Kitchen

[Shem]

Wrap in foil. Works great!!

[ciao_bella]

I agree with wrapping completely in foil.  If you wrap celery completely in foil and a rubberband to keep it closed, celery will stay crisp and useable for weeks.  

[Scooby Doo]

I wrap it in a paper towel to absorb the moisture then wrap it in a gallon size plastic bag.  It stays fresh for several weeks.  But if you buy packaged salad it doesn't work.  You have to eat that right away.

[Mindy D]

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@shoptilyadropagain wrote:

I keep mine in those Debbie Meyer Green Bags and put them in the crisper drawer of the fridge.  I think there are Debbie Meyer Green Boxes now too but I still have quite a supply of the bags so I've never looked into them.

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@shoptilyadropagain @I bought those bags years ago and must have been using them wrong. I read the directions before use but I never had luck with them. I'm glad they work well for you. 

[Melzie]

I also use the long L&L container with the removable grate at the bottom.  Through trial and error over time, what works for me is to separate all the leaves.  I then put a paper towel at the bottom of the container, then lettuce leaves, paper towel, lettuce leaves, etc.  ending with a paper towel. 

Then I read a post from someone here on the forums that she puts a cloth on top to absorb moisture so I started doing that with microfiber towels and that has been working out really well.  Every time I take out lettuce I replace the towel if it feels damp and the paper towels as well if they are too damp.  My lettuce lasts two weeks or more.  I no longer have mushy lettuce that I have to throw out before I can't use it up before it goes bad.

And as for using a lot of paper towels, they are essentially still clean so I use those to clean up little messes around the kitchen. I haven't tried using just microfiber towels instead of paper towels yet but I'll try that at some point.

[Icegoddess]

About the moisture, I have one of those containers for storing produce that has a little vent on it.  It tells you, depending on the produce, whether to leave the vent open or closed and whether to add a little water which goes down into the bottom lid, so not on the produce itself.  For lettuce, I believe it's add water and vent.

However, I'm trying out a new method.  Oxygen is the enemy, and vegetables give off oxygen.  So, I'm trying out a large ziploc bag which I close off but leave open just enough to fit a SodaStream nozzle in.  Add CO2 to the bag and finish closing the bag.  

[simplyfriends]

@goldensrbest    For both romaine and iceberg I wash it when I get home from the store. Dry it on paper towels and then put it in a ziplock bag with a damp paper towel. 

[ECBG]

I rinse the head of lettuce in cool water and "smash" it on the counter to remove the core.

The head is rinsed and I fill the core with water.

Covered in paper towels, it drains for an hour or so.

I store the lettuce in a gallon zip lock with a paper towel spread flat as I can manage.

This method works very well for us and the lettuce stays crisp.

[Shihtzursqmom]

I use the press and seal also