100 Pounds Of Lettuce
By Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (50603)
United States
December 14, 2024 10:00am CST
My nephew brought us 4 huge bags of lettuce. Each bag was 25 pounds.
He works at a food processing plant and occasionally they give their employees some of the food items. He actually kept another 4 bags for himself.
I started to say no thanks when he brought them over, but I didn’t want to seem ungrateful. I figured that we would have a lot of salad and maybe I could find some recipes.
Freezing it would change it too much. Anyways, I was greatly relieved to learn that we could fry it and pickle it. That’s exactly what we did. We did make taco salad the first night.
Food is expensive these days and the lettuce was a blessing. We have enjoyed the two new ways of eating lettuce very much. The pickled lettuce is with the knock wurst and the fried is on the right.
Last month he gave us 30 heads of cauliflower.
Do you ever get something that you didn’t know what to do with ?
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@LindaOHio (181320)
• United States
14 Dec
Wow! That's a lot of lettuce and cauliflower. It's just me; so I don't get a lot of things to eat. Have a good weekend.
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@RebeccasFarm (90294)
• Arvada, Colorado
14 Dec
For real Marie? I did not realize you could pickle lettuce..yes best not to waste it.
No never had too much of anything.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50603)
• United States
14 Dec
I liked the fried the best, but both are good.
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@Marilynda1225 (83074)
• United States
14 Dec
That certainly is a lot of lettuce and glad you found new ways to use it. I never would have thought of pickling it or frying it. I'll have to keep it in mind for those times when I have a lot of lettuce and don't want to eat salad.
At least with 30 heads of cauliflower you have more ways to use it and it certainly freezes well. I love cauliflower.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50603)
• United States
14 Dec
Yes, I love cauliflower too. I did boil and froze much of it.
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@aureategloom (11158)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
14 Dec
that is so nice of him. if you think that is too much, maybe you could share it with someone else who needs it?
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@Dreamerby (5756)
• Calcutta, India
14 Dec
I kinda love lettuce. I am actually a fan of green salad
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@GardenGerty (160883)
• United States
15 Dec
I have spinach from Thanksgiving from a food service worker in my brother's church. He gave them a lot. I love spinach.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50603)
• United States
15 Dec
Spinach is one of our favorite vegetables.
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@snowy22315 (181988)
• United States
15 Dec
Wow, I would be at my wits end with all that. I didn't know you could pickle lettuce. Sounds interesting. Does it taste like sauerkraut?
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
14 Dec
I like to cook but when I read your post my minds started thinking about what to do with that amount of veggies and I gave up. Cauliflower lasts a lot longer. And can be used grated instead of rice. But lettuce?
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@GardenGerty (160883)
• United States
15 Dec
@Tampa_girl7 I have even had lettuce added to soup. We just think of it as always a cold food, but it is a leafy green and can be prepared like most. Sure like it better than kale.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50603)
• United States
15 Dec
@GardenGerty having it in soup is a good idea.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50603)
• United States
14 Dec
When we fry the lettuce it shrinks like spinach leaves do. It is very tasty.
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@much2say (55905)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Dec
I wouldn't know what to do with all that produce in double digit pounds! Interesting to pickle it - and to fry it - never thought of that. I guess I would try to give it away - I don't think all that would even fit in our fridge 
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@much2say (55905)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Dec
@Tampa_girl7 Interesting . . . how did you eat it - like a stir fry type thing?
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@Tampa_girl7 (50603)
• United States
15 Dec
@much2say just cooked it in butter, salt ,pepper, onion and garlic. Ate it as a side. It was very much like greens.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50603)
• United States
15 Dec
The lettuce really shrinks when you fry it.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50603)
• United States
15 Dec
Yes, I was relieved to find the recipes. I gave some to my 2 sisters too.
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@sallypup (61568)
• Centralia, Washington
15 Dec
@Tampa_girl7 Almost anything fried is tasty!
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@Tampa_girl7 (50603)
• United States
15 Dec
@sallypup That’s what my daddy thought.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50603)
• United States
15 Dec
Me too. I also gave my sisters some.
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@popciclecold (39461)
• United States
15 Dec
You are right about one thing, and that is food is expensive. Good job.
@jobelbojel (36026)
• Philippines
15 Dec
Oh wow, I did not know that we can fry it. Thanks for sharing.
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@RasmaSandra (80635)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Dec
That was a great idea about the lettuce, Only back in Latvia when our closest neighbors or we go something in excess we shared,
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@MarieCoyle (38564)
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15 Dec
Wow...100 pounds of lettuce is a lot! I love salads, but of course that's too much to save for salads as it would spoil. It's good that you were doing the pickling, and that you can enjoy it for days to come.
And that's a ton of cauliflower, too. I know that can be frozen, I have done that when we grow it outside, but still, it's bulky and that's a lot to freeze.
