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I bought a spinner several years ago in our local department store for under five dollars. It does the job just fine. Tupperware costs so much because of multi-level marketing. There are so many people who have to be paid to sell that item that the cost is driven up exponentially.
Of course centuries passed before people realized they needed a spinner. Prior, water and a colander of some sort worked very well.
My biggest problem is where to store it. It does take up a considerable amount of space in the cupboard, especially with all the other utensils/appliances we just "can't live without". For 50 bucks, I could "do without" quite well, thank you.
I dislike the bagged salads and won't buy them. My family refuses to eat them. Even the pet geese, who love greens, refuse to eat them.
I rinse each leaf of lettuce and set it into a colander to drain. All the other vegetables that will go into the salad are trimmed, rinsed, and placed into the colander. , all the ingredients are ready.By the time I am ready to make the salad
washed first. The thought of eating those greens straight out of the bag makes me gag.
Goodness. By the time you're ready to make the salad...it's like, next Tuesday.
I buy head lettuce, the head carefully selected by looking it over. It's cheaper. I don't wash it. I've never gotten sick from my salads.
Had a spinner years ago. It was just another thing to wash, and it took up too much space and didn't really do such a good job of drying the lettuce. A dry cotton towel works better.
Sure - I use mine to rinse and dry greens but also other produce that would be a pain to try to clean individually - like blueberries, strawberries, new potatoes. It's really just a colander combined with the spinner to dry them so to me it's not a waste because it can serve several purposes.
When I was a kid my dad had a huge garden (all organic) and we always had freshly picked lettuce and escarole. My mom would wash it and roll it in a clean dish towel, put the whole thing in the fridge like that. Never heard of a salad spinner back then!
OMG - $50 for all plastic? It's basically a plastic costello box with an internal colander you can spin. I've had mine for 15 years and I guess I'll hang onto it because I"d never spend more than $10 to replace it!
Not to steer off topic but did anyone ever own one of those salad shooters??? My husband bought one for his SIL one year for Christmas (this was before I knew him) He thought she said she wanted a salad shooter but she actually wanted the spinner.
It's always recommended that you wash bagged salad before serving it.
I have a salad spinner that I bought at Whole Foods some years back. I think it cost $7 or $8. These days, I only use it if I'm making a large salad, which is rare. Since we're empty nesters, when I make a salad, I buy a small head of Boston lettuce, then wash and dry the leaves on paper towels.
I wish I had this one. I have the smaller one, and have had it for at least 10 years. The flal top is great for storing with things stacked on it too.
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