Steve Wertz wrote:
>
> If making a regular old green salad with iceberg lettuce, do you
> wash/rinse your lettuce? Why or why not?
>
> I could never get the "restaurant salad bar" taste at home and I
> asked myself, what do restaurants do that I don't? They usually
> wash/soak they're lettuce, for starters.
>
> I only just started recently washing lettuce and I think it
> actually tastes better that way. Or is that just a psychological
> thing?
>
> -sw

I don't wash it. Just remove the outer leaves. It's
a pain to get rid of the water if you wash it. So I quit
doing it and I haven't died yet. But then maybe I don't
eat enough lettuce for it to kill me. I don't see any
really good reason to wash it. It doesn't have dirt or
sand in between the leaves like leeks or romaine do.

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?