In article >,
pltrgyst > wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:14:54 -0500, Isabella Woodhouse
> > wrote:
>
> >You misunderstand. My lettuce is crisp before the spinner. It is
> >the spinner, perhaps the type I have, that bruised the lettuce....
>
> Interesting. My wife has the green thumb in our family. She grows
> wonderful arugula and sorrel, among, other things. I asked her if
> she's ever had greens bruised by the spinner (small Oxo, or large
> crank-type) and she said no.
>
> So I'm curious -- what type of spinner have you been using that has
> bruised your greens?

Be aware that I'm not the OP. I merely responded to the OP that a
spinner is not always necessary or efficient--- and I stand by the
alternative I offered. If yours works for you, that's great and you
have no need to bother yourself about mine that functioned poorly.
--
"I will show you fear in a handful of dust"
-T.S. Eliot