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Boston lettuce

American  

noun

  1. a cultivated variety of lettuce having a rounded head of soft, crumpled leaves, used for salads.


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But the recipe author for this lobster roll likes to mix things up by bringing in a lemony mayo, chives, and a bit of crisp Boston lettuce.

From Salon Mar. 6, 2022

Apparently Butter lettuce is also the same as Boston lettuce, but I don’t know about all that.

From Slate May 1, 2018

Quite a few years back the NYT featured a recipe for sole stuffed lettuce that used blanched Boston lettuce leaves to wrap around sole filets that had been stuffed with a duxelles.

From New York Times Apr. 20, 2016

Cape Cod duckling and cranberries, mashed Middlesex squash, Norfolk tomatoes, hearts of Boston lettuce, Parker House rolls, and Toll House cookies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tenders Under Wraps: Brush Boston lettuce leaves with prepared hoisin sauce or Chinese-style duck sauce.

From The Perdue Chicken Cookbook by Perdue, Mitzi

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