The Field Guideby Moss & MarrowThe Field Guideby Moss & Marrow
In the Netherlands, lamb's lettuce is in season October to March, at its best in November, December and January. Lamb's lettuce is in season now, in November, and this is the peak.
Veldsla grows through the Dutch winter and is picked from October to March.
Small, dark rosettes with roots still attached.
Beta-carotene, vitamin C, folate and iron; one of the more nutritious salad leaves, and rich in omega-3 fatty acids for a leaf.
To get the most: Eat it raw and fresh, dressed with oil for the carotene. It wilts and loses vitamin C within a day or two.
Content per NEVO, the Dutch food composition database. This describes what the food contains, not what it does for you.
Wash carefully, it holds grit. Dress at the last minute; it wilts fast.
11 producers in The Field Guide sell lamb's lettuce, according to their own website or shop list, each checked against our inclusion criteria and listed by province. Another 167 growers passed our bar for this food group; we have not yet recorded what each of them grows, so ask them or search the map.
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