I don't buy the bagged salads as the smell when the packet is opened is just . I am lucky that the local 'market gardener' throws a couple if freshly picked lettuce my way on his way past our place on a very regular basis.
Mine loves salad as long as there is no dressing on it.
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You can buy a kind of green mat ( Migros where you find the fridge plastic bags ) that you put on the "floor" of your Fridge Veggie Tray ! It allows the air to circulate better in the veggie tray and therefore whatever you put in there stays fresher. Remember Cucumbers and Tomatoes dont go together die to the gas one emits that has influence of the longevity of the other
I read somewhere, you're not supposed to store tomatoes in a fridge.
I hate tomatoes directly from the fridge. They lose all their taste. Same with apples and pears.
True it is better to keep them out of the Fridge, but it was just a suggestion for those who do Many dont know not to keep Cucumbers and Tomatoes together.
Bagged, washed cut salad is a great money-spinner for supermarkets too.
They probably have about 1/10 of a whole lettuce in the bag for two or three times the price.
I never buy the stuff - it tastes and smells disgusting.
A suggestion to make lettuce last longer - wrap it in a piece of kitchen paper towel.
The farmers wife who advises me on all things Swiss says never wash vegetables before storing, it makes them rot.
Perhaps that`s why the "washed pre-packs" rot so fast? You gotta eat them, not store them.
Tomatoes are of the Nightshade family - they hate being cold!
Tomatoes should be stored openly in kitchen.
At the end of the growing season each year I`m always left with masses of immature green tomatoes. I leave them on a shelf in kitchen and they slowly ripen, quite nicely too.
Remember, commercial tomatoes are picked when their colour turns "ripe" but inside they`re not yet truly ripe, or juicy, so the extra days just standing around at room temperature brings them to full maturity - and taste.
Lining your fridge drawers with a couple of layers of kitchen towel helps keep veg fresh. It helps air circulate and wicks away excess moisture.
Life wouldn't be any fun without breaking some rules:msncrazy
Tomatoes and cucumbers drawer-share in my fridge - never had a problem but that is likely due to the short time they are there before being consumed.
My children like "salad" but are most keen on a platter where they can pick and choose, ie slices of cucumber, wedges of paprika, cherry tomatoes...but they like leafy things on sandwiches. I have never forced any food on them and it seems to be paying off
Looking forward to fresh corn-on-the-cob season
Sadly iceberg is also tasteless
Buy them in Lidl. Half the price.
I didn't know...
So far they never complain to be put together...
I may rethink this.
Mine is open to some, also sans the dressing..I think dressings grows on them laters. I think I was the same, actually, used to only like sweetened lemon juice on different salads as a kid.
Have you asked them?... before imposing your own and EF`s views on them.