[Sca-cooks] OOP QUESTION ABOUT LETTUCE

[Elaine Koogler]

I think that this one is true...at least it works that way for me.  I did
see somewhere sometime ago that they were selling plastic knives for use on
lettuce, etc.

Kiri

Tara wrote:

> Another related question:
>
> My dad always told me that lettuce cut with steel (i.e. knives) would
> turn brown faster, because the metal drew iodine or something out of the
> leaves.  That is why bag salads would go bad faster than whole lettuce.
> So he demanded that we tear lettuce, not cut it.  Is there any truth to
> that?  He headed up the kitchen at the Bethlehem National Guard Reserve
> for 20 years, as well as running the kitchen for a nursing home and
> working as a "chef" (though he had no accredidation) for the Wood
> Company for years.  So, he has some idea what he's talking about.  But
> he did come home with a few old wives tales that I called him on.  So,
> I've always wondered about this one...
>
> -Magdalena
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