On Jan 10, 10:05*am, Sheldon > wrote:
> On Jan 10, 12:11 pm, Becca > wrote:
>
>
>
> > 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.
>
> Except for the few outer leaves there's no reason to wash iceberg
> lettuce. *Iceberg grows from the center out... there is no more reason
> to wash the inner portion of a head of iceberg than there is to wash
> the inner portion of a head of cabbage. *Banging the core out and then
> filling the head with water is dumb. *When tight headed leafy
> vegetable is growing even the heaviest rain doesn't enter the head...
> it's actually cleaner inside than before you wash it. *When you slice
> an apple or orange do you wash the slices, of course not, *well it's
> just as inane to wash inside a head of iceberg lettuce.

Thank you for confirming what I thought...I know water can rot stuff.