Bagged Salad Greens

Wayne Boatwright said:

Some time ago I posted about a chemical type odor and flavor that seemed to
present in all brands and types of bagged salad greens I had tried. Many
here agreed, but some couldn't detect it.

I have just found a brand that seems to be completely devoid of any such off
odor and flavor. The brand is Earthbound Farm Organic. The greens are
certified by the USDA as organic. There is a website (www.ebfarm.com) and
their products appear to be distributed nationally.

I bought two varieties, Mixed Baby Greens and Fresh Herb Salad. Both were
excellent!

I love salads, especially those containing a large variety of greens, but
since I'm the only salad eater in the house, I would seldom buy all the
ingredients to make what I like. Now I finally have a solution.

This is the brand we use most of the time. Mostly we use the spinach, but if
the salad mix is on sale I'll pick up a bag. This allows me to shove a handful
of greens in my mouth directly from the fridge, thus fulfilling the directive
that I 'eat something healthy'.

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com

Wayne Boatwright said:

Some time ago I posted about a chemical type odor and flavor that seemed to
present in all brands and types of bagged salad greens I had tried. Many
here agreed, but some couldn't detect it.

I have just found a brand that seems to be completely devoid of any such off
odor and flavor. The brand is Earthbound Farm Organic. The greens are
certified by the USDA as organic. There is a website (www.ebfarm.com) and
their products appear to be distributed nationally.

I bought two varieties, Mixed Baby Greens and Fresh Herb Salad. Both were
excellent!

I love salads, especially those containing a large variety of greens, but
since I'm the only salad eater in the house, I would seldom buy all the
ingredients to make what I like. Now I finally have a solution.

Bah... nonsense... you're simply too lazy to do the prep.

Get real, admit it, you are LAZY!

People eat those bags of pre-prepped salad for the exact same reason
people eat pre-ground mystery meat... PURE L A Z I N E S
S!

Sheldon

Sheldon said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

Some time ago I posted about a chemical type odor and flavor that seemed to
present in all brands and types of bagged salad greens I had tried. Many
here agreed, but some couldn't detect it.

I have just found a brand that seems to be completely devoid of any such

off

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

odor and flavor. The brand is Earthbound Farm Organic. The greens are
certified by the USDA as organic. There is a website (www.ebfarm.com) and
their products appear to be distributed nationally.

I bought two varieties, Mixed Baby Greens and Fresh Herb Salad. Both were
excellent!

I love salads, especially those containing a large variety of greens, but
since I'm the only salad eater in the house, I would seldom buy all the
ingredients to make what I like. Now I finally have a solution.

Bah... nonsense... you're simply too lazy to do the prep.

Get real, admit it, you are LAZY!

People eat those bags of pre-prepped salad for the exact same reason
people eat pre-ground mystery meat... PURE L A Z I N E S
S!

Sheldon

I admit it, I'm lazy, so what. I put the time and effort into the things that
are important to me. A salad is for the most part a trivial thing to me.
Sometimes I don't feel like putting the effort into cleaning bundled, gritty,
muddy spinach just to throw a handful into a curry.

I'm lazy when it comes to salad because unless I'm feeding someone else, I
don' care about the salad.

On the other hand I always grind my own hamburger, I never buy packaged
hamburger.

Laziness or prioritizing? Meh, doesn't matter to me.

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com

On Sat 03 Dec 2005 09:53:47p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it The Bubbo?

Quoted message said:

Sheldon said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

Some time ago I posted about a chemical type odor and flavor that
seemed to present in all brands and types of bagged salad greens I had
tried. Many here agreed, but some couldn't detect it.

I have just found a brand that seems to be completely devoid of any
such off odor and flavor. The brand is Earthbound Farm Organic. The
greens are certified by the USDA as organic. There is a website
(www.ebfarm.com) and their products appear to be distributed
nationally.

I bought two varieties, Mixed Baby Greens and Fresh Herb Salad. Both
were excellent!

I love salads, especially those containing a large variety of greens,
but since I'm the only salad eater in the house, I would seldom buy
all the ingredients to make what I like. Now I finally have a
solution.

Bah... nonsense... you're simply too lazy to do the prep.

Get real, admit it, you are LAZY!

People eat those bags of pre-prepped salad for the exact same reason
people eat pre-ground mystery meat... PURE L A Z I N E S
S!

Sheldon

I admit it, I'm lazy, so what. I put the time and effort into the things
that are important to me. A salad is for the most part a trivial thing
to me. Sometimes I don't feel like putting the effort into cleaning
bundled, gritty, muddy spinach just to throw a handful into a curry.

I'm lazy when it comes to salad because unless I'm feeding someone else,
I don' care about the salad.

On the other hand I always grind my own hamburger, I never buy packaged
hamburger.

Laziness or prioritizing? Meh, doesn't matter to me.

And, for other reasons...

As mentioned before, if I were to buy all the individual salad greens to
make the type of salad I prefer, I could never possibly use them all up
before some would spoil. Besides that, many of the greens found in the
bagged selections simply aren't commonly available individually. If I were
serving salad to a group of dinner guests, I would definitely buy most of
the individual ingredients. However, I would still mix in some of the
bagged greens that I could not otherwise find.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________________________

A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!

Wayne Boatwright said:

Quoted message said:

I admit it, I'm lazy, so what. I put the time and effort into the things
that are important to me. A salad is for the most part a trivial thing
to me. Sometimes I don't feel like putting the effort into cleaning
bundled, gritty, muddy spinach just to throw a handful into a curry.

I'm lazy when it comes to salad because unless I'm feeding someone else,
I don' care about the salad.

On the other hand I always grind my own hamburger, I never buy packaged
hamburger.

Laziness or prioritizing? Meh, doesn't matter to me.

And, for other reasons...

As mentioned before, if I were to buy all the individual salad greens to
make the type of salad I prefer, I could never possibly use them all up
before some would spoil. Besides that, many of the greens found in the
bagged selections simply aren't commonly available individually. If I were
serving salad to a group of dinner guests, I would definitely buy most of
the individual ingredients. However, I would still mix in some of the
bagged greens that I could not otherwise find.

not use everything up on time, christ, come see the science experiment that is
my crisper drawer sometime.

speaking of, I never ever ever drink milk, I hate it, I hate the way it
tastes, but I buy it to cook with on occasion. nothing like finding a lonely
old carton of milk in the back of the fridge...

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com

Wayne Boatwright <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

As mentioned before, if I were to buy all the individual salad greens
to make the type of salad I prefer, I could never possibly use them
all up before some would spoil. Besides that, many of the greens
found in the bagged selections simply aren't commonly available
individually. If I were serving salad to a group of dinner guests, I
would definitely buy most of the individual ingredients. However, I
would still mix in some of the bagged greens that I could not
otherwise find.

I used to buy bagged baby spinach, and bagged mesclun mix, but don't any
longer as the two greengrocers in our shopping centre sell these loose, by
weight, rocket as well, I think. I can buy as little or as much as I want,
and it works out at about half the price. I wash it - but that's no big
deal. I only bought the bagged product previously as the supermarket only
had the products in that form.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

"Wayne Boatwright" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Some time ago I posted about a chemical type odor and flavor that seemed
to
present in all brands and types of bagged salad greens I had tried.
Many
here agreed, but some couldn't detect it.

I have just found a brand that seems to be completely devoid of any such
off
odor and flavor. The brand is Earthbound Farm Organic. The greens are
certified by the USDA as organic. There is a website (www.ebfarm.com) and
their products appear to be distributed nationally.

I bought two varieties, Mixed Baby Greens and Fresh Herb Salad. Both were
excellent!

I love salads, especially those containing a large variety of greens, but
since I'm the only salad eater in the house, I would seldom buy all the
ingredients to make what I like. Now I finally have a solution.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*

This is the brand I buy at Costco. It is the best I've found. It is in a
plastic container now; it used to be in the bags. I mentioned in a previous
post that since it is a full pound, and since I now have a foodsaver, when I
open it (minus the portions used upon opening), I foodsaver the rest in a
large and small cannister. I am able to use all the pound now whereas before
I was only able to eat half to 2/3 of it before it went bad. But at $3.99 a
lb. vs. some others' prices, regardless of previous spoilage, it's still
quite a deal.
I've oft wondered if this is the same brand that Whole Foods puts out loose
in their stores. I don't like to buy it loose (although I have) because I
see people ruffling thru it. And it's somewhere $5.99,$6.99 up.
I'm glad you found this brand.
Dee Dee

Dee Randall said:

"Wayne Boatwright" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Some time ago I posted about a chemical type odor and flavor that seemed
to
present in all brands and types of bagged salad greens I had tried.
Many
here agreed, but some couldn't detect it.

I have just found a brand that seems to be completely devoid of any such
off
odor and flavor. The brand is Earthbound Farm Organic. The greens are
certified by the USDA as organic. There is a website (www.ebfarm.com) and
their products appear to be distributed nationally.

I bought two varieties, Mixed Baby Greens and Fresh Herb Salad. Both were
excellent!

I love salads, especially those containing a large variety of greens, but
since I'm the only salad eater in the house, I would seldom buy all the
ingredients to make what I like. Now I finally have a solution.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*

This is the brand I buy at Costco. It is the best I've found. It is in a
plastic container now; it used to be in the bags. I mentioned in a previous
post that since it is a full pound, and since I now have a foodsaver, when I
open it (minus the portions used upon opening), I foodsaver the rest in a
large and small cannister. I am able to use all the pound now whereas before
I was only able to eat half to 2/3 of it before it went bad. But at $3.99 a
lb. vs. some others' prices, regardless of previous spoilage, it's still
quite a deal.
I've oft wondered if this is the same brand that Whole Foods puts out loose
in their stores. I don't like to buy it loose (although I have) because I
see people ruffling thru it. And it's somewhere $5.99,$6.99 up.
I'm glad you found this brand.
Dee Dee

It is the very same product 🙂

--

saerah

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
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Dee Randall said:

"Wayne Boatwright" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Some time ago I posted about a chemical type odor and flavor that seemed
to
present in all brands and types of bagged salad greens I had tried.
Many
here agreed, but some couldn't detect it.

I have just found a brand that seems to be completely devoid of any such
off
odor and flavor. The brand is Earthbound Farm Organic. The greens are
certified by the USDA as organic. There is a website (www.ebfarm.com) and
their products appear to be distributed nationally.

I bought two varieties, Mixed Baby Greens and Fresh Herb Salad. Both were
excellent!

I love salads, especially those containing a large variety of greens, but
since I'm the only salad eater in the house, I would seldom buy all the
ingredients to make what I like. Now I finally have a solution.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*

This is the brand I buy at Costco. It is the best I've found. It is in a
plastic container now; it used to be in the bags. I mentioned in a previous
post that since it is a full pound, and since I now have a foodsaver, when I
open it (minus the portions used upon opening), I foodsaver the rest in a
large and small cannister. I am able to use all the pound now whereas before
I was only able to eat half to 2/3 of it before it went bad. But at $3.99 a
lb. vs. some others' prices, regardless of previous spoilage, it's still
quite a deal.
I've oft wondered if this is the same brand that Whole Foods puts out loose
in their stores. I don't like to buy it loose (although I have) because I
see people ruffling thru it. And it's somewhere $5.99,$6.99 up.
I'm glad you found this brand.
Dee Dee

It is the very same product 🙂

--

saerah

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams

Dee Randall said:

This is the brand I buy at Costco. It is the best I've found. It is in a
plastic container now; it used to be in the bags. I mentioned in a

previous

Quoted message said:

post that since it is a full pound, and since I now have a foodsaver, when

I

Quoted message said:

open it (minus the portions used upon opening), I foodsaver the rest in a
large and small cannister. I am able to use all the pound now whereas

before

Quoted message said:

I was only able to eat half to 2/3 of it before it went bad. But at $3.99

a

Quoted message said:

lb. vs. some others' prices, regardless of previous spoilage, it's still
quite a deal.
I've oft wondered if this is the same brand that Whole Foods puts out

loose

Quoted message said:

in their stores. I don't like to buy it loose (although I have) because I
see people ruffling thru it. And it's somewhere $5.99,$6.99 up.
I'm glad you found this brand.
Dee Dee

On the rare occasions when I miss the farmers' market (where I do buy
mesclun mix and other salad greens loose, by weight), Earthbound Organics is
my bagged brand of choice. They're also local to our area, so I'm happy to
be able to shop "close to home" and support this terrific small farm.

As to laziness, I'm guilty as charged. Like The Bubbo, however, I always
grind my own beef for burgers, etc., usually adding more fat in the process;
commercially ground beef is too lean for my taste, and nothing disappoints
like a non-juicy, "skinny" hamburger!

Spitz, watching her girlish figure
--
"Home, James, and don't spare the horses!"

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheldon said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

Some time ago I posted about a chemical type odor and flavor that seemed to
present in all brands and types of bagged salad greens I had tried. Many
here agreed, but some couldn't detect it.

I have just found a brand that seems to be completely devoid of any such off
odor and flavor. The brand is Earthbound Farm Organic. The greens are
certified by the USDA as organic. There is a website (www.ebfarm.com) and
their products appear to be distributed nationally.

I bought two varieties, Mixed Baby Greens and Fresh Herb Salad. Both were
excellent!

I love salads, especially those containing a large variety of greens, but
since I'm the only salad eater in the house, I would seldom buy all the
ingredients to make what I like. Now I finally have a solution.

Bah... nonsense... you're simply too lazy to do the prep.

Get real, admit it, you are LAZY!

People eat those bags of pre-prepped salad for the exact same reason
people eat pre-ground mystery meat... PURE L A Z I N E S
S!

Sheldon

No dear,

They get them to SAVE MONEY.
What's the point in buying several bunches of different types of lettuce
and greens, then tossing out half of them as they spoil? That stuff does
not keep long.

Plus, this saves on storage space.

Same reason I'm starting to get more fresh frozen mixed veggies as I
gain freezer space. ;-)

There are only two of us here and neither of us have large appetites.
I made about 1 gallon of seafood soup this weekend and froze 3 quarts of
it for later as it would go bad before either one of us could eat it all.

On a side note, catfish heads and shrimp heads together make a fantastic
fish stock. ;-) I still have 3 fresh frozen catfish heads in the
freezer for more later, but I used all the shrimp heads. Should still be
good on their own. Catfish has such a mild flavor...
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

In article <[email hidden]>,

The Bubbo said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

Quoted message said:

I admit it, I'm lazy, so what. I put the time and effort into the things
that are important to me. A salad is for the most part a trivial thing
to me. Sometimes I don't feel like putting the effort into cleaning
bundled, gritty, muddy spinach just to throw a handful into a curry.

I'm lazy when it comes to salad because unless I'm feeding someone else,
I don' care about the salad.

On the other hand I always grind my own hamburger, I never buy packaged
hamburger.

Laziness or prioritizing? Meh, doesn't matter to me.

And, for other reasons...

As mentioned before, if I were to buy all the individual salad greens to
make the type of salad I prefer, I could never possibly use them all up
before some would spoil. Besides that, many of the greens found in the
bagged selections simply aren't commonly available individually. If I were
serving salad to a group of dinner guests, I would definitely buy most of
the individual ingredients. However, I would still mix in some of the
bagged greens that I could not otherwise find.

not use everything up on time, christ, come see the science experiment that is
my crisper drawer sometime.

speaking of, I never ever ever drink milk, I hate it, I hate the way it
tastes, but I buy it to cook with on occasion. nothing like finding a lonely
old carton of milk in the back of the fridge...

Ew. ;-)
BTDT

It's like an archeological dig sometimes when I clean out the 'frige.
<lol> The deep freeze is even worse. I've got a haunch of venison
thawing right now I'm going to pressure cook and feed to the dog. It's
too freezer burned for me to use, but she will like it fine!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson