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Salad mix for people who think iceberg lettuce is a personality flaw.
means A mix of young salad greens — typically including things like arugula, frisée, mâche, and baby lettuces — tossed together for texture and flavor variety.
from From Provençal French 'mesclumo' or 'mesclun,' meaning 'mixture,' rooted in the verb 'mesclar,' to mix — a cousin of the French 'mêler' and the English 'meddle,' both tracing back to Latin 'miscere,' to mix. The term comes from Provence, where it originally described a humble jumble of whatever young greens were on hand, before upscale markets rebranded it as something you'd pay extra for.
- origin
- provencal word literally means mixture
- contents
- baby lettuces, arugula, frisee, chervil, often dandelion
- price logic
- same leaves, fancier name, triples the cost