Here’s a proven fact: Cabbage has more nutrients than lettuce. This proves beyond question that fondness for coleslaw is genetic in 93.4% of the cases studied. My Grandfather Whitehouse and my father were of like mind when it came to coleslaw. I counter this by slipping a head of cabbage into the cart. This means that over the course of a year, we end up with 84.8% ragged bunches of dirty, bitter Romaine lettuce in our refrigerator and only 15.2% iceberg. Since I am busy making up facts, I will add that even when we go grocery shopping together, she makes more of the lettucey decisions than I do. The problem is that Marsha does more of the shopping than do I. Romaine lettuce has 14% more nutrients than does iceberg lettuce.ĭoing the math, this means that if I exclusively switch to Romaine versus exclusively eating iceberg, I will be a smidgen more nutrient-rich than before. Exactly 0.5% of the nutrients I absorb from my food comes from lettuce. Given those two bits of wisdom, I pledge to you that the facts I make up out of thin air will be some of the finest fake facts you’ve ever encountered. “Then you can distort them as you please.” As Will Rogers said, “It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so.” Plain and simple: Romaine lettuce has more nutrients than does iceberg.Įven so, let’s lay out some data which I will make up out of thin air.Īfter all, making up your own data is a great way to win an argument. Marsha’s argument has been extracted from the numerous articles she has read in health and nutrition magazines and websites. Some who are reading this may say that I have intentionally biased the arguments in favor of iceberg lettuce. She prefers the darker green, more bitter and much-more-difficult-to-prepare Romaine lettuce. Also, it is very easy to smack the head of lettuce on the countertop to free up the stalky core, which is easily pulled out. It requires little preparation time, as the inner leaves are nice and clean, protected as they are by the outer leaves. I prefer the cool, crisp taste and sweetness of iceberg lettuce. My beloved wife, Marsha, and I agree on nearly everything.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |