A salad spinner is one of the best inventions. I prefer to wash my own lettuce, and spin it dry. Once clean and dry, I wrap extra in papertowel then place in a Ziploc and store in fridge for another time, it stays fresh a fairly...

do you use a salad spinner?

used those, I have found that a quick sprinkle of cold water then let dry seems to add some life back. Get a good salad spinner to dry the lettuce quickly. The following are often on hand in small containers in my refrigerator:...

Rob, wet leaves are my NIGHTMARE. I once read, years ago, that Leona Helmsley would fire people over wet salad, and I thought, Hey, that’s one good thing about her. Do you have any secrets for completely drying leaves? I...

There has to be a trick to it. When I go out to a nice restaurant if I get a salad the greens are never bruised and never damp. But when I make our salads at home (wash by swishing in a bowl of water, dry in the salad spinner and...

I have the gear—OXO salad spinner, 2 types of cloth salad sacs....I wash, I spin, I shake, I dry. I wrap it and refrigerate and when I go to make a salad, the lettuce is wilty. What am I doing wrong?

The greens will keep well if washed and then thoroughly dried – use a salad spinner if you have one. Otherwise dry the leaves with towels or shake the leave, loosely wrap them in paper towels and put them in a plastic bag....

. Rinse and drain. You can then get rid of extra water with a kitchen towel or salad spinner. Mix sugar and vinegar and put into a big plastic container. Add carrots and daikon. Toss well and let sit overnight in the fridge. Next...

I wash the leaves, spin them in a salad spinner, dry them a little more with paper towel, then I line a pyrex (glass) bowl with dry paper towel, put the lettuce in there, cover with paper towel and the glass lid of the bowl. I store...

I’m making Kimchee for the first time ever. Washing 5lbs of Chinese cabbage took FOREVER w/o a salad spinner, but now it’s softening in a big pot of water. Basically I’m using a prepared spice mix which says to...

I just bought an OX salad spinner based on recs. from the “Not about food board” Now that I have this gadget I wash everything. It’s great, easy & fast!

Do we all agree that the contents of a salad should be absolutely dry, prior to adding any salad dressing? I use a spinner and sometimes a towel to dry off lettuce, spinach, etc. after washing. This is labor intensive to the...

My wife and I ate at Spinners with an ocean view two weeks ago. The food was great. We had two tasty, unusual salads, the shrimp scampi, and the cedar plank salmon with two glasses of wine for less than $50. We had done the Napa...

and Bristol Farms. The in-bag product keeps a few days until it is opened. Excellent with walnut oil and parmasean. Bristol Farms stocks a great escarole that will keep for at least a week in a salad spinner after it is washed. My...

I’ve got 2 not-so-secret ways to store greens: one is to wash and dry them immediately in a salad spinner (contrary to common belief) and keep them IN the salad spinner in the fridge. Lasts up to a week.This works for all...