TheSalad lettuceyang thatkita welihat seehari todayini actuallysebenarnya starteddatang outdaripada asrumput-rumpai ayang weeddijumpai around thesekitar Mediterranean basin. Served in dishes for more than 4500 years, lettuce has certainly made its mark in history- as seen from tomb paintings in Egypt to the depiction of many different varieties in ancient Greek relics. Christopher Columbus introduced lettuce to the new world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foodreference.com/html/artlettuce.html|title=Lettuce:Food Facts & Trivia|accessdate=2007-11-02}}</ref>