Saving wilted celery

[eleny]

A while back I found wilted celery in the fridge. Even though it was in a green bag it wilted over enough time.

So I used one of my mom's old tricks. I cut off the root end of the bunch and plunged it in a tall glass of cold water. After several hours the stalks were all standing tall and they regained their crunchiness.

If the celery was for a soup I would have cut up the wilted and added it to the soup. But for my snack of a celery stalk filled with peanut butter or for tuna fish salad the crunch is the thing.

Another mom trick was to cut a bunch of parsley on the bottom, put it in a short glass of water and cover it with a plastic cover that's like a small shower cap. The glass stayed on a fridge door shelf. We'd just cut it back every once in a while like you do with flowers in a vase so they keep taking in water and stay fresh longer.

[dawg day]

1. I just heard that you should put celery in foil

I discounted it because the person called it "tin foil", but ???

I'll try the cold water trick.

[irisblue]

2. I've done similar with cilantro.

[mr_lebowski]

3. Great life hack, I use it for all kinds of stuff that loses crunch in the fridge ...

Doesn't work with all of them but there's a number of different veggies if you put them in a bowl of water for a few hours it will bring back their crunch.

I keep baby carrots, cut celery, and radishes in a bowl of H2O in the fridge to snack on, they keep pretty good for a couple of weeks actually.

[eleny]

8. Thanks for that tip

I like radishes but they can go bad in a really odd way drying out. I often forget to snip off the greens but we won't go into that. You know what I mean. Ewww.

[mr_lebowski]

11. Yeah radish greens decay quickly and in a very slimy fashion ...

fortunately it's nothing a bit of rinsing doesn't 100% cure if you fail to remove them in time

On the rare occasions I get lazy and buy bagged lettuce mixes, I always soak them for about 3-4 hours in some pure water ... restores a lot of freshness and crunch.

You're welcome

[eleny]

14. The bagged lettuce is even more new info

[brokephibroke]

4. Diffusion!

Or is it osmosis. Used to know. LOL.

[eleny]

7. I just call it drinking, lol!

[mr_lebowski]

12. It's kinda both, as the two processes largely overlap :) nt

I think it could be argued that osmosis is a wholly-contained subset of diffusion, but ...

[brokephibroke]

13. Looks more like osmosis.

Basic biology that I forgot.

[mr_lebowski]

15. I think it could be argued osmosis is a subset of diffusion ...

but what do I know?

Anyway since they overlap, both answers are valid at least in some sense. And yeah, Osmosis is closer

[brokephibroke]

16. I think we learned about some energy function

Related to both. But what do I know. LOL.

[Retrograde]

5. Acidulated water perks up wilted lettuce

add a splash of white vinegar or lemon juice to a bowl of cold water, soak your limp lettuce leaves for half an hour or so, then dry. Works nearly every time.

[eleny]

9. That's a new one to me

My husband always laments wilted lettuce. You've saved us a lot of grief.

[mr_lebowski]

17. Works w/o the acid too, albeit not in a 1/2 hour :) (nt)

[SWBTATTReg]

6. Thank you all!! I knew about the wilted celery trick, but didn't know about the other tricks to

salvage those other veggies!! I and my veggies thank you!

[eleny]

10. I've learned new stuff, too!