Because I live alone, it's less expensive to buy a whole head of lettuce or leafy green vegetable than in a plastic bag all by itself. When I get the head of lettuce home, I cut the core end off and remove any leaves that are bad. I wring a small terry cloth towel out with cold water and wrap the head of lettuce in it. I then put the head of lettuce with the towel in a plastic shopping bag, press out the excess air, twist the top of the bag and fasten with a clothes pin or twistie. I put this in the refrigerator.
About every second day, I unwrap the lettuce and cut off any brown that may have appeared. I have kept lettuce for up to three weeks that are fresh and good. When you remove leaves, do not cut off with a knife. Just pull off or cut off with kitchen shears.
By Clara Potts from Roswell, GA
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My aunt taught me something similar. She said to cut out the core and then run water into the lettuce until it runs out of the head. Then wrap it in a clean kitchen towel and then into a plastic bag. I agree that it can stay fresh a long time with this treatment.
When I was a teenager working in a cafe, I learned that to keep lettuce longer you should core the head & not use a knife on it because the metal makes it turn brown. I didn't know about a damp towel though, I'll have to try that since it seems like our lettuce goes bad in a matter of day no matter what, thanks for the tip!
I take the lettuce out of the plastic and wrap it in foil and it keeps longer than anything else I have tried. And it doesn't even have to be totally covered.
Yes, me too! I'm not sure why but it works beautifully.
I live alone and also have a problems with lettuce and celery going bad before I finish using them. I have used foil to wrap lettuce and celery for several years and seems to work well for me. Also, I never use a knife on lettuce either.
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