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Keeping lettuce fresh

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  • I have a gadget I bought from Bettaware years ago its like a large bowl that has a spike inside The globe comes apart and you insert the iceberg lettuce on the spike and recover the globe with the top bit. Its the best lettuce keeper I know and I can have a lettuce for at least a fortnight which, as I live alone is very good. I also know that either tearing a bit of lettuce off or using a plastice knife stops it from going brown.But if your a bit broke then just wrap in tin foil I do this with celery and it keeps for ages
  • Any
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    JackieO wrote: »
    I have a gadget I bought from Bettaware years ago its like a large bowl that has a spike inside The globe comes apart and you insert the iceberg lettuce on the spike and recover the globe with the top bit. Its the best lettuce keeper I know and I can have a lettuce for at least a fortnight which, as I live alone is very good. I also know that either tearing a bit of lettuce off or using a plastice knife stops it from going brown.But if your a bit broke then just wrap in tin foil I do this with celery and it keeps for ages

    Fortnight? That is brilliant and I could do with one of those! Any chance for a picture so I know what I am looking for?
    Tin foil? I wrap it in wrapping foil, does tin foil work better?
  • rosie383
    rosie383 Posts: 4,981 Forumite
    What is wrapping foil?
    Father Ted: Now concentrate this time, Dougal. These
    (he points to some plastic cows on the table) are very small; those (pointing at some cows out of the window) are far away...
    :D:D:D
  • put it in bowl of water lasts ages if your cat doesn't eat it!!!!
  • rosie383
    rosie383 Posts: 4,981 Forumite
    edited 11 October 2011 at 1:37PM
    put it in bowl of water lasts ages if your cat doesn't eat it!!!!

    Am I missing something???
    Father Ted: Now concentrate this time, Dougal. These
    (he points to some plastic cows on the table) are very small; those (pointing at some cows out of the window) are far away...
    :D:D:D
  • Pink.
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    Hi gem,

    We have a couple of existing threads that should help:

    Keeping lettuce fresh

    limp lettuce??

    I'll add your thread to those later to keep the suggestions together.

    Pink
  • rosie383
    rosie383 Posts: 4,981 Forumite
    Any wrote: »


    I can't see the difference between it and tin foil!! Is there a difference?
    Father Ted: Now concentrate this time, Dougal. These
    (he points to some plastic cows on the table) are very small; those (pointing at some cows out of the window) are far away...
    :D:D:D
  • Any
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    edited 11 October 2011 at 1:57PM
    rosie383 wrote: »
    I can't see the difference between it and tin foil!! Is there a difference?

    I thought tin foil is the aluminium one? This one is "plasticky kind of" one?
    Edit: otherwise also called "cling film".
  • I buy that value tesco foil. It's silver. So same as tin foil.
    The value version of cling film is called tesco value food wrap.
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