I have tried mechanical and electric salad spinners in the past but neither have dried the leaves successfully.
Patting leaves with kitchen towel has some effect. Leaving the leaves to dry naturally takes ages. Is there a successful solution? (I'm not referring to bought leaves).
My memory prompts me about a spinner where one puts the leaves in a basket on a cord and spins them around in an arc. Do such things exist today and do they work?
In message , Saxman writes
This low-traffic group might perhaps not have the knowledge you seek.
Could I recommend uk.d-i-y as a larger community that will take a lively interest in almost anything domestic or mechanical?
I've heard of "watching paint dry" but watching leaves dry ? Is this something best enjoyed after several pints of Old Tom ?
/me rolls eyes
Cheers - Neil
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Seriously now, you will get an answer on uk.food+drink.misc we are just as anal there as we are on here, I know I read both groups!
Regards,
Stuart Hudson
Ah, that old chestnut. My handy household hint is to just eat the leaves when they are still damp, having removed most of the water using the methods you describe above.
The residual water won't kill you, and it saves all that time waiting for them to dry.
HTH
SD
But what beer goes best with a salad?
I wondered where that bloody message went! uk.food+drink.misc was where it was meant to end up. Are CAMRA members allowed to make mistakes like this? It must have been the Marstons Oyster Stout I bought from Aldi!
None, beer goes best with pies, chips and curry ;-)
SD
In Beersel once I watched an elderly gentleman lovingly dress a salad, making sure that each leaf was coated in vinagrette dressing, before helping his wife and himself to a large plateful each. The drink served was Frambozen, drunk as is the custom there, with a sugar lump stirred in.
I'm saying nowt....
_____________________^^^^ What he said ;-)
Cheers - Neil "who ate all the pies" Smith
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So that's where all the beerguts come from!
Well, I see you pressed the right buttons this time! No doubt it will be talked about for weeks, but I vote for the teatowel around the head method.
Stuart Hudson
I did post the message to the said group and the tea-towel method has come up trumps. Just don't do it in the rain or the local pub!
Try anything once I suppose, but that is one of the weirdest combinations I've heard of.
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