Daun salad: Perbezaan antara semakan

 

'''Salad''' (''Lactuca sativa'') merupakan dalam keluarga daisi [[Asteraceae]]. It is most often grown as a [[leaf vegetable]]. In many countries, it is typically eaten cold and raw, in [[salad]]s, [[hamburger]]s, [[taco]]s, and many other dishes. In some places, including [[China]], lettuce is typically eaten cooked and use of the stem is as important as use of the leaf. Both the English name and the [[Latin]] name of the genus are ultimately derived from ''lac'', the Latin word for “[[milk]]”,<ref>{{cite book | last = Simpson | first = D.P. | title = Cassell's Latin Dictionary | publisher = Cassell Ltd. | date = 1979 | edition = 5 | location = London | pages = 883 | id = ISBN 0-304-52257-0}}</ref> referring to the plant’s milky juice. Mild in flavour, it has been described over the centuries as a cooling counterbalance to other ingredients in a salad.<ref>{{cite book |last=Grigson |first=Jane |authorlink=Jane Grigson |title=The Vegetable Book |year=1978 |pages= p. 312-14|publisher=Penguin |location=London |isbn=0-14-046-352-6}}</ref> However it has been humorously described by filmmaker [[John Waters (filmmaker)|John Waters]] in his humorous essay, ''100 Things I Hate''. He refers to iceberg lettuce as "the [[polyester]] of greens".<ref>{{cite book |last=Waters|first=John |authorlink=John Waters (filmmaker) |title=Crackpot: the Obssessions of John Waters |year=1987 |publisher=Vintage|isbn=0394755340}}</ref>

 

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