butter lettuce
noun
: a lettuce (such as Bibb or Boston lettuce) with a soft loose head of tender oily mild-flavored leaves
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The seafood cocktail is served in a buttery avocado half next to some hearts of butter lettuce.
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Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
Add the butter lettuce, spinach, watercress, arugula and garlic, and cook, stirring frequently, for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the vegetables are wilted.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2024
Now Uh and wife Mina Park focus on a succinct $110 tasting menu, served at a just-right pace designed for Angelenos, with centerpieces like skate wing ssam cradled in butter lettuce with fresh herbs and brightening slicks of gooseberry emulsion and seaweed remoulade.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
The leafy greens — spinach, butter lettuce, arugula and watercress — will wilt quickly when they’re placed in liquid.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2024
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Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
Add the butter lettuce, spinach, watercress, arugula and garlic, and cook, stirring frequently, for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the vegetables are wilted.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2024
Now Uh and wife Mina Park focus on a succinct $110 tasting menu, served at a just-right pace designed for Angelenos, with centerpieces like skate wing ssam cradled in butter lettuce with fresh herbs and brightening slicks of gooseberry emulsion and seaweed remoulade.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
The leafy greens — spinach, butter lettuce, arugula and watercress — will wilt quickly when they’re placed in liquid.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2024
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“Butter lettuce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/butter%20lettuce. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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