This section is from the book "Warne's Model Housekeeper", by Ross Murray. See also: Larousse Gastronomique.
In season: Forced - March to June; open air - July to September. Neither heat-giving nor flesh-forming.
A cool and pleasant vegetable, delightful in hot climates from the quantity of water it contains, but considered unwholesome. It is eaten with the richest fish - salmon - as a corrective, probably.
1lb. contains: -
Oz. | Grs. | |
Water .... | 15 | 173 |
Albumen . . . | 0 | 14 |
Glucose . . . | 0 | 140 |
Gum .... | 0 | 35 |
Oz. | Grs. | |
Chlorophyl . . | 0 | 7 |
Woody fibre . . | 0 | 35 |
Mineral matter . | 0 | 35 |
 
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