"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 23:30:56 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>That's what they had at Target today. In the past, I have bought the
>>shredded iceberg which I prefer but it always goes brown not long after I
>>open it and sometimes is brown even in the store, in which case I won't
>>buy
>>it. The bag said it was great for tacos and other things. Well... It
>>was
>>not great on my tostada. Iceberg just seems the lettuce of choice.
>>
>>Yes, I know I could have purchased the whole head but it would likely go
>>to
>>waste.
>
> A head of iceberg costs what, maybe $1.79 at most but typically 99¢...
> how difficult is it to shred a few leaves on a cutting board... can't
> take more than a minute to shred a big handful. And even if you don't
> use it all it's gotta cost less than those pre shredded bags... and
> pre prepped greens are as filthy dirty as pre ground meat. If yoose
> knew from where those pre prepped greens come to be you'd never eat
> any, especially not from restaurants that buy it by the truck load....
> it's the harvest salvage what's been run over by tires and stomped
> into the dirt, swished some in a big vat of filthy water, chopped and
> bagged... no wonder there are always recalls from it spreading
> foodborne disease.

Not difficult at all. But then what would I do with the rest of the head?
Most likely throw it out.