What's the difference between celtuce and stem lettuce? One trick to tell them apart quickly

In everyday life, celtuce and stem lettuce are vegetables we eat often, but recently a reader left a comment asking where the difference between celtuce and stem lettuce lies, and how to tell them apart. In fact, telling the two apart is not hard at all, and it is quite simple. Today we explain it in detail as follows:

1. One trick to teach you how to tell celtuce and stem lettuce apart

1. Stem lettuce is an annual vegetable grown for its above-ground stem; when mature, the stem skin is white-green and the stem flesh is green. It generally needs to be peeled before being stir-fried as a vegetable, and is mostly stir-fried with meat.

2. Celtuce can be divided into two types: stem celtuce and leaf celtuce. Leaf celtuce is the lettuce I always order when eating hot pot or malatang, while stem celtuce is the stem lettuce we stir-fry.

Although stem lettuce and celtuce differ by only one character, the difference is still very big: stem lettuce is one variety of celtuce. If, when you go to buy seeds, someone asks whether you want stem celtuce or leaf celtuce, you should immediately think that stem celtuce is stem lettuce and leaf celtuce is lettuce, and not mix them up.

2. A detailed explanation of the difference between celtuce and stem lettuce!

1. The leaves are different

(1) The leaves of celtuce are not divided; the leaf blades are obovate, lanceolate, elliptic or oblanceolate, the tip is generally pointed or rounded, and the leaf blade is relatively short, generally around 6-7-8 cm.

(2) The leaves of stem lettuce grow on the stem, are long ovate, and can grow very long; one leaf is about 6-15 cm long and about 1.5-6.5 cm wide. The leaf tip is relatively pointed, and when spread flat it is wrinkled, with no petiole. Both sides of the leaf are hairless, and the color is mostly green, pale green, dark green or purplish red; purplish red generally indicates older leaves.

2. The flowers are different

(1) The flowers of celtuce are capitula that form a panicle-like inflorescence at the top of the stem and branches, and the flowers are pale yellow.

(2) Stem lettuce has many or very many capitula, arranged in a panicle-like inflorescence at the top of the branches, and the flowers are light yellow; an inflorescence bears around 20 flowers.

3. The main part eaten is different

(1) Celtuce is mainly eaten for its leaves; the leaves are generally used for a plain stir-fry or blanched and eaten.

(2) Stem lettuce is mainly eaten for its stem, and the leaves can also be used as a vegetable.

4. The ways of eating are different

(1) Celtuce leaves can be washed clean and eaten raw directly; the common way to eat them is lettuce wrapping meat, which tastes both fresh and tender, and you simply cannot stop eating.

(2) Stem lettuce can be eaten as a cold dressed dish, or used to stir-fry with meat or ham; it also has a fragrance of its own that greatly increases people's appetite.

5. The nutritional value is different

(1) Main nutritional value of celtuce

(2) Main nutritional value of stem lettuce

The above 5 points are where the main differences between celtuce and stem lettuce lie.

Summary: The above content is the detailed explanation we have compiled of the difference between celtuce and stem lettuce, and we hope it can help everyone tell them apart effectively. This article is compiled from the internet.