"W. Baker" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove > wrote:
> : >> >
> : >> > what I do find difficult is making salad for one and keeping
> the greens
> : >> > fresh for a few days as, if I want a variety of vegetables in
> the
> : >> > salad,
> : >> > lettuces, baby greens, tomatoes, radishes, etc, one serving
> uses so few
> : >> > of
> : >> > each that they tend to go rotten before I an finish them.
> : >> >
> : >> > Wendy
> : >>
> : >> Yes, I find that to be a problem too, since I'm usually the only
> one
> : >> eating
> : >> it.
> : >>
> : >
> : > I've gotten better at not overbuying, but I do try to store greens
> in a
> : > way that minimizes waste and spoilage. I have a Rubbermaid crisper
> bowl
> : > that I keep washed lettuce in. It has a little grill in the bottom
> so
> : > that the lettuce isn't sitting in any water that hasn't spun off
> after I
> : > wash the lettuce. Other items get wrapped in a damp paper towel
> and
> : > stored in a closed plastic bag. I put cut radishes in the lettuce
> : > crisper, along with cucumbers that I've cut into. Mushrooms tend
> to be a
> : > big problem in the summer, as I sometimes get tired of mushrooms
> before
> : > I finish a box; in the winter, spare mushrooms go into soup.
>
> : Cucumbers are the bad thing here. Costco sells tiny ones but you
> have to
> : buy a ton! If we could get one or two tiny ones it would be
> perfect. I
> : hate touching slimy cukes.
>
> simple solution is to buy the tiny (or any cukes) at another store
> that
> sells them either by fewer pieces or by the pound. Each cuke may clst
> more, but if you only eat two or three and thow out the slimy rest,
> you
> are not sving anyting.
>
> I find those tiny Persian cukes to be great to have on hand for a
> snack
> when I get the munchies. Has angela tried that?
>
> Wendy

Sounds like the Lebanese cucumbers we get here, very tasty and the whole
lot is palatable. I can't remember the last time I ate a regular
cucumber.
>