Leeks

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> In article <[email hidden]>, "cybercat" <[email hidden]>
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>> "flitterbit" <[email hidden]> wrote
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>> > Indeed, whereas the regular ones look just fine until you pick them
>> > up
>> > and
>> > see that half the head is unusable
>>
>> Why is half the head unusable?
>
> Shredding, drying, rot.
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Where do you buy lettuce that behaves that way?

At the store.

Which store? What is the name of the store which sells lettuce that doesn't
last long enough? Not the hydroponic, but regular lettuce.

What is the name of the store?

The only two in town.

H.E.B. and Wal-mart.
Sun harvest does no better, neither does fiesta or Albertsons or Whole
Foods or (name an Austin store here).
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> >> "flitterbit" <[email hidden]> wrote
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> >> > Indeed, whereas the regular ones look just fine until you pick
> >> > them
> >> > up
> >> > and
> >> > see that half the head is unusable
> >>
> >> Why is half the head unusable?
> >
> > Shredding, drying, rot.
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> > Peace, Om
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> Where do you buy lettuce that behaves that way?

At the store.

Which store? What is the name of the store which sells lettuce that
doesn't
last long enough? Not the hydroponic, but regular lettuce.

What is the name of the store?

The only two in town.

H.E.B. and Wal-mart.
Sun harvest does no better, neither does fiesta or Albertsons or Whole
Foods or (name an Austin store here).
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I see. You are unable to buy non-hydro lettuce that hasn't been mistreated.
It's not that way everywhere in the country.

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Bath always, as showers don't work. Salt seems to work a bit like soap
to
loosen the dirt.

Geez.

I just peel the leaves off one by one, rinse them off, THEN cut them up
as needed.

What's the big freakin' deal?

Well, if that's what you want your leeks to end up like, no big deal at all.
If you want leeks vinaigrette, you have just effed them up entirely.

What is with you? Take a mean pill today?

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Try eating bunches of fresh spinach sometime if you want to deal with
REAL dirt that's hard to clean off!

Salt works on spinach, too.

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I find about 90% of a leek to be usable

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We were talking about lettuce. ;-)

Oops. Nevermind. 😉

Steve

<hugs>

;-)
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I see. You are unable to buy non-hydro lettuce that hasn't been mistreated.
It's not that way everywhere in the country.

Works best if I grow my own.
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Bath always, as showers don't work. Salt seems to work a bit like soap
to
loosen the dirt.

Geez.

I just peel the leaves off one by one, rinse them off, THEN cut them up
as needed.

What's the big freakin' deal?

Well, if that's what you want your leeks to end up like, no big deal at all.
If you want leeks vinaigrette, you have just effed them up entirely.

What is with you? Take a mean pill today?

Yeah, I noted I was being a bit [censored] earlier this morning.
Probably all those freakin' weird nightmares I had last night.

Ugh.

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Try eating bunches of fresh spinach sometime if you want to deal with
REAL dirt that's hard to clean off!

Salt works on spinach, too.

Ok, I'm game.

How much to what ratio?
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Omelet said:

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What is with you? Take a mean pill today?

Yeah, I noted I was being a bit [censored] earlier this morning.
Probably all those freakin' weird nightmares I had last night.

Ugh.

Also, I think you might be sleepwalking. (The cut foot did
not come from nowhere.) Careful, careful. I wound up with
a serious back injury that just recently healed completely
from going head over heels down a flight of steps onto a
slate floor. Happened when I quit smoking a few years
back--it's a classic reaction to stress and also to sleep
problems, aka apnea, etc. People who are overly tired,
said my doc, may begin sleepwalking. He cured me of it,
too. If at any point you think you might be sleepwalking,
email me for more. (Preferably when you're awake. ) 😉

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Omelet said:

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What is with you? Take a mean pill today?

Yeah, I noted I was being a bit [censored] earlier this morning.
Probably all those freakin' weird nightmares I had last night.

Ugh.

Also, I think you might be sleepwalking. (The cut foot did
not come from nowhere.) Careful, careful. I wound up with
a serious back injury that just recently healed completely
from going head over heels down a flight of steps onto a
slate floor. Happened when I quit smoking a few years
back--it's a classic reaction to stress and also to sleep
problems, aka apnea, etc. People who are overly tired,
said my doc, may begin sleepwalking. He cured me of it,
too. If at any point you think you might be sleepwalking,
email me for more. (Preferably when you're awake. ) 😉

Probably over-tired.

I'm not known to sleep walk, but that cut toe does scare me a bit. :-(

If the trend continues, I'll talk to you and my doc about it.
It's rather dangerous!

An entire night of memorable nightmares for me is rare.
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> Bath always, as showers don't work. Salt seems to work a bit like
> soap
> to
> loosen the dirt.

Geez.

I just peel the leaves off one by one, rinse them off, THEN cut them up
as needed.

What's the big freakin' deal?

Well, if that's what you want your leeks to end up like, no big deal at
all.
If you want leeks vinaigrette, you have just effed them up entirely.

What is with you? Take a mean pill today?

Yeah, I noted I was being a bit [censored] earlier this morning.
Probably all those freakin' weird nightmares I had last night.

Ugh.

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Try eating bunches of fresh spinach sometime if you want to deal with
REAL dirt that's hard to clean off!

Salt works on spinach, too.

Ok, I'm game.

How much to what ratio?
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Peace, Om

Just a handful, small in a BIG bowl of cold water-- then third rinse should
be plain water.

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I'm not known to sleep walk, but that cut toe does scare me a bit. :-(

Even after I fell down the stairs, I did not believe my husband when
he said I was sleepwalking. I thought I had just gone downstairs to
get a glass of water in the middle of the night while really sleepy.
(In addition to the back injury which caused sciatia, I broke my
coccyx. The first injury to cause spontaneous, non-emotional
tears to run down my face--it HURT. Had to sit on the donut
for a while and all. I had gone head over heels, bounced off a step
between L-3 and L-4 (had a huge stair-shaped bruise there) and
landed on my ass on the stone floor.

He was determined to convince me I was sleepwalking so I would
take steps to stop--he said I could kill myself on the stairs if I kept
it up.

So one night I went to bed before he did, turned out the lights, etc.,
and next thing I know, I am sitting up with the light on, rummaging
in the nightstand and he is talking to me. He asked what I was doing,
and I heard myself say, "looking for my curling iron." Thing is, I have
not owned a curling iron for 15 years. 😄 So then I believed him. I
was caught red-handed "sleep rummaging." So I saw my doc about it.

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If the trend continues, I'll talk to you and my doc about it.

It's good you have someone living with you, had I not, I don't think
I ever would have believed I was sleepwalking. Hopefully you're
not. By the way, I had no indication of ever sleepwalking before--
though I have always talked, laughed, sang, told jokes ... 🙂

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It's rather dangerous!

It is. I was lucky.

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Omelet said:

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Mark Thorson said:

Omelet said:

Spinach is a pain in the ass and I can
never get all the sand out of it.

Do you not own a salad spinner?

No. And afaik, spinners are to get water off, not dirt?

You can wash the leaves in the salad spinner,
using the basket as a colander. Washing this
way does a fine job of removing dirt.
Then, dumping out the water and spinning it
gets the water off.

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I put the spinach leaves in the basket,
with the basket in the bowl run a few
changes of water through it (with gentle
agitation from my hand each time),
then spin it to get the water out.

After that treatment, no problems at all
with sand or mud sticking to the leaves.

I've been considering investing in one. We've talked about this before.

It's among the most useful kitchen gadgets
I have. Not counting the antique cast iron,
I actually own very few kitchen gadgets.
I'd rate a salad spinner as about as important
as tongs.

Omelet said:

(Victor Sack) said:

No matter where I buy vegetables here, they are generally very clean,
but leeks and celery are particularly so.

Are they being grown hydroponically?
That keeps veggies very clean.

No, hydroponics is still an exception rather than the rule here.

Victor

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Giusi said:

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> Try eating bunches of fresh spinach sometime if you want to deal with
> REAL dirt that's hard to clean off!

Salt works on spinach, too.

Ok, I'm game.

How much to what ratio?
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Just a handful, small in a BIG bowl of cold water-- then third rinse should
be plain water.

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Interesting.
I'll have to get some cheap salt and try that trick.

All I have in the house is "Real Salt" and it's too expensive to use for
that.
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cybercat said:

So one night I went to bed before he did, turned out the lights, etc.,
and next thing I know, I am sitting up with the light on, rummaging
in the nightstand and he is talking to me. He asked what I was doing,
and I heard myself say, "looking for my curling iron." Thing is, I have
not owned a curling iron for 15 years. 😄 So then I believed him. I
was caught red-handed "sleep rummaging." So I saw my doc about it.

Quoted message said:

If the trend continues, I'll talk to you and my doc about it.

It's good you have someone living with you, had I not, I don't think
I ever would have believed I was sleepwalking. Hopefully you're
not. By the way, I had no indication of ever sleepwalking before--
though I have always talked, laughed, sang, told jokes ... 🙂

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It's rather dangerous!

It is. I was lucky.

I've always woken up in bed... Does that count? ;-)

Night before last was a weird night. I woke up from 3 nightmares about 2
hours apart. Not normal for me.

I've talked to a couple people at work that also experienced
uncomfortable dreams during the eclipse. I'm thinking that had something
to do with it.

Dad was up with me at 3 am too after "freaky" dreams.
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(Victor Sack) said:

Omelet said:

(Victor Sack) said:

No matter where I buy vegetables here, they are generally very clean,
but leeks and celery are particularly so.

Are they being grown hydroponically?
That keeps veggies very clean.

No, hydroponics is still an exception rather than the rule here.

Victor

Could be soil or growing methods then.
A lot of leeks here are imported.
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Omelet said:

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cybercat said:

So one night I went to bed before he did, turned out the lights, etc.,
and next thing I know, I am sitting up with the light on, rummaging
in the nightstand and he is talking to me. He asked what I was doing,
and I heard myself say, "looking for my curling iron." Thing is, I have
not owned a curling iron for 15 years. 😄 So then I believed him. I
was caught red-handed "sleep rummaging." So I saw my doc about it.

Quoted message said:

If the trend continues, I'll talk to you and my doc about it.

It's good you have someone living with you, had I not, I don't think
I ever would have believed I was sleepwalking. Hopefully you're
not. By the way, I had no indication of ever sleepwalking before--
though I have always talked, laughed, sang, told jokes ... 🙂

Quoted message said:

It's rather dangerous!

It is. I was lucky.

I've always woken up in bed... Does that count? ;-)

Night before last was a weird night. I woke up from 3 nightmares about 2
hours apart. Not normal for me.

I've talked to a couple people at work that also experienced
uncomfortable dreams during the eclipse. I'm thinking that had something
to do with it.

Dad was up with me at 3 am too after "freaky" dreams.

I've sleepwalked more than a few times during periods of intense stress.
Once I went into my parents' room, dragging my bedspread, and told
them I was tired and to get the hell out of my room. Another time I
woke up downstairs with every light on, standing in front of the
bookcases. And several times I woke up in the pitch dark on the second
story landing of the stairs, totally disoriented. I've also had
extended, apparently lucid conversations with my husband that I have no
memory of at all.

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Kathleen said:

I've sleepwalked more than a few times during periods of intense stress.
Once I went into my parents' room, dragging my bedspread, and told
them I was tired and to get the hell out of my room. Another time I
woke up downstairs with every light on, standing in front of the
bookcases. And several times I woke up in the pitch dark on the second
story landing of the stairs, totally disoriented. I've also had
extended, apparently lucid conversations with my husband that I have no
memory of at all.

Wow.
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I've sleepwalked more than a few times during periods of intense stress.
Once I went into my parents' room, dragging my bedspread, and told them I
was tired and to get the hell out of my room.

This is hilarious. 🙂 Hopefully, you don't do it any more or at least don't
have stairs in your house.

Kathleen said:

I've sleepwalked more than a few times during periods of intense stress.
Once I went into my parents' room, dragging my bedspread, and told them
I was tired and to get the hell out of my room. Another time I woke up
downstairs with every light on, standing in front of the bookcases. And
several times I woke up in the pitch dark on the second story landing of
the stairs, totally disoriented. I've also had extended, apparently
lucid conversations with my husband that I have no memory of at all.

Sleepwalking comes and goes, but it seems to happen when I have a lack
of sleep and I am under stress. I will wake up and realize that I am
packing my luggage, or removing pictures from the wall. After I wake
up, I stop what I am doing, get back in bed and I go back to sleep. It
is the oddest thing.

Becca

Becca

Kathleen said:

I've sleepwalked more than a few times during periods of intense stress.
Once I went into my parents' room, dragging my bedspread, and told them
I was tired and to get the hell out of my room. Another time I woke up
downstairs with every light on, standing in front of the bookcases. And
several times I woke up in the pitch dark on the second story landing of
the stairs, totally disoriented. I've also had extended, apparently
lucid conversations with my husband that I have no memory of at all.

It is nice to know that I am not the only one who does this.

Becca