Do you HAVE to wash kale if you are going to bake it?

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Anonymous wrote:Once you get a mouthful of grit you'll go back to rinsing it again (like me).

That's what I was going to say- kale can be gritty. Wash and leave on towels to dry for a couple hours.

That's what I do. With all veggies that need to be dry. Like okra or even mushrooms. Pat with another dry towel, to take out most of the moisture.

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Anonymous wrote:^^^
Yep. This one.

I wash all greens by swishing in a (clean) sink full of water. That lets the dirt and grit fall out. Just holding it under running water is not as effective. A salad spinner gets it plenty dry. We make kale chips a couple of times a week and haven't had a problem doing it that way.

Eww, I would not soak any food in my sink. I soak in a large bowl full of water and soak in batches. Give a couple of swishes and the dirt and grime come off. I never spin in a salad spinner. Just dry with a clean dishtowel, drizzle in oil and still comes out crisp.

You sanitize the sink first.

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Right. I'm a lot more comfortable with my just-cleaned sink than I am with a dish towel (?!?!) I also can't imagine why one would leave greens lying on a wet towel for a couple of hours when a couple of seconds in the salad spinner leaves them ready to go.

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Right. I'm a lot more comfortable with my just-cleaned sink than I am with a dish towel (?!?!) I also can't imagine why one would leave greens lying on a wet towel for a couple of hours when a couple of seconds in the salad spinner leaves them ready to go.

Because OP said the spinner didn't leave her greens dry enough. So use the spinner, but then leave the leaves to dry on a nice new dry towel/ sorry if I wasn't explicit enough about using a dry towel, lol.

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I always wash because of the grit. Germs I don't worry about - that is what heat is for. What I have taken to doing with greens is prepping them when I bring them home - for kale, cut out ribs, wash in sink, then either spin dry or towel dry (wrap in towel, go outside, and spin bundle like a lasso) and then put the greens in a plastic bag with a paper towel or small dish towel (clean!) and put it in the fridge. Then I can make kale chips for dinner in 15 minutes after work.

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