Saving wilted celery [View all]

[eleny]

A while back I found wilted celery in the fridge. Even though it was in a green bag it wilted over enough time.

So I used one of my mom's old tricks. I cut off the root end of the bunch and plunged it in a tall glass of cold water. After several hours the stalks were all standing tall and they regained their crunchiness.

If the celery was for a soup I would have cut up the wilted and added it to the soup. But for my snack of a celery stalk filled with peanut butter or for tuna fish salad the crunch is the thing.

Another mom trick was to cut a bunch of parsley on the bottom, put it in a short glass of water and cover it with a plastic cover that's like a small shower cap. The glass stayed on a fridge door shelf. We'd just cut it back every once in a while like you do with flowers in a vase so they keep taking in water and stay fresh longer.