Lettuce

Lettuce was a leafy vegetable cultivated in the Realms.

Species

 * Marsh lettuce
 * Presumably found in marshes.


 * Shragga
 * A leaf lettuce.

Availability
Lettuces were grown in such lands as the Dalelands and around Ghars in Cormyr. Shragga was grown in the Great Dale, where the citizens of Uthmere grew it and other vegetables and herbs on their balconies.

Culinary
Lettuce was used in salads. For example, the Maid of the Moors restaurant in Mornbryn's Shield served a fresh garden salad of lettuce leaves, olives, parley, parsnip shavings, strong cheese and cottage cheese, for 1 cp. The Inn of the Dripping Dagger in Waterdeep offered a plate of cold meats with lettuce or endive for 4 cp.

Marsh lettuce or celery was an ingredient in roasted cockatrice.