Mache

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Corn salad, mache, lamb's lettuce, field salad, field lettuce are all names for a salad green of the valerian family. The lamb's lettuce name comes from its resemblance to the size and shape of a lamb's tongue!

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Varieties
Lamb's Lettuce is very delicate and appears in little rosettes level with the ground. Its leaves are velvety and there are two main varieties:

· The "shell" variety with attractive round green leaves
· The "blonde" variety in which the leaves are longer, more or less spoon-shaped, and light green

How To
· Prepare, Cook & Store

Health Benefits
Like other formerly foraged greens, mache has many nutrients, including three times as much Vitamin C than lettuce, beta-carotene, B6, B9, Vitamin E, and omega-3 fatty acids.

With only 19 calories per 100 g, Lamb's Lettuce is an ideal slimming food - a delicious and well-balanced addition to a diet.

History
Mache, also called lamb's lettuce, has been cultivated in France since the 17th century. Mache was originally foraged by European peasants until the royal gardener of King Louis XIV, de Quintinie, introduced corn salad to the world.