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  • Resurrection Man
    • Dec 2024

    Serving and saving salad

    The supermarkets seem to do something with their salads in the bag (nitrogen filled?) as they seem to go off within hours of opening.

    Here is a tip that my wife picked up and it seems to work.

    Get a few of those clip'n'click airtight containers. Get smallish ones. Put a sheet of kitchen towel inside each box then some salad on top. Seal. Put in fridge.
  • ferneyhoughgeliebte
    Gone fishin'
    • Sep 2011
    • 30163

    #2
    Salad? In December???



    (Iceberg lettuce, I suppose.)
    [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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    • MrGongGong
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 18357

      #3
      Originally posted by Resurrection Man View Post

      Get a few of those clip'n'click airtight containers. Get smallish ones. Put a sheet of kitchen towel inside each box then some salad on top "add some smoked" (?) Seal. .
      I find the smoked seal blubber will taint the salad

      any more Viz top tips ?

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      • doversoul1
        Ex Member
        • Dec 2010
        • 7132

        #4
        Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
        Salad? In December???

        (Iceberg lettuce, I suppose.)
        Endive in the garden, Lambs lettuce in the greenhouse, and chicory in the cellar. My 8” salad bowl is never out of use throughout the year.

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        • kernelbogey
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 5803

          #5
          Washing it before putting it in sealed container in fridge seems to help, though the sample size on my database is fairly small.

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          • ferneyhoughgeliebte
            Gone fishin'
            • Sep 2011
            • 30163

            #6
            Originally posted by doversoul View Post
            Endive in the garden, Lambs lettuce in the greenhouse, and chicory in the cellar. My 8” salad bowl is never out of use throughout the year.
            But isn't it ... err ... cold?
            [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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            • Resurrection Man

              #7
              Originally posted by MrGongGong View Post
              I find the smoked seal blubber will taint the salad

              any more Viz top tips ?
              Oh dear...back on the Ignore list. And you were doing so well.

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              • MrGongGong
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 18357

                #8
                Originally posted by Resurrection Man View Post
                Oh dear...back on the Ignore list. And you were doing so well.
                So I guess I wont be saving you some seal blubber then ?
                Ah well that's what comes of being a criminal mastermind

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                • doversoul1
                  Ex Member
                  • Dec 2010
                  • 7132

                  #9
                  Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                  But isn't it ... err ... cold?
                  It is but the rest is hot, like roast beef and Yorkshire puddings, and sprouts (I know. Foreigners do funny things )

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                  • french frank
                    Administrator/Moderator
                    • Feb 2007
                    • 30452

                    #10
                    Originally posted by doversoul View Post
                    It is but the rest is hot, like roast beef and Yorkshire puddings, and sprouts (I know. Foreigners do funny things )
                    And in any case, not all food has to be hot in winter.

                    Though my Sunday best today will be sausage casserole rather than roast beef and Yorkshire
                    It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                    • Anna

                      #11
                      I like the tubs of growing salad (99p from supermarkets) as very often I won't finish a big bag of salad but I will try putting it in a container. Bagged salad is much more interesting than Iceberg, if I buy whole lettuce I generally have Little Gem (why can't I buy endive easily now?) In the Summer I grow my own mixed leaves in containers on the kitchen windowsill which is very easy to do. Never tried salad with a roast dinner, I usually have it with fish or pasta dishes in the Winter.

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                      • Ferretfancy
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 3487

                        #12
                        Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                        But isn't it ... err ... cold?
                        I went on a trip in a small ship to Antarctica, and they had salad available every day for three weeks, I never found out how they did it.

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                        • MrGongGong
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 18357

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Ferretfancy View Post
                          I went on a trip in a small ship to Antarctica, and they had salad available every day for three weeks, I never found out how they did it.
                          Hydroponics maaaan

                          and along the lines of "dry stuff in the fridge keeps longer"

                          "INCREASE the life of your carpets by rolling them up and keeping them in the garage."

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                          • vinteuil
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 12933

                            #14
                            ... tesco's Romaine Lettuce Hearts still seem to be acceptably crunchy even in December. Provenance, however, is Spain - which will be unacceptable to some of our more earnest boardees...

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                            • french frank
                              Administrator/Moderator
                              • Feb 2007
                              • 30452

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Anna View Post
                              I like the tubs of growing salad (99p from supermarkets) as very often I won't finish a big bag of salad but I will try putting it in a container.
                              I have kept repotted salad plants like this for months and you can just pick a few leaves at a time.
                              It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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