any way to keep celery crisp? (frozen, apple, buy, carrots)

[Angorlee]

After I buy celery in about 4 days or so it gets limpy losing its crispness. If I put it near the freezer it gets logged with frozen water. Anyway to keep it crisp? Or maybe their is an alternative to getting greens other than celery--that is some greens that don't spoil so quickly.

[Debsi]

I don't know about keeping it crisp, or if I lose vitamins this way, but I have successfully REcrisped celery by cutting off the bottom and putting the whole bunch in a pitcher of cool water. I'll leave it on the counter a couple days and use as much as I can and it stays crisp.

I just store it in the crisper drawer in the bag it came in until then. Maybe your store doesn't offer very fresh celery? I find it lasts longer than 4 days.

[STT Resident]

Easy answer - Debbie Meyer green bags, Keep all veggies fresh for the longest time - best buys I've found are on eBay.

[Beau&Cloe]

Originally Posted by STT Resident

Easy answer - Debbie Meyer green bags, Keep all veggies fresh for the longest time - best buys I've found are on eBay.

I agree with this. I use the Debbie Meyer green bags and the celery stays crisp quite a long time.

[Debsi]

How do you guys wash/dry those bags? I know they are supposed to be reuseable but I find it unsanitary since they always seem to maintain a lot of moisture after I've washed them.

I guess I use a lot more celery than y'all because I seldom have need to use my pitcher trick and I never put celery in the green bag.

[STT Resident]

I just turn them inside out, clean them out with lukewarm water and hang them up with clothes pins to dry in my store-room. I use each bag many times over and store a huge variety of fruits and veggies, lettuce mix, etc. in them. Wouldn't be without them. and I save a lot of money with so little spoilage.

[elnina]

I wrap celery in a moist kitchen towel and store in a crisper drawer, or wrap in a saran wrap - depends how long I want to store it.

[lisa53109]

I wrap celery in a moist paper towel and wrap it with foil. Usually stays crisp for at least a month this way.

[brien51]

Cold water. Store it in cold water or as the poster described above, in wet paper towels in foil. If it goes limp, simply put what you need in a bowl of ice water and it will crisp right back up for you...

[jtur88]

I keep mine in an ordinary plastic bag, and put in the crisper drawer. It last for a couple of weeks. When I buy it, it is too long to fit, because I have the crisper with two small drawers, instead of one long one. So I cut the tops off, and stand those in an empty yogurt tub full of water on a shelf in the fridge, and eat those first, putting the leaves in a salad.

Once it does go soft, just put them in a bowl of cold water for about ten minutes, and then put them in a plastic bag in the fridge, and they'll crisp up quickly. Works for carrots, too.

By the way, when you cut something in half and want to save the other half (like an apple or onion or banana), just set it cut-side down on the plastic top from a yogurt tub. That will keep air from getting at it, and it'll keep fresh for days.