do you wash your lettuce

[marmiteandminticecream]

if it looks ok do you just use it or do you wash it first and if so how do you dry it
drip dry or dab it with a towel
friend said i'm a minger because i don't wash it unless it looks dirty
what do you do

I don't wash anything.That's what an immune system is for.

No, but I only buy iceberg lettuce and peel the outer leaves off so assume the inner ones are protected? Never eat anything else unless visibly dirty. Never been I'll.

I didn't used to bother with washing veg much, not to any thorough extent. But then then E. coli really hit a few years ago (albeit through rocket, IIRC?) and that is really nasty, even for healthy people. So now I do.

I wash everything! Lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, carrots, anything eaten raw - definitely! And most other fruit/veg too. Not onions though, that would be weird. If I'm making a dinner-sized salad for 2+ I use a salad spinner (I have a small one that doesn't take up too much space in the cupboard). If it's a few leaves to go in a sandwich I'll rinse, shake and dab with a tea towel/kitchen roll.

Yes I rinse what I am using under the tap. Shake it don't dry it. Then repeat next time I cut more off another day.

What kind of lettuce are we talking about?

I'm actually crying with laughter 😂😂

I prefer a landing strip of lettuce in my sandwich and it's always washed and squeaky clean 😉

I'm 40, eat copious amounts of raw fruit and veg since age 22. Never once washed anything.

Use it or lose it!

I must admit, sometimes it's a mix with my lettuce

Wash it and dry in a lettuce spinner. The water fly's off. I would worry about slugs if not washed.

Always, and with a lovely centrifugal salad spinner. Lol at people propping the leaves up to dry

Same.