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Conference rocks::weight_control

Title: Weight Loss and Maintenance
Notice:**PLEASE** enter notes in mixed case (CAPS ARE SHOUTING)!
Moderator:ASICS::LESLIE
Created:Tue Jul 10 1990
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:933
Total number of notes:9931

848.0. "keeping lettuce fresh" by ASABET::DOWNS () Wed Mar 09 1994 16:25

    I was wondering if anyone could give me any ideas on keeping lettuce
    fresh.  I have a salad everyday with my lunch.  At the beginning of the
    week I break it all up and put it in a tupperware bowl and by thursday
    it has gone bad.  It is such a waste.
    
    k
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848.1Mom's advice...DPDMAI::POGARMovie Critic-Costner SpecialistWed Mar 09 1994 17:379
    From the only expert I know (my mom):
    
    After you wash the lettuce, wrap it in a paper towel (loosely) and put
    in a plastic bag in the fridge. It keeps for at least a week this way.
    I don't know about breaking it up first; we just keep the entire head
    of lettuce and break off as we need it.
    
    Catherine
    
848.2try washing only what you need for that day!RETRET::HATCHWed Mar 09 1994 19:2111
    Hi
    
       My mom says that if she only washes the pieces she is ready to use
    that night it lasts longer and that if it is all washed and not used
    right away it spoils in no time at all.  I hope this helps
    
    
    Regards
    
    
    ...Helen
848.3ASABET::DOWNSWed Mar 09 1994 20:314
    Thanks,  I will try that.  It makes sense.
    
    kim
    
848.4CABOOM::carrollthe courage of my contradictionsWed Mar 09 1994 21:2211
I buy a head of lettuce and it is usually good for a weeks worth of salads.
I make three day's salads at once, directly into one portion tupperware
bowls (saves time and effort.)  I only wash what I'm going to use.  The
rest I keep in a Tupperware lettuce keeper - the kind that allows moisure
to accumulate at the bottom without it getting on the lettuce head.

BTW, here's a trick for you salad-eaters: plastic film cannisters 
hold just about 2 Tablespoons of dressing - for an easy, portable, non-soggy
salad!  (Kodak works better than Fugi.)

D!, healthy eater and photographer wanna-be
848.5JUPITR::KAGNOWed Mar 09 1994 22:4510
    That was cute, D!
    
    I also had that problem with lettuce and salads, and started buying
    ready made salads like Fresh Express or Dole.  I have had a bag in my
    refrigerator for over a week now, and it is still good.  By trial and
    error, I learned that transferring the contents into a tupperware container
    made the salad go bad faster than just leaving it in the plastic bag it
    came in and twist tying it along the way.
    
    -Roberta
848.6paper towel and upside down bowlMSDOA::GUYDo you really read this?Thu Apr 28 1994 00:098
    This is one way to keep it fresh.....
    wash, drain and tear your lettuce up into bite size pieces.....
    put in an air tight bowl put a paper towel on top on the lettuce, 
    put the top on and put upside down in your refrigerator. when you open
    the bowl, the paper towel will have absorbed the water and your lettuce
    will still be crisp.  replace towel as needed.....
    
    thanks and happy salading.....