Comments on: Limp Lettuce http://www.home-ec101.com/limpy-lettuce/ Real skills for real people with real lives. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:14:23 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mom of 4 http://www.home-ec101.com/limpy-lettuce/comment-page-1/#comment-9152 Mom of 4 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:28:30 +0000 http://www.home-ec101.com/limpy-lettuce/#comment-9152 Salads ARE a pain, aren't they? I use my salad spinner to store the lettuce. Here's how: When I first bring the lettuce home, I whack off the bottom 3" or so. (I usually buy leaf or romaine; if I've purchased iceberg, I take out the core.) Then I dump it into a big dishpan full of cold water, and take the leaves out one by one, rinse them again under running water, and tear them into the salad spinner. When it's full, I spin it mostly, but not all the way, dry. Dump out the accumulated water, then put the spinner in the fridge. When I want to make salad, the lettuce is ready to go. It seems to keep well with just that little bit of moisture on it. Salads ARE a pain, aren’t they? I use my salad spinner to store the lettuce. Here’s how:

When I first bring the lettuce home, I whack off the bottom 3″ or so. (I usually buy leaf or romaine; if I’ve purchased iceberg, I take out the core.) Then I dump it into a big dishpan full of cold water, and take the leaves out one by one, rinse them again under running water, and tear them into the salad spinner. When it’s full, I spin it mostly, but not all the way, dry. Dump out the accumulated water, then put the spinner in the fridge. When I want to make salad, the lettuce is ready to go. It seems to keep well with just that little bit of moisture on it.

]]> By: Margaret http://www.home-ec101.com/limpy-lettuce/comment-page-1/#comment-9095 Margaret Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:24:29 +0000 http://www.home-ec101.com/limpy-lettuce/#comment-9095 We also love salads and I drag my feet about the fuss! I think salad spinners are great, but before that, I used dishtowels to "fling" the lettuce. Works fine. Another trick (even more time saving) is to just wash and tear the lettuce several hours ahead of time, wrap it up in the dishtowel, and put it in the fridge. By dinnertime, it's beautifully crisp and dry. One more thing: because we love salad and I hate making it, I make a BIG salad and we just have the leftovers for another meal or two or for lunch. I also, despite all the advice I've ever read, hack my lettuce into pieces with a knife!! And it doesn't show brown edges as leftovers! I do have sharp knives, though. We also love salads and I drag my feet about the fuss!
I think salad spinners are great, but before that, I used dishtowels to “fling” the lettuce. Works fine. Another trick (even more time saving) is to just wash and tear the lettuce several hours ahead of time, wrap it up in the dishtowel, and put it in the fridge. By dinnertime, it’s beautifully crisp and dry.
One more thing: because we love salad and I hate making it, I make a BIG salad and we just have the leftovers for another meal or two or for lunch. I also, despite all the advice I’ve ever read, hack my lettuce into pieces with a knife!! And it doesn’t show brown edges as leftovers! I do have sharp knives, though.

]]> By: Jasi http://www.home-ec101.com/limpy-lettuce/comment-page-1/#comment-9083 Jasi Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:59:05 +0000 http://www.home-ec101.com/limpy-lettuce/#comment-9083 I love salad, too and recently I totally splurged on an OXO big salad spinner I'd been stalking for at least a year. It's $25 and I couldn't really justify the space it would take to store this unitasker. But I'm glad I broke down. It's got a big clear bowl suitable for serving, a spinning strainer section to hold the greens and the top is dishwasher safe... or should have been. This should be the worst part, but it's the best. The top was smelling sour and I couldn't figure out how to open it. I called the company and got a human being -instantly-! She told me that the top has been improved and is sending me a free one right away. This one is still dishwasher safe and can be easily taken apart. (update to follow). Between the serving capacity, being able to use the strainer for other veggies/ cleaning and having such great customer service it just might be worth it. I love salad, too and recently I totally splurged on an OXO big salad spinner I’d been stalking for at least a year. It’s $25 and I couldn’t really justify the space it would take to store this unitasker. But I’m glad I broke down. It’s got a big clear bowl suitable for serving, a spinning strainer section to hold the greens and the top is dishwasher safe… or should have been.

This should be the worst part, but it’s the best. The top was smelling sour and I couldn’t figure out how to open it. I called the company and got a human being -instantly-! She told me that the top has been improved and is sending me a free one right away. This one is still dishwasher safe and can be easily taken apart. (update to follow).

Between the serving capacity, being able to use the strainer for other veggies/ cleaning and having such great customer service it just might be worth it.

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