Lettuce?

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Ok, now will some one please tell me how to keep lettuce fresh? And also what is

the difference between whole foods and raw foods?

 

Val

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Val,

When I get a new head of lettuce I wrap it loosely in paper towels and

put it in a plastic shopping bag, not a produce bag. I've had it stay

fresh up to 2 weeks. You can dry and reuse the paper towels for the

next lettuce. If I have extra salad made up, I also put a paper towel

in with that in a produce bag and roll it up, trying to press all the

air out.

 

hth,

Peace,

Diane

 

, Valerie Cropsey

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[Guest guest]

> Ok, now will some one please tell me how to keep lettuce fresh? And

> also what is the difference between whole foods and raw foods?

 

 

I wash mine and spin dry very thoroughly. Lay out on a clean kitchen

towel and roll up like a jelly roll. I used to put it in a plastic

grocery bag, which worked well, but now I use an airtight plastic box.

Works better for me.

 

 

Whole foods are foods that are processed as little as possible; for

example, buying a potato and cooking it, rather than buying instant

mashed potatoes in a box.

 

Raw foods are a subset of whole foods, with the caveat that there is

no cooking involved. Some proponents allow heat treatment up to about

180* (such as in a dehydrator), but temps above that supposedly kill

the live enzymes in the food.