Anonymous wrote:I have wasted a.lot of money on bagged salads recently. I shop at Wegmans or WF and buy the pre-washed Spring Mix in the tub and I noticed that the salad mixes do not seem to be rinsed and dried properly and the salad goes bad within a day or too. I never noticed this in the past. It's really odd. I used to buy the family pack, but ended up throwing away most of it because it gets soggy and gross. How do you make the salad mixes last longer?

You have to eat it within a day or two to use it all up. It gets used if you eat every day for three days and you have a family of 5 or around 5

I picked up an inexpensive coleslaw shredder on Amazon.
So much better than bagged and lasts forever.
It takes all of 5-10 minutes and it doesn't get slimy. Works with cabbage, carrots, papaya, ginger

There's different kinds of convenience.

Anonymous wrote:Buy the slaw-ish ones, not the lettuce-y ones.
Anything that has a base of cabbage or broccoli even kale — will be hardier and last longer.

Yes and they are really good too.

I’ve thrown away too many of the salad kits. We are having good luck with the little gem heads from Trader Joe’s. Last longer and still very fast to use and no need to toss outer leaves.

The ones prone to ecoli are typically the ones with multiple varieties of ingredients in the bag.

Once the lettuce gets cut up like that, it has a more limited shelf life than a head of lettuce, or even prewashed spring mix in the tub. Most salad-in-a-bag doesn't even look good while it is still on the shelf in the store, so that is what is first, look closely before you even buy it. But second thing is that there's very little shelf life on this stuff -- buy it the same day you are going to use it. Otherwise, I'd steer away from buying bagged salads. They don't make much sense anyway, a handful of spring mix with nothing else but a nice vinaigrette is going to be better than almost all of the bagged salads.

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Anonymous wrote:Bagged salads are gross.

Between the regular recalls for e. coli and the expense, yes.

It's like paying $10 for an apple that gives you the shits.

Washed in chlorinated water and bagged under nitrogen, it's safer than the heads of lettuce on a shelf.

Anonymous wrote:Bagged salads are gross.

Between the regular recalls for e. coli and the expense, yes.

It's like paying $10 for an apple that gives you the shits.

Anonymous wrote:Bagged salads are gross.

Agree. Now that there is not as much food inspecting going on I stopped buying them.

Just make sure you wash them really well. Even if it says "triple washed" or whatever. It's very important.

Yuck! Don't buy those. It's really not hard to rinse and chop a head of lettuce. Dedicate ten minutes to that, chop a little extra, and save it in a ziplock bag with some paper towels so you have some ready for the rest of the week.