There is no romaine lettuce: An open letter

[Tanasi]

I have a couple dozen heads of romaine lettuce in the green house in various sizes of growth.
A friend of mine once said "Lettuce is on the vehicle to the the dressing into your blood stream."

[Smapti]

We still don't have any romaine, but now we're getting hit with a double-whammy; the price of iceberg has spiked due to demand.

If I have to explain one more time that yes, the lettuce is $2.78 a head right now and even at that price were selling it at a loss, I shall scream.

[nutraxfornerves]

Chocolate also has milk in it, so protein!

Not to mention sugar, which is technically a vegetable (fruit comes from flowers, veggies come from parts of the plant. sugar comes from the stalks, which makes it a vegetable)

Finally, healthy eating MY way!!!

Ah, the four food groups—sugar, salt, fat and caffeine.

Sugar is also a root vegetable if its made from sugar beets rather than cane. Sugar beets are actually a variety of good ol’ red beets.

[Slave to the Phone]

Chocolate also has milk in it, so protein!

Not to mention sugar, which is technically a vegetable (fruit comes from flowers, veggies come from parts of the plant. sugar comes from the stalks, which makes it a vegetable)

Finally, healthy eating MY way!!!

[MoonCat]

Taxguykarl, I love that!!

I'm still not buying anything with romaine in it for a while. I don't even care much for it so no loss.

BTW, chocolate is a plant-based food, you know. It comes from cacao beans.

[taxguykarl]

My mom found this on FB:

[Mental_Mouse]

The reason they had a general alert was because they didn't know where it started, once they track that down it's a matter of dealing with that supplier, distributor, etc and then it's crisis over.

[notalwaysright]

I was only seven when the big Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak happened, but I still remember my neighbor friend (a couple years younger than me) got sick from it. As a kid I didn't realize how bad it could have been. I was just sad and a little scared for my friend. She had been acting normal but then yelled for her mom saying that there was blood in the toilet. And the urgent care in Tacoma was crazy. ANYWAY I'm not messing around with romaine right now, even with some being considered safe. Why risk it? Plenty of other healthy food out there.

[Racket_Man]

The sad part of this situation is that businesses that do hydroponic growing got slammed in all of this.

[Christmas Is Coming]

I was just grocery shopping today and everywhere that might be even remotely related to lettuce they had signs stating there wasn't any romaine, and why.

I get home, and my sister is watching "Inside Edition" and they are stating that the warning has been called off. Since when??

I'm still not going to eat it for a while. My sister has a new saying: "Lettuce ruins everything."

Since today now they're going to label where the lettuce has been grown so you should be saying it back in your Supermarket any day now.

[MoonCat]

I was just grocery shopping today and everywhere that might be even remotely related to lettuce they had signs stating there wasn't any romaine, and why.

I get home, and my sister is watching "Inside Edition" and they are stating that the warning has been called off. Since when??

I'm still not going to eat it for a while. My sister has a new saying: "Lettuce ruins everything."

[taxguykarl]

No, I don't care that I've ruined Thanksgiving.... (And who serves salad with Thanksgiving dinner anyway?)

I served this carrot slaw one year. It went over quite well--especially considering that my mother liked it and she doesn't like curry.
BTW, congratulations on ruining Thanksgiving and Halloween. Don't worry you still have a whole month to ruin Christmas.

[TheWolfEmperor]

I’m sorry but that just made my day. May I steal to post in the produce-staff-only part of the store?

Awww, sure.

[AkaiKitsune]

And that old Grinch,
He got an idea and he got it quick,
He squatted in the lettuce patch
And dropped a big...

I’m sorry but that just made my day. May I steal to post in the produce-staff-only part of the store?

[Minflick]

Buuuut, it's JUST the romaine, right? Not Bibb, red leaf, butter, and yes, iceberg. It's not like there's NO lettuce, ffs....