# WTF is up with Iceberg Lettuce **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 21, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-iceberg-lettuce/503785 "2009-07-21T21:38:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-iceberg-lettuce/503785/81 "2009-07-23T07:56:51Z")
What I don’t get, seriously, about the whole iceberg lettuce hate on the ground of it being “tasteless” is … what about water? That’s got to be about the most tasteless thing there is. But nobody’s going to give me shit if I want to down a glass of water rather than a juice or a coffee - in fact, they’d probably aprove, on the grounds of its general healthiness. But somehow when it comes to food “tasteless” is supposed to be the kiss of death. What’s that all about? Yes, an iceberg lettuce is fairly taste-free. So what? It’s a feature! ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-iceberg-lettuce/503785/82 "2009-07-23T10:00:16Z")
I am another that grew up eating iceberg, though we did have a garden that had some kind of loose leaf red and green lettuces and real spinach. I will sit down with bare naked iceberg as a snack rather than with dressing. I like it because it is ice cold and wet with a nice crunch to it. I do actually like romaine and butter lettuces, but sometimes I just want a big old hunk of iceberg! [though I really like shredded cabbage in my gyros and doner =) and I will actually snack on raw cabbage] ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-iceberg-lettuce/503785/83 "2009-07-24T00:53:07Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > For everything that iceberg does, there’s some other vegetable that does it better. If you just want something with texture and no calories, go for the celery. It’s got more texture to it than any sort of lettuce, and unlike iceberg, it actually has some (though admittedly not much) flavor. A nasty flavor. I’d sooner eat a napkin than celery.:eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-iceberg-lettuce/503785.md?page=4)