Lettuce

Photo: August 25, 2016

I bought this at the market - a pot of living lettuce. I'm not sure how long it will last, both because we have been eating from it and I don't know if it will keep growing (I was told it would). There is something nice about picking food fresh, even if it is grown indoors. Jut an experiment...

Day 227: Variety

Day 227: Variety, originally uploaded by susanvg.

Anyone who follows my blog knows I spend time in a small town in rural Ontario. Casselman, with a population of about 3300, is part old town and part bedroom community for Ottawa. I think it is the latter that has had an influence on what is available in the supermarket. Many varieties of lettuce can be found, including radicchio and Chinese lettuce.

I remember, as a child, about the only lettuce available was iceberg. Now you rarely see it on the shelves. Green is in, in more ways than one.