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[LavernLuvsShoes]

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@faeriemoon wrote:

One more question:  I'm assuming you wrap it unwashed so it lasts longer?

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Take it out of the plastic wrapper, pat it dry with paper towels and wrap it tightly in foil...

and YES, don't rinse it off, until you're ready to use it.

[Judaline]

I use it so little but when I need it for a recipe or something, Whole Foods has it clean and diced in the cooler.  It's less costly than buying celery and soooo handy. I never let aluminum foil near my food. 

[JeanLouiseFinch]

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@faeriemoon wrote:

Thank you!  Last week I pulled a zip lock bag of liquid celery out of  the fridge.  It was only about a week old!!  Going to do the foil thing from now on.  Did you wrap it in paper towel first?

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@faeriemoon I have gotten more conscientious about not allowing foil to touch food.  "They" say it's not that much of a risk, but "they" have been wrong about other things so I decide for myself.  It's probably more risky to have foil touch food that's being heated but I still take precautions.  Nowadays I put parchment paper between the food and the foil. JMO

[shoekitty]

do you think it's the foil, or just an unusual piece of celery?  Once in a while, not often, I have had carrots, apple or celery, last for months in back of this big, long produce drawer I have. I buy only organic,   I was shocked one time, the carrots were crispy, not wilted at all.had to be there 6 weeks! Also, I have had fresh organic basil, totally dehydrate perfectly , and yet most of the time it is rotten in 3 days. Luck of the draw I guess. 

[Lucky Charm]

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@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:

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@faeriemoon wrote:

Thank you!  Last week I pulled a zip lock bag of liquid celery out of  the fridge.  It was only about a week old!!  Going to do the foil thing from now on.  Did you wrap it in paper towel first?

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@faeriemoon I have gotten more conscientious about not allowing foil to touch food.  "They" say it's not that much of a risk, but "they" have been wrong about other things so I decide for myself.  It's probably more risky to have foil touch food that's being heated but I still take precautions.  Nowadays I put parchment paper between the food and the foil. JMO

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I'm like you with the foil @JeanLouiseFinch .  I remember people used to bake potatoes wrapped in foil.  Why?  Or worse, ears of corn. 

I've seen foil come off of baked ham and cooked, cubed potatoes readied for potato salad and the foil would have a brownish/black cast on the inside touching the food. 

I remember thinking that couldn't be good back when I was a kid!

I use unbleached parchment paper, too.  The brand is called If You Care.  I have boxes and boxes of that and their coffee filters.  Don't want to run out.

As far as celery, I buy the organic celery hearts and  I  pull the outer stalks off going all the way around.  I know it's wasteful, but it just doesn't seem as nice as the inner ones.  You can put the remainder of the celery in a tall glass of water and it doesn't go limp, it stays fresh uncovered in the fridge for quite a while.  I love love love the very inner celery hearts and the leaves on them, too. 

[Judaline]

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@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:

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@faeriemoon wrote:

Thank you!  Last week I pulled a zip lock bag of liquid celery out of  the fridge.  It was only about a week old!!  Going to do the foil thing from now on.  Did you wrap it in paper towel first?

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@faeriemoon I have gotten more conscientious about not allowing foil to touch food.  "They" say it's not that much of a risk, but "they" have been wrong about other things so I decide for myself.  It's probably more risky to have foil touch food that's being heated but I still take precautions.  Nowadays I put parchment paper between the food and the foil. JMO

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Remember when Martha had a parchment paper lined foil? I never could find it in a store and was not computer savvy back then, so I never tried it. It was also pretty costly but a darn good idea.

[faeriemoon]

Speaking of parchment paper, I buy the unbleached sheets on Amazon.  Just putting it out there for those still wrestling with parchment paper on a roll.

[coffee drinker]

@PA Mom-mom Yes, remove the plastic sleeve and wrap in foil.  Also, wash the celery when you're ready to use it. 

[coffee drinker]

@faeriemoon Yes, wrap unwashed.

[coffee drinker]

@Texas Gray Wolf  I read a long time ago cutting lettuce with a metal knife causes it to get those brown spots on the head of lettuce that's left. Plastic type of knives were suggested to use instead.