Crisping Lettuce

The topic of washing and crisping lettuce is always going to surface in foodie conversation. I handle hundreds of heads of lettuce a year. I find leaf lettuce to be my favorite and it its easy to work with. I am attaching this video to the blog to give you a little educational event on handling lettuce. I do not own a crisper at this time….at least I can not find a crisper in my home at this time one might be here among all the tools I own. I use a regular pasta strainer and when I wash lettuce I place it in the strainer wash and rinse the amount I am going to use and I allow the lettuce to drain as it sits in the strainer. I will remove the lettuce when I am ready to tear it for my salads and shake it a bit more to remove the excess water. I really do not dry the lettuce like the video…but it is interesting and I might consider this technique in my future.  Washing and Drying Lettuce