"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> "Ophelia" > wrote:
>>"Sqwertz" <compost> wrote:
>>> OP asks:
>>>> This is perhaps OT but the lettuce heads with roots still attached sold
>>>> in a plastic box can keep for a week or more in the fridge if you add a
>>>> little water to the well containing the roots. The price is usually no
>>>> great bargain but the boxes are convenient.
>>>
>>> And when buying any other lettuce severed from it's roots, always look
>>> at the cut surface of the stalk on the bottom. The less pink or brown
>>> oxidation you see on that flat surface, the fresher it is and less
>>> likely to be bitter.
>>
>>Yes, that is a good indication
>
> Really no way to tell if harvested two days ago or two weeks ago. With
> all such vegetables slice a thin bit off the root end with a sharp
> knife while holding it under running water, same as cut flowers are
> kept fresh longer... make a new cut every two days... will keep celery
> fresh a long time.

I keep broccoli fresh like that for a few days, but I stand it in water like
flowers. Lettuce, I haven't done anything like that, I usually keep it
wrapped in the fridge veg bin. It will last a week like that.

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