Chiltern Seeds rave about this lettuce: "That's a long name for a Lettuce! It means 'speckled like a trout. This is an old Austrian heirloom, a superb, gorgeous Romaine (that's Cos in English) Lettuce that is highly splashed in deep red. Very beautiful and tasty and we feel sure will go very nicely as a side salad with a trout, speckled or not."