Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Miche wrote:
>
>> Put the iceberg lettuce in the middle of a teatowel. Pull the corners
>> together. Go outside and whirl the towel around (big arm circles).
>> Quickest and most efficient way to get the water out that I have ever
>> used.
>
> About four years ago, I wrote this:
>
> Once when I was on temporary assignment to Virginia I had to do without a
> salad spinner, the corporate apartment *did* have lots of clean bed linens.
> You can put wet salad greens into a pillowcase, take it outside, and swing
> it around your head to dry the greens; I think it actually works BETTER
> than
> a salad spinner. (Lots more centrifugal force.) Who cares what the
> neighbors think when they see you whirling a greens-laden pillowcase
> around?
> If you see them watching, you can act like you're doing some kind of
> martial
> arts training: Stamp and kick your feet, swing the pillowcase in
> figure-eights, and every now and then belt out a hearty "Hi-YAH!" You'll
> soon see them treating you with new respect. :-)
>
> Bob


In 1998, I wrote this, and it was a response to Miche:


Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
From: Becca >
Date: 1998/08/30
Subject: Salad spinner, salad spinner, salad spinner

Miche and Dave wrote:

> Here's how I dry lettuce:

> Take washed leaves and place them in the centre of a clean tea-cloth
(dish
> towel). Pull the corners together. Go outside or someplace you can
> safely throw water around. Spin your arm around and around so that the
> water is thrown off the lettuce by centrifugal force (think windmill
> here).

> Done.

> Miche

I did it that way, until disaster struck during a dinner party. One
corner of the towel slipped from my grasp and salad greens went in a
beautiful arc across the room, a big leaf of lettuce hitting a guest
square in the middle of her forehead. After that, I picked up one of
the cheapo plastic crank-type spinners, and I like it. I also use it to
spin water out of canned tuna, it does a great job of that.

Becca