Chopping Greens Technique

Keep base intact, and cut lengthwise from
base. Make several lengthwise cuts while
rotating head of greens so you have strips
of greens.

Now cut crosswise. Hold the bunch together
with other hand (keep fingers out of the way
of the blade, tuck in fingers, use knuckles).

Toss base and any yellow pieces (bitter)

Walter and his weird obsession
with the salad spinner

Once as I was carrying the spinner,
Walter attacked it and completely
knocked it up and out of my hands.
Lettuce went flying in the air and
onto the floor.
Me: "Tossed salad anyone?"
Marie: "Here, letttuce help you clean it up."

Something else I didn't know: Remember the E.Coli scares that resulted in recalling spinach and Romaine lettuce? The contamination came from animal agriculture. Animal waste from the thousands of tightly packed livestock contaminated the water supply. Some farms spray waste water into the air.

Good news: Reducing consumer demand for animal meat will reduce the amount of animals the ranchers artificially reproduce. Less animals, less contamination, better water, better air.