How to keep greens fresh

by Emily Matchar (Subscribe to Emily Matchar's posts)
Posted Apr 9th 2008 9:00AM
Filed under: Vegetables, On the Blogs, How To

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Clotilde over at Chocolate and Zucchini has a lovely spring-appropriate post about how to keep greens fresh. "Keeping one's greens fresh and happy seems to be the culinary equivalent of keeping one's skin young: it's a losing battle, but everyone hopes to find the magic technique," writes the ever-witty Parisienne.

Clotilde likes to rinse the greens several times, removes excess moisture with a salad spinner, lets them sit in the spinner to dry for 20 minutes, then stores them in a sealed plastic container lined with paper towels. Her blog commenters have chimed in with dozens of their own helpful tips. I'll try to remember this for next time, as I've just finished cleaning rotten spinach goop out of the crisper drawer again.

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4-09-2008 @ 11:48AM

wynk said...

Debbie Meyer Green Bags. I know, I know, as seen on tv.....but dude, they work. It's insane.

4-10-2008 @ 3:02AM

Tia said...

For herbs, I cut off the ends and put them in a mason jar with an inch or two of water in the bottom and tent a plastic bag over the top.

For salad greens, well... Um, learn to love cabbage? Seriously, that stuff holds up forever!

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