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"Giusi" > wrote:

> "James Silverton" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:3eEAi.30318$Bv1.4712@trnddc06...
> > Hello, All!
> >
> > In principle I am in favor of natural approaches to growing vegetables but
> > today I made some Vichysoisse soup and I was reminded that leeks are
> > perhaps the filthiest vegetables on sale. As usual, the leeks I bought
> > were covered with soil, organic I hope! I wonder why this should be?
> > Celery can also require careful cleaning but hardly ever as much as leeks.
> >
> >
> > James Silverton
> > Potomac, Maryland
>
> Leeks here are not as dirty as they were in the US, and I don't know why.
> It does show that they don't have to be dirty. I am a leek lover for sure
> and have worked with them a lot. I tell my students if they are very dirty
> and the recipe will work this way, cut them into rings and dump them into a
> big bowl of salted water. Use your hands like a washing machine to
> agititate them, let the dirt settle, then lift them up out of the water into
> a colander. Repeat as necessary.
>
> Bath always, as showers don't work. Salt seems to work a bit like soap to
> loosen the dirt.

Geez.

I just peel the leaves off one by one, rinse them off, THEN cut them up
as needed.

What's the big freakin' deal?

Try eating bunches of fresh spinach sometime if you want to deal with
REAL dirt that's hard to clean off!
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