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Celery: Aldi Style

April 16th, 2007 at 12:14 am

I bought this celery from Aldi exactly one week ago:



Note to self: Aldi's great produce prices probably mean a shorter life once purchased. We were able to eat about half of the $0.99 purchase before it headed south for retirement.

I diced the remaining limp celery to freeze. I can through it in a soup or something.

Posted in Cooking, Grocery Shopping and Coupons | 8 Comments »

8 Responses to “Celery: Aldi Style”

  1. HouseHopeful Says:
    April 16th, 2007 at 12:40 am 1176680452
    1176680452

    A trick I recently learned is to wrap celery in aluminum foil to keep it crisp longer. It really works & you can reuse the foil for the next batch of celery Smile

  2. baselle Says:
    April 16th, 2007 at 01:20 am 1176682843
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    Reslicing the bottom and putting the bunch cut end in, in a large glass of tepid water works for me. It does take a while for the turgor to come back.

  3. fairy74 Says:
    April 16th, 2007 at 05:46 pm 1176741997
    1176741997

    I use the same method as Baselle, I'll have to try house's suggestion too...

  4. StressLess Says:
    April 16th, 2007 at 07:45 pm 1176749114
    1176749114

    Gosh, I'm sorry, but 3 comments so far and no-one's suggested Viagra yet?

  5. LuckyRobin Says:
    April 21st, 2007 at 07:38 am 1177137513
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    I'll just cut the stalks off and submerge them in water for 30 minutes. Celery regains its crunchy hardness.

  6. cherylyates Says:
    May 1st, 2007 at 06:10 pm 1178039427
    1178039427

    I've been hearing great things about a new (?) product called Evert Fresh bags which prolong the shelf life of fresh produce. Haven't tried them myself yet, but they're easily found on the web ---a fru-girl's dream!

  7. katwoman Says:
    May 21st, 2007 at 08:23 pm 1179775431
    1179775431

    Piggybacking on cherylyates suggestion - I looked at those bags online and they are expensive! If I remember correctly, 8 uses per bag is recommended and then they're trash.

    Instead I found Fresher Longer from sharperimage.com. Not bags but Tupperware-like containers. Through the end of this month you can buy the 12 piece set for $49.99 and they'll throw in the 4 piece for free plus free shipping on orders over $40. If you go through a cash back site and use a cash back credit card, you'll save a little more! At least that's what I did.

    I'm using them right now and yes, they really do work! No more raspberries, blueberries or strawberries going bad on me again!

  8. cherylyates Says:
    May 21st, 2007 at 10:39 pm 1179783577
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    I understand that, though Evert-fresh are expensive at the onset, they are also re-usable. I could be wrong....

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