salad lifetime

[RichD]

So we had a discussion on refrigerating salads
yesterday.

Cover a green salad bowl with saran wrap. One side
says, keep it until it becomes odoriferous. Other
says to toss it after 3 days, no matter what, for health reasons.

Opinions?

--
Rich

[Michael Mauldin]

Romaines to be seen.

[Cindy Hamilton]

It depends on the salad. Just vegetables? Probably safe until
they rot. I don't see a difference between refrigerating a salad
and refrigerating its constituents ingredients.

That said, I make a salad every day. I don't see the point in
making a salad just to store it.

--
Cindy Hamilton

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 1:17:48 PM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> I don't see the point in making a salad just to store it.
>

> Cindy Hamilton
>
Applause.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Well, that said, I've had salad left over from dinner parties. It was
generally consumed the next day, though.

--
Cindy Hamilton

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

> Cindy Hamilton
>
Same here.

[Ed Pawlowski]

On 3/23/2023 4:53 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2023-03-23, itsjoan...@webtv.net <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
>> On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 1:17:48 PM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't see the point in making a salad just to store it.
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>> Applause.

> t

> Well, that said, I've had salad left over from dinner parties. It was
> generally consumed the next day, though.
>

Longest for me was 2 days that I can recall. If heavily dressed could
get soggy.

[Sqwertz]

On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:12:11 -0700 (PDT), RichD wrote:

> So we had a discussion on refrigerating salads
> yesterday.

We did?

> Cover a green salad bowl with saran wrap. One side
> says, keep it until it becomes odoriferous. Other
> says to toss it after 3 days, no matter what, for health reasons.

> Opinions?

You're an idiot and boring troll.

-sw

[Sqwertz]

On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:17:42 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> It depends on the salad. Just vegetables? Probably safe until
> they rot. I don't see a difference between refrigerating a salad
> and refrigerating its constituents ingredients.

A prepared (cut) salad has open cells that will combine, oxidize,
wilt, and rot much quicker then their whole components.

Take that fish hook out of your lip.

-sw

[Ed Pawlowski]

How quick is quicker? 1 day? 6 days? Most salads do not have the
entire cucumber, head of lettuce, bell pepper and portions of them are
still in the fridge with a portion of the cells open.

[Bruce]

On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 23:06:31 -0400, Ed Pawlowski <e...@snet.xxx> wrote:

>On 3/23/2023 10:18 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:17:42 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>>> It depends on the salad. Just vegetables? Probably safe until
>>> they rot. I don't see a difference between refrigerating a salad
>>> and refrigerating its constituents ingredients.
>>
>> A prepared (cut) salad has open cells that will combine, oxidize,
>> wilt, and rot much quicker then their whole components.
>>
>> Take that fish hook out of your lip.

Narcissist is narcissistic.

[Cindy Hamilton]

I provide a couple of dressings (blue cheese and balsamic vinaigrette,
usually) and allow diners to dress their own portion. Chefs are
clutching their pearls that I'm not tossing the salad with exactly
the right amount of dressing.

--
Cindy Hamilton

[Cindy Hamilton]

On 2023-03-24, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.compost> wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:17:42 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
>> It depends on the salad. Just vegetables? Probably safe until
>> they rot. I don't see a difference between refrigerating a salad
>> and refrigerating its constituents ingredients.
>
> A prepared (cut) salad has open cells that will combine, oxidize,
> wilt, and rot much quicker then their whole components.

How quickly is the question. Vegetables don't last long enough in my
fridge for rot to be a problem, and I don't really care about the OP.

> Take that fish hook out of your lip.

Meh. You're talking to a woman who has half a cucumber, half an onion,
and half a head of iceberg lettuce in her fridge.

--
Cindy Hamilton

[Gary]

Enough for 2 days max for me.
Or would that be one day? - make it now and eat
some then eat the rest the next day.
Also don't add the dressing until ready to eat.

[Sqwertz]

A half a cucumberin the fridge has 1.5 square inches of cut cells.
The other half in the salad has 15 square inches of cut cells
weeping, along with any other natural salts and gasses from the
other vegetables that cause oxidation, weeping, and the precursors
to rot.

-sw

[Sqwertz]

On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 08:53:14 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 23:06:31 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> On 3/23/2023 10:18 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:17:42 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>
>>>> It depends on the salad. Just vegetables? Probably safe until
>>>> they rot. I don't see a difference between refrigerating a salad
>>>> and refrigerating its constituents ingredients.
>>>
>>> A prepared (cut) salad has open cells that will combine, oxidize,
>>> wilt, and rot much quicker then their whole components.
>>>
>>> Take that fish hook out of your lip.
>>>
>>> -sw
>>
>> How quick is quicker? 1 day? 6 days? Most salads do not have the
>> entire cucumber, head of lettuce, bell pepper and portions of them are
>> still in the fridge with a portion of the cells open.
>
> A half a cucumberin the fridge has 1.5 square inches of cut cells.

> The other half in the salad has 15 square inches of cut cells...

Correction: 30 square inches. Ahhhh - You're tricky, Ed. You
almost had me there!

NEXT!

Oh, It's just Cindy. She can wait. I'm gonna take a nap instead.
Tell here to take a number.

-sw

[Sqwertz]

On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 08:53:53 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> I provide a couple of dressings (blue cheese and balsamic vinaigrette,
> usually) and allow diners to dress their own portion. Chefs are
> clutching their pearls that I'm not tossing the salad with exactly
> the right amount of dressing.

I imagine all your guests are, too.

-sw

[Bruce]

On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 20:47:53 -0500, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.compost>
wrote:

Cindy has guests? I thought Cindy only had a husband.