Corn salad?

ddsack · March 3, 2007

I was going through some seed catalogs I normally don't order from, and happened to see an entry for Corn Salad/Fetticus. I have never heard of this green before, but after doing some searching, it sounds like a good lettuce substitute.

Has anyone grown it, and would you/or not recommend it?

**mdvpc** · March 3, 2007

Corn salad is also known as mache or valeriana. Its great-slow to germinate somewhat, is much slower to mature than a cutting lettuce but wonderful nutty flavor. I grow it in containers in the winter in my greenhouse or outside in the fall or spring. I live in the desert southwest.

landarc · March 3, 2007

Mache is a fabulous green, i don't grow it, as I can get good fresh stuff around here. It does make a great salad with mache, dijon mustard vinaigrette and simple garlic croutons.

cdntomato · March 3, 2007

Absolutely fabulous, especially when grown under cover during the supposedly non-growing season. Eliot Coleman's to 'blame' for popularizing it here in NA. Much said about it (how-tos etc) in his books.

Jennifer

ddsack · March 4, 2007

Thanks for the opinions, sounds like this is one to try! Now to find something else in that catalog to plump up the order to make the shipping cost worthwhile!

March 3, 2007	#1
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	Corn salad? I was going through some seed catalogs I normally don't order from, and happened to see an entry for Corn Salad/Fetticus. I have never heard of this green before, but after doing some searching, it sounds like a good lettuce substitute. Has anyone grown it, and would you/or not recommend it?

March 3, 2007	#2
mdvpc Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,386	Corn salad is also known as mache or valeriana. Its great-slow to germinate somewhat, is much slower to mature than a cutting lettuce but wonderful nutty flavor. I grow it in containers in the winter in my greenhouse or outside in the fall or spring. I live in the desert southwest. __________________ Michael

March 3, 2007	#3
landarc Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Left Coasty Posts: 964	Mache is a fabulous green, i don't grow it, as I can get good fresh stuff around here. It does make a great salad with mache, dijon mustard vinaigrette and simple garlic croutons. __________________ Lets see...$10 for Worth and $5 for Fusion, man. Tomatoes are expensive! Bob

March 3, 2007	#4
cdntomato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kingston, Ontario Posts: 554	Absolutely fabulous, especially when grown under cover during the supposedly non-growing season. Eliot Coleman's to 'blame' for popularizing it here in NA. Much said about it (how-tos etc) in his books. Jennifer

March 4, 2007	#5
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	Thanks for the opinions, sounds like this is one to try! Now to find something else in that catalog to plump up the order to make the shipping cost worthwhile!