Talk:Romaine lettuce

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In updating the nutrition section the Nutrition Almanac (John D. Kirschmann & Lavon J. Dunne) was used as the reference source. There was a 300% discrepency between the original article and the almanac with regards to fiber (1.2 grams vs. 0.4 grams). I opted to use a single reference source and updated the article accordingly (due in no small part to the original post being a stub). (edit by user bmolai)

Rename to 'cos'?

Why is this article 'romaine' when cos appears to be the more dominant (and certainly older) term? (cos = c. 1700, romaine = c. 1885) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Natebailey (talk • contribs) 07:57, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

While where I am in Australia 'cos' is the common term, Google says 'romaine' is overwhelmingly more common. 143.92.3.8 (talk) 02:37, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

I've worked in grocery store produce departments in LA; Phoenix; NYC; Sarasota, Florida and Bangor, Maine and the term always used was Romaine lettuce. The word "cos" is never used in the US.98.165.103.109 (talk) 18:30, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

It is however only in the USA that "Romaine" is used. Google is wrong. The dominant international name should be used, not the minority American term.203.80.61.102 (talk) 22:36, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

It's messier than that. Though "cos" is more common than "romaine" in British English (0.0000015%), it is much less frequently mentioned than in US English: 0.000011%.

That is, Brits are much more likely to call it "cos", but they are almost 10x less likely to mention it at all.... --Macrakis (talk) 04:58, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

No eytmolgy given for Romaine

The article gives etymology for Cos lettuce, yet does not give etymology for the name "Romaine". This is all the more surprising, given that this is titled "Romaine lettuce". ACEOREVIVED (talk) 22:15, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Per WP:ENGVAR, the English dialect the article was first written in should be maintained. That is probably why it is called romaine instead of cos. See the discussion page of rutabaga for precedent. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 06:14, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

As suggested in spanish wikipedia [1] probably the ethymology is "Roman Lettuce" in the sense of originary from Rome; "Romaine" could be a french word meaning "Roman", and the in the same usage is translated in most of the Neolatines languagesas italian and spanish. Is not specificated if Rome is related to the italian city or to "Romania", intended as Byzantine empire; this last interpretation may well fit with "Cos" ethymolgy too. Ciaurlec (talk) 23:09, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Nov/Dec 2019

Is there not a new outbreak in the USA? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:1205:501F:E5B0:E8EA:5CE0:B62C:2A73 (talk) 13:53, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

Growers

Is it worthwhile knowing that in the USA it is grown in one area? Is this of interest? Why are there not growing areas for every country on the planet? As the USA is a mere 4% of the world's population it is of no interest. Rustygecko (talk) 20:43, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Sources

"For 3000 years (from at least 2700 BC), lettuce was associated with the ancient Egyptian god of fertility, Min, for its resemblance to the phallus.[6]" The reference is to an article in Smithsonian Magazine, written by K. Annabelle Smith, "a writer based in Santa Fe, New Mexico who covers a wide variety of topics for Smithsonian.com", as told to her by Pakistani professor Salima Ikram at the American University in Cairo.

"Salima Ikram, Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo who specializes in Ancient Egyptian food explains Min’s part in lettuce history. “Over 3,000 years, role did change, but he was constantly associated with lettuce,” she says." “One of the reasons why associated the lettuce with Min was because it grows straight and tall—an obvious phallic symbol,” Ikram says."

What are her sources? 2001:1C00:1E31:5F00:1039:1CAA:2E6C:DAC1 (talk) 20:52, 10 November 2022 (UTC)