What are baby greens? Is this a type of lettuce?!
What are baby greens? Is this a type of lettuce?
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Baby greens
While parents calculate the age of their babies in weeks, farmers measure their babies--the leafy-green variety--in inches. Lee Jones at the Chef's Garden, a family farm in Huron, Ohio, that sells exclusively to restaurants, defines the stages of his greens this way: MICRO, 1 to 1 1/4 inches; COTYLEDON, 1 1/4 to 1 3/4 inches; PETITE, 1 3/4 to 2 inches; ULTRA, 2 to 3 inches; BABY, 3 to 4 inches; YOUNG, 4 inches and up.
Assorted greens that are picked when they are still small.