Do you throw the first layer of lettuce away
 

The first few leaves are the best part. I hate to give them up, but I
worry about the chemicals.

Do you throw the first layer of lettuce away
 

Terry wrote:
> The first few leaves are the best part. I hate to give them up, but I
> worry about the chemicals.

Chemicals or pee.

Karen

Do you throw the first layer of lettuce away
 

I usually do - it's usually a little rough-looking anyway.

Kris

Terry wrote:
> The first few leaves are the best part. I hate to give them up, but I
> worry about the chemicals.

Do you throw the first layer of lettuce away
 

"Kris" > wrote in message
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>I usually do - it's usually a little rough-looking anyway.
>
> Kris
>
> Terry wrote:
>> The first few leaves are the best part. I hate to give them up, but I
>> worry about the chemicals.
>
Wipe your ass with them. Then you have a reason to wash them. Once they
are washed don't worry about residual shit.

Do you throw the first layer of lettuce away
 

Terry said...

> The first few leaves are the best part. I hate to give them up, but I
> worry about the chemicals.


I toss 'em too.

Andy

Do you throw the first layer of lettuce away
 

Terry > wrote in
:

> The first few leaves are the best part. I hate to give them
> up, but I worry about the chemicals.

Toss.

Do you throw the first layer of lettuce away
 

"Karen" > wrote in message
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>
> Terry wrote:
>> The first few leaves are the best part. I hate to give them up, but I
>> worry about the chemicals.
>
> Chemicals or pee.
>
> Karen

Yeah, that and they're usually scruffy-looking. Pitch 'em.

Felice

Do you throw the first layer of lettuce away
 

One time on Usenet, Terry > said:

> The first few leaves are the best part. I hate to give them up, but I
> worry about the chemicals.

You must get better lettuce than I do -- the first couple of leaves
are usually pretty butchered so I throw 'em...

--
"Little Malice" is Jani in WA
~ mom, Trollop, novice cook ~

Do you throw the first layer of lettuce away
 

Terry wrote:
>
> The first few leaves are the best part. I hate to give them up,
> but I worry about the chemicals.

I do that with Brussels sprouts. Only the tight
inner leaves can be assured to be free of
E. coli O157:H7. And I boil or steam them,
never eat them raw, even without the current
problem with organic (manure) fertilizer.

Do you throw the first layer of lettuce away
 

On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:30:14 -0400, Terry >
wrote:

>The first few leaves are the best part. I hate to give them up, but I
>worry about the chemicals.

What kind of lettuce.... the "head" variey?

Do you throw the first layer of lettuce away
 

On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:30:14 -0400, Terry >
wrote:

>The first few leaves are the best part. I hate to give them up, but I
>worry about the chemicals.

Yes because they're inevitably old and soggy and limp... and I don't
like the dark green leaves anyway. My favourite part is the heart -
tiny little tender pale green pieces of yumminess.

Do you throw the first layer of lettuce away
 

Terry wrote:
> The first few leaves are the best part. I hate to give them up, but I
> worry about the chemicals.
>

I don't care about the first few leaves. They're usually too
dark and usually somewhat damaged anyway. Whether we're talking
iceberg or romaine I always throw away the outermost leaves.
Kate

Do you throw the first layer of lettuce away
 

Mark Thorson wrote:

> I do that with Brussels sprouts. Only the tight
> inner leaves can be assured to be free of
> E. coli O157:H7. And I boil or steam them,
> never eat them raw, even without the current
> problem with organic (manure) fertilizer.

E coli can go into plants through the vasculature of lettuce - why not
other plants?

http://www.organicconsumers.org/Irra...tedlettuce.cfm

Re the paper referenced in the URL above: I used to work in the lab
next door to those guys (the first author and his wife were even guests
at my wedding!). Anyway, they showed me photos of GFP-labeled E coli in
the lettuce "veins." Pretty damn convincing.

June