lettuce refrigerate why

Feb 10, 2022 Last reply: 4 years ago 3 Replies

Most things with leaves aren't easily infected by bacteria. I guess for the reasons that they normally live outside as plants.



Which brings me to my storey after I just came back from Costco. I have a lot of Romaine letuce 6 packs I just washed to rid it of the bugs. I washed & rinsed pulled leaves in the sink and put in a bucket to dry. Bucket won't fit in the frigerator but wifey is all up and mad about it. Wifey wants me to back the lettuce & then fill the frigerator with it. I think it will do just fine at the 70 degrees we keep the house at.



Why does letuce need to be in a frigerator anyway?



It might not be as crisp after days in the kitchen. But do bacteria really attack lettuce in a week or two?


Yes they do. And so does mold. Refrigeration slows the growth of most bacteria and molds. Ever start using a head of lettuce and find a brown slime inside? What do you think caused that?

Agree with RetiredNoGuilt for sure! It's not that it will get infected. It's that if it's /already/ infected, the bacteria "can" multiply. You won't know if it's already infected (listeria, e. coli, whatever).

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Did you find any bugs? I try not to eat bugs, but I don't know how much effort I should put into that.

That's why they call the bottom drawers teh "crisper". iirc. At least they used to. If they stopped, why did they stop calling it that. No more advertising benefit?

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