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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:11 pm
I haven't bought any of those kits or other versions of pre-cut veggies in years. We don't even buy any type of lettuce if it's from the USA because of the frequencies of contamination. The only lettuce we buy is from a local greenhouse in Delta and it's a "living" head of butter lettuce with the root still attached. It comes in a clamshell and I've had a head stored for as much as 10 days in the fridge. I just moisten the root part as needed and rarely are there leaves, or parts of, that I have to toss. We only use it for when we make sandwiches. The downside is the price as, at best, on sale, it's $4.99. I do still rinse the leaves as I need them but I have much more confidence that there are not the same risks.