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Do cut lettuces keep on growing?
I am often amazed with the way a cut lettuce keeps in the fridge for
so long. As long as you cut off the manky outer leaves, then dunk the remaining lettuce in cold water for 45 minutes it comes back up tasting as fresh as when it was bought. Is this because the root 'stub' still provides enough nutrients for the leaves? I've just prepared one that was bought a week ago and it was fine. It was probably a few days old already by the time it ended up in Somerfields. I noticed a similar effect with a fresh cauliflower recently. I ate half the florets by cutting them off and cooking them, then I put the remainder still on the root stub back in the fridge. It was still edible six days later. MM |
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In article , MM
writes I am often amazed with the way a cut lettuce keeps in the fridge for so long. As long as you cut off the manky outer leaves, then dunk the remaining lettuce in cold water for 45 minutes it comes back up tasting as fresh as when it was bought. Is this because the root 'stub' still provides enough nutrients for the leaves? No, not nutrients. Just water. It's the water content which keeps it fresh and crisp, and lack of water which makes it go limp and floppy. Just like cut flowers. I've just prepared one that was bought a week ago and it was fine. It was probably a few days old already by the time it ended up in Somerfields. I noticed a similar effect with a fresh cauliflower recently. I ate half the florets by cutting them off and cooking them, then I put the remainder still on the root stub back in the fridge. It was still edible six days later. You can revive shrivelled carrots by putting them in water. That is, if they've shrivelled. Supermarket ones nowadays seem to go black and slimy instead. -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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"Kay" wrote in message ... In article , MM writes I am often amazed with the way a cut lettuce keeps in the fridge for so long. As long as you cut off the manky outer leaves, then dunk the remaining lettuce in cold water for 45 minutes it comes back up tasting as fresh as when it was bought. Is this because the root 'stub' still provides enough nutrients for the leaves? No, not nutrients. Just water. It's the water content which keeps it fresh and crisp, and lack of water which makes it go limp and floppy. Just like cut flowers. I've just prepared one that was bought a week ago and it was fine. It was probably a few days old already by the time it ended up in Somerfields. I noticed a similar effect with a fresh cauliflower recently. I ate half the florets by cutting them off and cooking them, then I put the remainder still on the root stub back in the fridge. It was still edible six days later. You can revive shrivelled carrots by putting them in water. That is, if they've shrivelled. Supermarket ones nowadays seem to go black and slimy instead. I saw some french beans curling up and turning black at the ends yesterday on a shelf in tesco. I checked the label, and they had been grown in Zimbabwe. By this morning they were probably in the bin. So no waste there then. Steve |
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