Fresh Corn Salad Recipe (VIDEO) (2024)

FAQs

What is corn salad made of? ›

Summery Corn Salad – made with fresh cut corn kernels, sweet tomatoes, vibrant red onions, crisp cucumbers, flavorful feta cheese, fresh herbs and a vibrant dressing.

History of corn salad

Lambs's lettuce is also popular in Britain, where it first appeared in English herbalist John Gerard's book, Herbal, in 1597. From the late 18th century, corn salad was grown commercially in London and sold at produce markets as a winter vegetable.

Valeriana locusta, commonly called mâche, cornsalad, or lamb's lettuce, a small, herbaceous, annual flowering plant in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae.

Also known as corn salad, mâche, if you're feeling French, or Valerianella locusta to the scientifically minded. Lamb's lettuce is a surprisingly hardy little plant that's available when few other fresh leaves are: from autumn till early summer.

A bowlful of health

Corn is also said to be good for digestion, heart health, and is believed to be good to control blood sugar, is claimed to prevent strokes, and contains folate and Vitamin B 9, among other benefits.

You may know this plant by another name as it has quite a few. It also goes by lambs lettuce, mâche, field salad, field greens and valerianella to name but a few.

Through the study of genetics, we know today that corn's wild ancestor is a grass called teosinte. Teosinte doesn't look much like maize, especially when you compare its kernals to those of corn. But at the DNA level, the two are surprisingly alike.

Alternatives. Try Cos lettuce or baby spinach.

Corn Salad, also known as Lamb's Lettuce, is a very useful and hardy salad plant. It has soft green leaves with a nutty flavour. It is an annual and can withstand very low temperatures so can be grown outside in the garden with little protection.

corn salad • \KORN-SAL-ud\ • noun. : any of several herbs (genus Valerianella) of the valerian family; especially : a low European herb (V. locusta syn. V. olitoria) that is widely cultivated for its leaves used in salads and as a potherb.

Is corn salad the same as watercress? ›

The corn salad is very similar to watercress, and its consumption is extremely limited because it is quite known in the European markets, but highly appreciated by gastronomy lovers. At present, both watercress as corn salad are part of the usual supply of the companies offering ranges of pre-washed vegetables.

Mâche is also known as “corn salad” because before it was cultivated, it grew as a weed between the rows of cereal crops such as corn, rye and wheat. Mâche is also known as lamb's lettuce because the leaves' resemblance to the shape of a lamb's tongue.