Which lettuce tastes like dirt?

ilex70
ilex70 Posts: 727 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Wondering if anyone just happens to know. I get a spring mix that I mostly like except for that one random bite...blech.

I know it isn't the red leaves (those are yummy), and not the ones that look are kind of stemmy/ferny looking. So it is probably a non-descript green kind.

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  • DataSeven
    DataSeven Posts: 245 Member
    It's probably arugula.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I think radicchio tastes a little rough. It's the red/purple leaf in the mix with white veins.
  • ilex70
    ilex70 Posts: 727 Member
    edited April 2016
    Can't say absolutely not on the arugula, but I don't think so. From the pic I found that is the stemmy/ferny looking one.

    Don't love the radicchio, but can deal.

    This is a definite dirt taste. Only other thing that tastes that much like dirt to me is beets.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    ilex70 wrote: »
    Can't say absolutely not, but I don't think so. From the pic I found that is the stemmy/ferny looking one.

    What? Radicchio looks the way I described it.
  • ilex70
    ilex70 Posts: 727 Member
    edited April 2016
    arditarose wrote: »
    ilex70 wrote: »
    Can't say absolutely not, but I don't think so. From the pic I found that is the stemmy/ferny looking one.

    What? Radicchio looks the way I described it.

    I did an edit. The arugula was the stemmy/ferny one. radicchio red/white.

    ETA: Thanks for the replies.
  • chocolate_owl
    chocolate_owl Posts: 1,695 Member
    I bet it's the chard. It shares a lot of common nutrients with beets and has a taste some people would call "earthy".
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    ilex70 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    ilex70 wrote: »
    Can't say absolutely not, but I don't think so. From the pic I found that is the stemmy/ferny looking one.

    What? Radicchio looks the way I described it.

    I did an edit. The arugula was the stemmy/ferny one. radicchio red/white.

    ETA: Thanks for the replies.

    lol ok I was like...are you arguing about what radicchio looks like?! ha

    Yeah maybe chard.
  • ilex70
    ilex70 Posts: 727 Member
    edited April 2016
    mskessler89 wrote: »
    I bet it's the chard. It shares a lot of common nutrients with beets and has a taste some people would call "earthy".

    Aha...the green leaves with red stems...one to investigate. :)

    ETA: Yes, I think that's the one. Now to find a mix without it.

    Thanks.
  • chocolate_owl
    chocolate_owl Posts: 1,695 Member
    Go for something with "lettuce" in the name since chard isn't actually a lettuce, or do the spinach and arugula blend. Or mix them together, so you more or less get spring mix without the chard :) And beware, chard comes in green forms without the red stem too!
  • lulalacroix
    lulalacroix Posts: 1,082 Member
    I wouldn't say it was the arugula. It's what I often choose and tastes peppery - not like dirt imo.
  • ClubSilencio
    ClubSilencio Posts: 2,983 Member
    Chard has a high sodium content in relation to other leafy greens.

    That's probably what hit your taste buds.
  • fishshark
    fishshark Posts: 1,886 Member
    DataSeven wrote: »
    It's probably arugula.

    arugala is heaven!! mixed with balsamic olive oil s+p on top of bruschetta ohh man
  • RWClary
    RWClary Posts: 192 Member
    ilex70 wrote: »
    Wondering if anyone just happens to know. I get a spring mix that I mostly like except for that one random bite...blech.

    I know it isn't the red leaves (those are yummy), and not the ones that look are kind of stemmy/ferny looking. So it is probably a non-descript green kind.

    haha - trick question
    IT ALL TASTES LIKE DIRT
    >:)
  • Ultima_Morpha
    Ultima_Morpha Posts: 892 Member
    It could be escarole.
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    To me, frisee can be pretty bitter. The others are a lot more mild.
  • punkrockgoth
    punkrockgoth Posts: 534 Member
    RWClary wrote: »

    haha - trick question
    IT ALL TASTES LIKE DIRT
    >:)

    Yup.
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