What kind of lettuce should one use for a lettuce wrap and how does one go about using lettuce as a wrap? The attempt I just made was tasty but very, very messy.
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aurelia - Jul 19, 2012 4:54:42 pm PDT #14751 of 30001
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Anything with a big flat leaf?
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sarameg - Jul 19, 2012 5:12:11 pm PDT #14753 of 30001
Romain, left on the counter for a bit? I know iceberg is used for some thai stuff, but I think it sucks.
-t - Jul 19, 2012 5:25:28 pm PDT #14754 of 30001
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Butter lettuce, or Boston (possibly those are the same thing), or green leaf lettuce are what I would try.
shrift - Jul 19, 2012 5:25:40 pm PDT #14755 of 30001
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What kind of lettuce should one use for a lettuce wrap and how does one go about using lettuce as a wrap?
Mess is inevitable, I think. I'd maybe use magenta or butter lettuce, mostly because I get it in my CSA box but also because they have strong leaves and a crisp heart. I recommend small portions of whatever the filling is, because the leaf holds up better and there's less mess when structural integrity fails.
aurelia - Jul 19, 2012 5:26:57 pm PDT #14756 of 30001
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I used romaine, but I didn't leave it out first. I think my filling had a lot of sauce, too.
Kat - Jul 19, 2012 5:27:35 pm PDT #14757 of 30001
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Oh! I meant Butter -- not Bibb maybe. What's the really soft lettuce?
-t - Jul 19, 2012 5:28:02 pm PDT #14758 of 30001
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Bibb lettuce appears to be Cook's Illustrated's rec.
Dana - Jul 19, 2012 5:28:12 pm PDT #14759 of 30001
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Yeah, I don't think I've ever had a non-messy lettuce wrap.
-t - Jul 19, 2012 5:31:58 pm PDT #14760 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Romaine has that stiff, crisp spine - you can drizzle a little filling down it lengthwise and try to curl the edges around as you eat. I've had some success with that, but it's not really tidy. The less filling you try to put in the tidier, fwtw.