limp lettuce??

lostinrates

mouseymousey99 wrote: »

Make soup with it, with onion and peas; very French.

yum.#
Or, serve as a cooked side veg, with onions/spring onions, peas and a little white wine...leaves ripped off and heated (not grey with iceberg I shouldn't imagine, but great with romaine/gem types)

Fruball

Minxy_Bella wrote: »

Fry it up like Chinese 'seaweed' and serve with ginger?

I don't think this would work because of the very high water content of lettuce. It would turn to slime!

Boodle

Stir fry!

This is what I do with any left over salad veg that is past it's best. Slice it all up. I love cucumber in it to - I find iceberg is my favourite lettuce for this cos even when a bit past best it still has a bit crunch, but if you have plenty other crunchy veg in the stir fry e.g. carrot, cabbage, onion, peppers, then it doesn't matter too much. Chuck the lettuce in at the last minute so it doesn't go ick.

Or I agree soup is the other way to go. I would blend it tho

adelight

Stir fry, it really will work! Or hide it's limpness in some burgers!

zippychick

there is an older thread - it is much older but still applies Limp lettuce

Keeping lettuce fresh may also help for future

Ill merge this later
Zip

Zend

Thanks for the ideas everyone. Think I might try the stir fry.

Primrose

The secret is to chop off a tiny sliver of the brown stump at the base. Once it's browned over it will make it difficult for the lettuce leaves to absorb fresh liquid. Then soak in a bowl of cold water for an hour. I find this works well and regularly revive my winter lettuces in this way when I have to buy them. In summer I pick them fresh from the garden, often just pulling off sufficient leaves needed at a time rather than pulling up the whole plant.