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amother

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 10:28 pm

Has anyone figured out how many people the lettuce will serve for the requirements of the Seder?

imasinger

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 10:35 pm

I often use a Costco package of 6 heads. It easily is enough for 2 sedarim of 15 people or so, with leftovers for salad.

happy12

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 11:08 pm

I count one head per person for both nights. We use the chart and it says approximately 8x 11 inches of leaves or 3 x 5 inches of stalks.
I measure the stalks.

seeker ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 12:35 am

imasinger wrote:

I often use a Costco package of 6 heads. It easily is enough for 2 sedarim of 15 people or so, with leftovers for salad.

That's what my notes from last year said. Though I don't do Costco often so I don't know if their sizes vary. I do note that every time I've bought Costco lettuce it was very fresh and stayed good for a nice amount of time!

DrMom

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 3:27 am

Just curious what prompted this question.
Is Costco lettuce significantly different in size from any other lettuce?

And why would you need half a head of lettuce per person for moror for a seder?

Reality

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 4:42 am

DrMom wrote:

Just curious what prompted this question.
Is Costco lettuce significantly different in size from any other lettuce?

And why would you need half a head of lettuce per person for moror for a seder?

They carry it in bulk, six heads of romaine hearts in one package. Although before Pesach, I used to see those in some local Jewish stores as well.

Elfrida

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 4:56 am

DrMom wrote:

And why would you need half a head of lettuce per person for moror for a seder?

Depends on the size of the lettuce, surely.

Between maror and korech, and not such a big lettuce, I can see it working out.

amother

Navyblue

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 7:43 am

Don’t forget some heavy duty washing and checking with a light box or similar. Costco lettuce can be pretty infested with insects some years.

https://oukosher.org/passover/.....tuce/

↑ seeker

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 7:52 am

amother Navyblue wrote:

Don’t forget some heavy duty washing and checking with a light box or similar. Costco lettuce can be pretty infested with insects some years.

https://oukosher.org/passover/.....tuce/

That's true of all lettuce. I've found the Costco ones generally cleaner than any other brand, though of course you check anyway because lettuce bugs are very common.

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