Where I learned about it: Mark Bittman? A men’s magazine cooking section? No idea.
I know among the posts about ice cream and chocolate chip cookies (delicious!) this may seem a strange posting, but I continue to be delighted that this actually works!
You know when you buy a leafy green, such as kale, and then you don't use it immeadiately, and thus it languishes in your refridgerator for a few days? Anyone? Hello?
Well, when that happens, you end up with limp greens. Terrible.
These actually aren't that bad, but are certainly limper than when I bought them. Notice the lack of pep. The slightly depressed curl. These leaves need intervention, STAT!
Happily, somewhere along the way I heard, or read (source confusion, ho!) that if you put some greens into a cold water bath for a while, they will pep right up. Something about the cells that have previously lost water now regaining that water through osmosis or something? I don't know, my Ph.D. is in psychology not biology.
Regardless, it works!
Just take a large bowl and fill it with cold water. Then, put in your limp greens.
I also put a few ice cubes on top to cool things down further and weigh down the greens.
It's amazing! After 10-15 minutes, your greens are all pepped up again! Happy about life! Ready to conquer your recipe! (Except for the disastrous dinner I actually used these greens for... but that's another post).
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