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[susandennis]

I am not a huge fan of celery but it's required for tuna salad and I wanted it for something else but I only really needed half a stalk. So my next grocery was Amazon and they had carrot and celery sticks for cheap so that's what I got. They arrived swimming in water and fairly pre-aged. I used one half stalk of celery for whatever it was I wanted.

One of celery's problems is that it stinks up the fridge and goes to rubber in a day. There must be a better way.

Google sent me to YouTube (ugh) but directed me to this guy who said to dry out the celery as much as possible (like with paper towels and then wrap it VERY tightly with tin foil and put it in the fridge.

I just looked it up. I got that already aged celery on June 1. It is now nearly two weeks later. I just pulled out a stalk to chop up for tuna salad, and I swear it is crunchier now than it was two weeks ago! And the fridge does not celery stink.

The dude's name is Jerry James Stone and he knows how to make celery last! (He's not so good on English cukes tho. My way is much better than his - leave plastic on part you don't use and cover it with paper towel and put it in plastic bag. Lasts for a week or more.)

Also, that tuna salad was delicious. I have enough left for a sandwich tomorrow.

Biggie has been sleeping in his tree all afternoon and, since the sun is behind clouds, I've had the blinds up. It's so nice to see him out there just snoozing away. He kind of makes me not hate The Tree That I Hate as much since it makes such a nice background for watching him.

Comments

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

I'm always envious of his tree life.

[cerezamarrero.livejournal.com]

I've also heard about the tin foil preservation method for celery. I do love celery (with peanut butter, cream cheese, ranch dip, hummus...YUM!) but seems we get burned out before we reach the end of a full stalk, so I'll be trying this method soon! Also, Biggie looks so cozy, I'm almost jealous!! ♥

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

Yes! Celery lasts practically forever that way (or with plastic wrap, which I use. I like to be able to eyeball my celery to see how many stalks I have left instead of looking at a mysterious metal lump). I'm not very impressed with Amazon sending you elderly celery though.

[sunshine-two.livejournal.com]

I never put celery in mine. Chopped onions, pickles, shredded cheese and mayo. That's it. It's wonderful.

[richaarde.livejournal.com]

Celery not wilting the second you put it in the fridge... what is this sorcery?

[amw.livejournal.com]

My grocery store started selling a bizarre thing - celery already cut into stalks, but not in a bag, just freely sitting there in a pile to pick one-by-one, like carrots! I've never seen celery sold separately from the main "bundle" (not sure the technical term) before, but it is SO MUCH BETTER! You can just buy one or two stalks if that's all you need, and you don't get the mud down in the bottom of the heart falling all over your fridge when you pull a single stalk out. I'm definitely a fan.

[susandennis]

some stores here do that, too. it's way better than the bundle (stalk). for sure.

[siglinde99.livejournal.com]

I am amazed at how much time he spends out there.

[susandennis]

Biggie HQ!