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Cheap Tricks: Celery

I do this religiously. My celery used to die on me long before I finished the whole head.



Did you know that a rib of celery provides 6 calories to the body, but the body expends only half of a single calorie digesting it.  From Wikepedia
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B.E. Sanderson said…
I'll have to try that. I stopped buying celery because it went wilty way faster then we would eat it, and I absolutely loathe having to throw out food.
January 13, 2017 at 1:05 AM
Maria Zannini said…
BE: It works. It's not indefinite, but it did keep it fresh enough for me to use mine up.

If that's not long enough, the other thing you can try is to put it in a tall jar with a little water at the bottom. (Change the water frequently.) Celery is one of those plants you can regrown from the root. Keeping it in water will keep the root alive even in the fridge.
January 13, 2017 at 1:41 AM
Jennifer Shirk said…
Interesting!
January 13, 2017 at 2:02 AM
Michael Keyton said…
I'm reading about celery. How can you tell I've hit a sticky patch in my writing :)
January 13, 2017 at 2:26 AM
Maria Zannini said…
Mike: If you're reading about celery when you should be writing, apparently you've hit bottom. Time to go for a walk. :)
January 13, 2017 at 4:03 AM
betty said…
I'm going to try this. I rarely use celery, but when I do, then it goes bad on me indeed. I've come to even buying the snack size at a higher price just not to waste the stalk of it. Next time I hope I remember the aluminum foil trick.

thanks for sharing it!

betty
January 13, 2017 at 4:14 AM
Stacy McKitrick said…
Don't like celery, so doesn't matter. When I buy it for a recipe (and trust me, that's not very often), I use what I need and toss the rest. I won't eat it raw, so why keep it?

But I did notice your little note. So basically, you can GAIN weight eating too much celery. So not worth it. Haha!
January 13, 2017 at 7:49 AM
Marianne said…
I actually use celery in nearly everything! Salads, smoothies, I sauté it with other veggies to add to eggs in the mornings, juice it, soups, broths, use it to add crunch to potato salad, tuna or egg salad and so much more. I've never heard of this trick, though, so will give it a try.
January 13, 2017 at 8:57 AM
Maria Zannini said…
Betty: I wish I understood how it worked. I keep my celery in the coldest part of the fridge, but even that doesn't seem to slow down the deterioration. For some reason, the foil does.
January 13, 2017 at 10:53 AM
Maria Zannini said…
Stacy: I think it means that it takes only 1/2 a calorie to digest celery. Whereas other foods would require many more calories to digest that food.

I actually like celery, but I never think to eat it.
January 13, 2017 at 10:57 AM
Maria Zannini said…
Marianne: My main use of celery is in stuffing, appetizers, tuna/potato salad, and soup.

I should use it more often but it tends to hide under everything else.
January 13, 2017 at 11:00 AM
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