PING: Joan - Keeping Celery Fresh?

[gm]

Hey Joan, IIRC a whiles back you provided a handy tip for keeping celery
fresh in the fridge...

Could you please repost, many thanks...!!!

😎

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GM

[ItsJoanNotJoAnn]

Post by gm
Hey Joan, IIRC a whiles back you provided a handy tip for keeping celery
fresh in the fridge...
Could you please repost, many thanks...!!!
😎
--
GM

I've used the aluminum foil method with great success.
But I saw a tip about a year ago online with a short
video. The guy said to leave the celery in that green
tinted bag that grocers have in their fresh fruits and
vegetable aisle, not the one that celery comes in if
that's how your store offers this veggie. These are
definitely on a roll and light green. Shove your
celery into that and store it and when you want celery
for a recipe just cut off, straight across, how much
you can guestimate you'll need.

Twist up the open end of the bag and back into the
frig it goes. Wash what you've cut off and dice or
slice it for your needs. Storing it in that green
bag and cutting across the top has kept my celery
fresh for many, many weeks.

Try either storage method, but I believe the secret
is cutting across the top of the bunch and just
working your way down the stalks until you reach
the root end.

[S Viemeister]

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
I've used the aluminum foil method with great success.
But I saw a tip about a year ago online with a short
video.  The guy said to leave the celery in that green
tinted bag that grocers have in their fresh fruits and
vegetable aisle, not the one that celery comes in if
that's how your store offers this veggie.  These are
definitely on a roll and light green.  Shove your
celery into that and store it and when you want celery
for a recipe just cut off, straight across, how much
you can guestimate you'll need.
Twist up the open end of the bag and back into the
frig it goes.  Wash what you've cut off and dice or
slice it for your needs.  Storing it in that green
bag and cutting across the top has kept my celery
fresh for many, many weeks.
Try either storage method, but I believe the secret
is cutting across the top of the bunch and just
working your way down the stalks until you reach
the root end.

Yes, that method works remarkably well.

[gm]

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn

Post by gm
Hey Joan, IIRC a whiles back you provided a handy tip for keeping celery
fresh in the fridge...
Could you please repost, many thanks...!!!
😎
--
GM

I've used the aluminum foil method with great success.
But I saw a tip about a year ago online with a short
video. The guy said to leave the celery in that green
tinted bag that grocers have in their fresh fruits and
vegetable aisle, not the one that celery comes in if
that's how your store offers this veggie. These are
definitely on a roll and light green. Shove your
celery into that and store it and when you want celery
for a recipe just cut off, straight across, how much
you can guestimate you'll need.
Twist up the open end of the bag and back into the
frig it goes. Wash what you've cut off and dice or
slice it for your needs. Storing it in that green
bag and cutting across the top has kept my celery
fresh for many, many weeks.
Try either storage method, but I believe the secret
is cutting across the top of the bunch and just
working your way down the stalks until you reach
the root end.

Most excellent, many thanks...!!!

🙏

:-)

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GM

[ItsJoanNotJoAnn]

*SNIP*

Post by gm
Most excellent, many thanks...!!!
🙏
:-)
GM

You're welcome!

[gm]

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
*SNIP*

Post by gm
Most excellent, many thanks...!!!
🙏
:-)
GM

You're welcome!

No worries, and have a GREAT Sunday...

Cool and rainy here, am making some bean and Polski snausage stew...

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GM

[Michael Trew]

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
I've used the aluminum foil method with great success.
But I saw a tip about a year ago online with a short
video.  The guy said to leave the celery in that green
tinted bag that grocers have in their fresh fruits and
vegetable aisle, not the one that celery comes in if
that's how your store offers this veggie.  These are
definitely on a roll and light green.  Shove your
celery into that and store it and when you want celery
for a recipe just cut off, straight across, how much
you can guestimate you'll need.
Twist up the open end of the bag and back into the
frig it goes.  Wash what you've cut off and dice or
slice it for your needs.  Storing it in that green
bag and cutting across the top has kept my celery
fresh for many, many weeks.
Try either storage method, but I believe the secret
is cutting across the top of the bunch and just
working your way down the stalks until you reach
the root end.

Thanks! Do you remember the "Debbie Meyers Green Bags" that they used
to advertise on cable TV? I remember watching those as a child visiting
my grandparents. The green bags were supposed to keep the veggies from
off-gassing, or allowing the gas to escape instead of rotting the
veggies faster (like normal clear bags). I bet the green plastic bags
use the same concept.

[Coogan's Bluff]

Do you remember the "Debbie Meyers Green Bags" that they used to
advertise on cable TV?  I remember watching those as a child visiting my
grandparents.  The green bags were supposed to keep the veggies from
off-gassing, or allowing the gas to escape instead of rotting the
veggies faster (like normal clear bags).

https://foodindustrypackaging.com/fresh-food/vegetable-fruit-perforated-bag/

https://www.amazon.com/Debbie-Meyer-GreenBags-Reusable-Vegetables/dp/B00I4V1U06?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1

https://www.carterspackaging.com/Shop/Category/Non-Wicketed-Perforated-Produce-Bags?ack-cookie=0

https://www.biogone.com.au/product/fruit-and-vegetable-bag-perforated-biodegradable/

[ItsJoanNotJoAnn]

Post by Coogan's Bluff

Do you remember the "Debbie Meyers Green Bags" that they used to
advertise on cable TV?  I remember watching those as a child visiting my
grandparents.  The green bags were supposed to keep the veggies from
off-gassing, or allowing the gas to escape instead of rotting the
veggies faster (like normal clear bags).

https://www.amazon.com/Debbie-Meyer-GreenBags-Reusable-Vegetables/dp/B00I4V1U06?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1

Yes, these look like the ones my grocery store has on a
roll for fresh vegetables. I do see these have 4+ stars
on Amazon.

[Coogan's Bluff]

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn

Post by Coogan's Bluff

Do you remember the "Debbie Meyers Green Bags" that they used to
advertise on cable TV?  I remember watching those as a child visiting my
grandparents.  The green bags were supposed to keep the veggies from
off-gassing, or allowing the gas to escape instead of rotting the
veggies faster (like normal clear bags).

https://www.amazon.com/Debbie-Meyer-GreenBags-Reusable-Vegetables/dp/B00I4V1U06?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1

Yes, these look like the ones my grocery store has on a
roll for fresh vegetables.  I do see these have 4+ stars
on Amazon.

They work, every time.

There are cheaper too, but many years of using perforated bags has been
a veggie-saving delight.

And they need not be green because your frig is dark most of the time
anyway.

+1

[ItsJoanNotJoAnn]

Post by Michael Trew
Thanks! Do you remember the "Debbie Meyers Green Bags" that they used
to advertise on cable TV? I remember watching those as a child visiting
my grandparents. The green bags were supposed to keep the veggies from
off-gassing, or allowing the gas to escape instead of rotting the
veggies faster (like normal clear bags). I bet the green plastic bags
use the same concept.

Yes, I do remember the bags as well as the name. I haven't
thought about those commercials in y.e.a.r.s. But you could
be right about the grocery green bags having the same concept.

[Citizen Winston Smith]

Post by gm
Hey Joan, IIRC a whiles back you provided a handy tip for keeping celery
fresh in the fridge...
Could you please repost, many thanks...!!!
😎
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GM

Wash, wrap in paper towel, place in perforated ziplock bag so it can
breathe.

You're welcome.