Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]]

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]]
Date	2025-09-30 12:28 +0200
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On 2025-09-30 04:00, rbowman wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 22:12:49 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
>> I have not been able to locate a video of harvesting lettuce near here.
>> There is a tractor machine, and people sitting on a wide bench,
>> collecting them and placing them on a bench. On another part of the
>> machine, other people cut the bad leaves and bag them, ready for sale at
>> the supermarket. Maybe they are washed, depends.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OilUbKhGD8

I don't recognize that type of lettuce.

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQdO9mYAyYg
> 
> Iceberg lettuce is popular in the US but I don't know how well mechanical
> harvesting works. Someone is trying to develop a cultivar with a longer
> stem that will hold the head higher above the soil.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH5V4HE2akA

These I know. I like them, my late mother did not.

> 
> Trivia: iceberg lettuce got its name from being shipped in chipped ice in
> the early days. In Steinbeck's 'East of Eden' that's Adam's big idea
> although it doesn't work out well.

Oh! No idea about that name.

> 
> Is it good that supermarkets have most produce year around? I don't know.
> It's one more way to remove people from the reality of the seasons.

Yes.

> Why
> look forward to fresh sweet corn if it's always available? This time of
> year many people were canning the end of the harvest.

I eat it canned, or frozen and boiled. Complete as it comes from the 
plant is rare here.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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Re: Desalinated water rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-23 19:22 +0000
  Re: Desalinated water Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-23 13:16 -0700
    Re: Desalinated water rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-24 04:31 +0000
      Re: Desalinated water Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-23 21:38 -0700
      Lorries [Was: Desalinated water] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-28 14:38 +0200
        Re: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water] rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-28 18:44 +0000
          Re: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-29 15:00 +0200
            Re: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water] Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-29 07:37 -0700
            Re: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water] rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-29 18:03 +0000
              Re: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-29 22:12 +0200
                Re: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water] rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-30 02:00 +0000
                Re: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water] Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-29 21:04 -0700
                Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-30 12:28 +0200
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-30 11:16 -0700
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-30 20:53 +0200
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-30 20:45 +0000
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-30 20:40 +0000
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-30 20:32 +0000
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-30 22:44 +0100
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-01 04:12 +0000
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-01 10:08 +0200
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-10-01 12:46 +0000
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-01 14:41 +0100
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-01 19:35 +0200
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-01 18:47 +0100
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-01 20:08 +0200
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-10-01 11:19 -0700
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-02 11:26 +0100
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-02 22:15 +0200
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-10-02 16:45 -0700
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-02 11:22 +0100
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-10-01 10:52 -0700
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-01 20:12 +0200
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-01 18:32 +0000
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-02 11:31 +0100
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-10-03 17:03 +0000
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-04 07:58 +0100
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-04 17:27 +0000
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-04 18:51 +0100
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-10-03 17:02 +0000
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-10-03 10:29 -0700
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-10-03 16:59 +0000
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-10-03 16:56 +0000
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-01 18:16 +0000
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-10-01 11:39 -0700
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-01 22:05 +0200
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-02 04:29 +0000
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-02 13:51 +0200
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-10-02 12:52 -0700
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-02 11:42 +0100
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-10-03 17:13 +0000
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-03 21:53 +0000
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-10-01 09:14 -0700
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-01 18:24 +0000
                Re: Eatable plants [Was: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water]] Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-10-01 11:43 -0700
        Re: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water] Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-28 13:45 -0700
          Re: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water] rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-29 02:08 +0000
            Re: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water] Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-28 21:47 -0700
              Re: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water] rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-29 07:06 +0000
          Re: Lorries [Was: Desalinated water] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-29 15:01 +0200

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