a fist
boston lettuce — most common butterhead variety grown commercially in north america
bibb lettuce — butterhead type developed in kentucky in 1850s, smaller than boston
butter lettuce — california-grown butterhead with pale yellow interior, common in western u.s. markets