Boston Lettuce - new packaging

Actually, maybe this is an old way of packaging and I just haven't noticed it before since it's rare I buy lettuce.

I decided to start making sandwiches for lunch again. And I decided I need to eat healthier, so slapping ham and mayonnaise on two slices of bread wasn't going to be enough. So I bought a head of Boston lettuce.

My grandmother was a big fan of Boston lettuce - she would rave about how it was nice and tender. A few years ago I bought some and it was bitter, so I didn't buy it again. However, I decided to give it another try. This was in part due to the packaging.

Stop & Shop had some Boston lettuce that was packaged in round plastic containers. Not a big deal, but the difference is these heads of lettuce still had their roots. That caught my attention. I reasoned if the head still had its roots, then it might stay fresh longer. That is my big problem with buying the enormous heads of romaine lettuce - I simply don't eat it soon enough and it spoils. I hate throwing out spoiled food. Thus, while the Boston lettuce was more expensive, I might get more out of it.

Last night I made myself a sandwich for today. Naturally, since the roots were still attached to the lettuce, there was quite a bit of dirt on the outer leaves. I just took extra care in washing. Another bonus to using Boston lettuce was that the leaves were just the right size for the bread. I did not need to break the leaves apart.

And, the lettuce wasn't bitter. It had a delicate taste. Weirdly, at least for me, it was reminiscent of raw pie dough. I like raw pie dough, so it didn't bother me, but it is a little odd. But maybe it tasted that way as part of some sort of flavor interaction with the bread (I didn't taste the lettuce by itself - just in the sandwich).