cabbage-lettuce

It is very early and delicate, and may be planted almost as close together as a crop of cabbage-lettuce.

The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Fearing Burr

If too acid, add a little sugar; and a little cabbage-lettuce boiled with the sorrel will be found an improvement.

The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861

If too acid, add a little sugar; and a little cabbage-lettuce boiled with the sorrel will be found an improvement.

The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861

To make a Cabbage-Lettuce Pye: — Take some of the largest and hardest cabbage-lettuce you can get; boil them in salt and water till they are tender; then lay them in a colander to drain dry; then have your paste laid in your pattipan ready, and lay butter on the bottom; then lay in your lettuce and some artichoke-bottoms, and some large pieces of marrow, and the yolks of eight hard eggs, and some scalded sorrel; bake it, and when it comes out of the oven, cut open the lid; and pour in a caudle made with white-wine and sugar, and thicken with eggs; so serve it hot.

Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine 2006