I have been wondering if there was a way to store lettuce and leafy greens longer than the one week expiration date.<\/p>\n
Most online help sites say to wash, dry, and wrap lettuce in a cloth and place it in the bottom fridge tray. I do not like this idea because of lint from the cloth on the lettuce. If you do this, be sure to rinse after unwrapping from the cloth.<\/p>\n
I am trying a new trick, but I do not have enough data to claim if this method works.<\/p>\n
What I do is rinse the lettuce, place it in a separate tight container, a metal container in my case, and then fill the container with water. Then seal and place in the coldest spot on the fridge. This seems to preserve the lettuce longer.<\/p>\n
Has anyone tried this, and discovered that it works or does not?<\/p>\n
UPDATE: (04 OCT 2013)<\/p>\n
Okay. I tried it all the way. Here is what happened: It does appear to last a little longer like several more days. The only problem I noticed is that some of the leaves may get soggy. If you squeeze the water out, you can treat it like spinach. I don’t seem to mind too much. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have been wondering if there was a way to store lettuce and leafy greens longer than the one week expiration date. Most online help sites say to wash, dry, and wrap lettuce in a cloth and place it in … Continue reading