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   Message 39,722 of 40,484   
   micky to allen@spam.com   
   Re: lettuce refrigerate why   
   12 Feb 22 10:32:02   
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 10 Feb 2022 14:44:09 -0800, allen   
    wrote:   
      
   >Most things with leaves aren't easily infected by bacteria.   
   >I guess for the reasons that they normally live outside as plants.   
   >   
   >Which brings me to my storey after I just came back from Costco.   
   >I have a lot of Romaine letuce 6 packs I just washed to rid it of the bugs.   
      
   Did you find any bugs?   I try not to eat bugs, but I don't know how   
   much effort I should put into that.   
      
   >I washed & rinsed pulled leaves in the sink and put in a bucket to dry.   
   >Bucket won't fit in the frigerator but wifey is all up and mad about it.   
   >Wifey wants me to back the lettuce & then fill the frigerator with it.   
   >I think it will do just fine at the 70 degrees we keep the house at.   
   >   
   >Why does letuce need to be in a frigerator anyway?   
   >   
   >It might not be as crisp after days in the kitchen.   
      
   That's why they call the bottom drawers teh "crisper". iirc.   At least   
   they used to. If they stopped, why did they stop calling it that. No   
   more advertising benefit?   
      
   >But do bacteria really attack lettuce in a week or two?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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