primitives discuss limp vegetables; indulge in baby-talk

[franksolich]

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Oh my.

Curmudgeoness  (1000+ posts)      Mon Mar-21-11 08:43 PM
Original message
 
Do your v*****s get limp?
 
I love all kinds of lettuce, and end up buying too much at one time so I can have a salad with several varieties in it. This leads to too much lettuce going bad. Someone told me this tip and I didn't believe it would work, but I tried it anyways and am impressed. To keep lettuce and celery longer, wrap it in a paper towel and put it in a plastic bag. Mine stays at least twice as long as it used to now that I have started to do this. I am testing it on carrots to see if they will keep that fresh snap to them longer.

I even had some celery that was starting to get limp, and I decided to try this. I did not have it wrapped in a paper towel (what was I thinking). So I dampened one and put the celery in a plastic bag. The next time I used it, it was not limp. I am not much for using paper towels, but I will never go without them for this reason.

knowbody0  (1000+ posts)      Mon Mar-21-11 08:48 PM
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1. you can also perk up v*****s with icy cold water. celery especially.

northoftheborder  (1000+ posts)       Tue Mar-22-11 06:45 PM
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2. I've been putting celery in a glass or jar w/water in bottom and.....

.....it keeps a lot better. Cut root bottom off, and cover tops with plastic bag. You may have to cut off top leaves to fit in f**g. You can use them in cooking.

GoCubsGo  (1000+ posts)      Wed Mar-23-11 05:41 PM
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6. That's a good way to keep fresh herbs, too.

I snip the bottoms off, and put them in a glass of water and store in the refrigerator. Works especially good with parsley, cilantro and basil.

Denninmi  (693 posts)      Tue Mar-22-11 07:36 PM
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3. Greenbags work great.

They help keep the plant hormone ethylene from building up, and really increase the longevity of produce. I've been buying the dollar store version and they work just as well as the more expensive brands. Some Kroger stores here have started to use these types of bags for their produce bags -- I double bag produce I buy there, and then have extras -- freebies.

You can wash and reuse these bags multiple times. I've been able to keep certain kinds of winter pears and apples up to a year in my f****e in very good shape in these bags.

Curmudgeoness  (1000+ posts)      Tue Mar-22-11 08:13 PM
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4. I do not know of these. Is that a brand name?

What do I look for?

I have not seen anything like this in my grocery stores at the produce section, but I love your thinking. Double bag everything you buy---brilliant.

Cheapskate primitives, always trying to get something for nothing--in this case a second bag--increasing the costs for the rest of us.

Denninmi  (693 posts)      Tue Mar-22-11 09:34 PM
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5. The original kind was called Debbie Meyer Greenbags.

They started hawking them on late night infomercials for big bucks. Then they came to stores at a much lower cost. Now Glad, Ziplock, and Hefty all have versions for sale. They should be in your grocery store in the aisle where they sell plastic bags, foil, etc. Dollar Tree stores around here have a version that has 5 to 10 bags for $1, depending upon size, and believe it or not, made in USA.

trud  (415 posts)      Fri Mar-25-11 05:24 AM
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7. what works for me

When I bring produce home, I trim it, rinse it, and store it in hard plastic transparent containers I've saved from the deli from before the deli went green. I put a couple of sheets of paper towels in the bottom to absorb any excess moisture, so there is a little dampness in there. Stuff lasts 2-3 times as long as when I leave it in the original plastic bags. The only problem is I'm forever throwing stuff in the f**g until I get to this, and then I don't get around to doing it.

[Big Dog]

Do your v*****s get limp?
 

I know the baby-talk word that you asterisked, Coach, but I reconstructed the sentence as "Do your vaginas get limp?" and I was scared to read any further!

[franksolich]

I know the baby-talk word that you asterisked, Coach, but I reconstructed the sentence as "Do your vaginas get limp?" and I was scared to read any further!

Good one, sir.

But really, you have to admit that primitives in their 50s and 60s using baby-talk makes them look ridiculous.

[Ballygrl]

Do your v*****s get limp?

OMG! I thought he meant "vaginas"

BTW I tried the paper towel thing and it didn't work.

Went to the link and LOL frank are you censoring some words

[Evil_Conservative]

OMG! I thought he meant "vaginas"

BTW I tried the paper towel thing and it didn't work.

Went to the link and LOL frank are you censoring some words

I made that mistake awhile back. 

I laughed at this:

you can also perk up v*****s with icy cold water. celery especially.

There is so much I could say.... but will refrain.

[franksolich]

Went to the link and LOL frank are you censoring some words

They're not words, madam.

They're just baby-talk, ridiculous bibble-babble.

[Big Dog]

Good one, sir.

But really, you have to admit that primitives in their 50s and 60s using baby-talk makes them look ridiculous.

I agree completely, especially coming from that herd of self-styled intellectual elites.

My advice for the primitives: "It's better to be silent and thought a fool, than open your mouth and remove all doubt."

[GOBUCKS]

They're not words, madam.

They're just baby-talk, ridiculous bibble-babble.

The worst I've seen from them so far is one of the bitter old harridans in the cooking group referring to some potatoes she whipped with butter and milk  as "m***ies".

[chitownchica]

The worst I've seen from them so far is one of the bitter old harridans in the cooking group referring to some potatoes she whipped with butter and milk  as "m***ies".

Agreed. I think mashies may just be the worst one I've seen over there.

[miskie]

Sometimes, I swear the Dump is just a half-click away from being written in LOLcat. kthxbai.

[Ree]

I say veg..and type it coz it's easier

[LC EFA]

I say veg..and type it coz it's easier

I'll admit that I do the same.

"Veg" is a contraction of the word vegetables rather than an infantile derivation of  it  - so I really have no issue with the use of it.

Much like "Filthy Commie turdstain" is a contraction of "Loyal contributing member of Democratic Underground.com"   

[BlueStateSaint]

I'll admit that I do the same.

"Veg" is a contraction of the word vegetables rather than an infantile derivation of  it  - so I really have no issue with the use of it.

Much like "Filthy Commie turdstain" is a contraction of "Loyal contributing member of Democratic Underground.com"  

FIFY, and H5!

[franksolich]

The worst I've seen from them so far is one of the bitter old harridans in the cooking group referring to some potatoes she whipped with butter and milk  as "m***ies".

The baby-names the primitives call things says a great deal about their personal subconscious priorities.

Calling things by "cute cuddly" names, the primitives are trying to "humanize" an inanimate object.

The one that drove me nuts was several years ago, when a primitive said she couldn't sleep, and so she put on her robe and went downstairs with her "lappy."  I was compelled to ask several hundred people--really--what the Hell a "lappy" was before the consensus was reached that it was probably a laptop computer.

It's very primitival, as the late Margaret Mead observed, this giving of cute cuddly names to inanimate objects.

And the primitives wonder why we call them "primitives."

[Skul]

Lappy=small, lick prone dog.
Could be the boy friend, too. I don't know.

[franksolich]

Lappy=small, lick prone dog.
Could be the boy friend, too. I don't know.

Nah, in the context it was used, everybody decided it was a laptop computer.

One doesn't hang around Skins's island using a pet dog.

[Skul]

Nah, in the context it was used, everybody decided it was a laptop computer.

One doesn't hang around Skins's island using a pet dog.

Depends on what they're using the dog for.
Besides, I like my idea better.
It leaves room for some odd mental images when they speak of what they're doing with their licky "lappy".