Apropos absolutely nothing....................
I bought a Cos lettuce 5 weeks ago at Hill Street Grocers. I had read a few days before that about a method of keeping your lettuce fresher longer in the fridge than the standard few days.
So - I did as I remembered the article saying - left the lettuce intact, washed it thoroughly under cold water, let it drain, then wrapped it in a tea towel, put it in a plastic bag, then kept it in the fridge.
Would you believe that lettuce has maintained its original state absolutely perfectly? I have used it throughout that time whenever I wanted some lettuce leaves. Obviously I have been eating out a fair bit over the past 5 weeks, so it didn't get used as quickly as I had originally planned. But today I've given in and am donating what remains of said lettuce to Nellie's chooks - NOT because it's gone off finally, but because I don't think it'll ever rot!
There is not, and never has been, one iota of slimy leaf, or 'unfreshness' on the thing!
Can I take that to mean there are many preservatives used in the lettuce growing process? Or was that just a very effective way of keeping lettuces?
Saturday 29 December 2007
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Sadly, all greenery seems to turn to slime in our fridge. I buy with the best of intentions, but alas my diet just has no room for them
Hey Rita,
Merry christmas blah blah. Boy and I struck upon these vege/bread/cheese keeping ideas when we were poor students with a shitty fridge.
They're essentially vegetable bags, made by Gel-pack, purchasable in most supermarkets (all I've been to in Hobart) called... *runs to kitchen, can see box but now name...* Fresh and Crisp Fruit and Vegetable bags.
That said, I put bread and cheese in them and they work beautifully. You can re-use them also.
We've had broccoli and carrots for about 4-5 weeks, and I end up throwing them out because I can't remember when I bought them.
Lettuce keeps well for about 2 1/2 weeks (i actually don't think we've thrown one out for being rotten.) Perhaps with your lettuce tips and these bags we'd get a lot longer?
Cheers,
Amy
Lonie, you may have your fridge too cold as this will semi freeze the lettuce and it will go black with a slimey feel.
Hi Loney - it seems hrv is providing you with some sage chefs advice!
hrv - hope you're holding up with this crazy season going on round you.
Hi Amy - great to hear from you. Happy NY to you. I know the little bags you speak about, are they green? Have seen them at others places. Will get some myself to keep the cheese and bread in as well - check out your hint!
Thanks for the tip, hrv, but I think the main problem is I never get round to eating or throwing out the darn stuff before a moon or two has passed :)
Herbs keep wonderfully in a plain platic freezer bag or even a supermarket bag.
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