Exploring Marilyn Monroe’s Unique Food Preferences

Overly-Washed Lettuce

While this wasn’t a usual thing that Marilyn Monroe would do, it earned its way onto this list because of one funny story. When she was young, the aspiring actress was living with Shelley Winters, who apparently asked her to wash some lettuce for a salad she was making.

However, when Winters went over to see the end result, she was stunned to see that Monroe was meticulously washing each leaf. In her words, she was doing it “with a Brillo pad!”