They use Iceberg lettuce can be whitish at times.trellaine201 wrote: ↑ Serious question. I don’t mind subway and walked in yesterday looking for a previous days special. It had expired but i looked at the lettuce and wonder why its not GREEN? Their lettuce looks more white than green. Is it something the supplier puts on the lettuce to last? I know they arrive in huge bags and lettuce does go bad pretty quickly in general.
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something like 22 days. Again I’m not sure its true. The local slouvaki/burger/greek canadian place had this surprisingly good “cheap” salad.duckdown wrote: ↑ You just described my #1 pet peeve.. bagged preserved lettuce from places that act like they are "healthy" food alternatives
It is absolutely loaded with preservatives to stop it from browning, otherwise lettuce won't even last one day once sliced.
Osmow's and other crap tier shawarma shops use this garbage too
There are no preservatives in bagged lettuce. After being shredded,the lettuce is washed in a chlorine solution and then rinsed before being dried in a spinning drum.Then it is bagged with a slightly higher nitrogen/o2 ratio to prevent oxidation.The key element is the respect of the cold chain process from the the harvest to the distribution of the finish product.Generally bag of shredded iceberg has a shelf life of 14 days and romaine around 12 days.You just described my #1 pet peeve.. bagged preserved lettuce from places that act like they are "healthy" food alternatives
It is absolutely loaded with preservatives to stop it from browning, otherwise lettuce won't even last one day once sliced.
Pretty much this.Mansun17 wrote: ↑ There are no preservatives in bagged lettuce. After being shredded,the lettuce is washed in a chlorine solution and then rinsed before being dried in a spinning drum.Then it is bagged with a slightly higher nitrogen/o2 ratio to prevent oxidation.The key element is the respect of the cold chain process from the the harvest to the distribution of the finish product.Generally bag of shredded iceberg has a shelf life of 14 days and romaine around 12 days.
Nope. That's why I'm on the internet arguing with strangers. If I had anything better to do I'd probably be doing it.Do you not have anything else to do rather than argue with strangers on the internet
Worked in fast food for years. Once you open the bag of lettuce, it doesn't even last a day. There's definitely no preservatives.duckdown wrote: ↑ You just described my #1 pet peeve.. bagged preserved lettuce from places that act like they are "healthy" food alternatives
It is absolutely loaded with preservatives to stop it from browning, otherwise lettuce won't even last one day once sliced.
Osmow's and other crap tier shawarma shops use this garbage too
Also known as butter lettuce.Supercooled wrote: ↑ Speaking of, what's the deal with Boston Lettuce? Does it owe it's name to the city? Anyway, I haven't seen many places stock these only at "upscale" grocers. Lettuce is lettuce, imo. The taste difference, if there are any, is less than negligible or are people after the texture more than the neutral taste?
As far as Subway, I think the fact that they vacuum seal it is why they last long. I suspect they go through a lot of bags a day so once opened, it won't last longer than 24 hours.
What? There's certainly a taste difference.Supercooled wrote: ↑ Lettuce is lettuce, imo. The taste difference, if there are any, is less than negligible or are people after the texture more than the neutral taste?
You can't really vacuum seal produce. It screws with the texture.I think the fact that they vacuum seal it is why they last long.
Nope. That's why I'm on the internet arguing with strangers. If I had anything better to do I'd probably be doing it.Do you not have anything else to do rather than argue with strangers on the internet
Their tomatoes can be pale as well. Cheap bulk food.trellaine201 wrote: ↑ Serious question. I don’t mind subway and walked in yesterday looking for a previous days special. It had expired but i looked at the lettuce and wonder why its not GREEN? Their lettuce looks more white than green.
In the heyday you would still need to travel quite a distance to get to a mr. sub. You can’t throw a rock and miss a subway back then. Fun fact: subway has more locations than McDonald’s.SusanM6112 wrote: ↑ I can't speak for Subway but as a teen I worked at Mr Sub and we would get cases of full heads of iceberg lettuce and then we'd slice them using the meat slicer. Don't know if that's still the same today, but I have to imagine it's way cheaper than buying the pre-sliced bagged stuff, so I wouldn't be surprised.
I’ve had Boston lettuce once or twice in my life time. Guess I’ll try it again if and when I see them. I also like alfalfa sprouts in sandwiches so it may work well with burgers too?death_hawk wrote: ↑ What? There's certainly a taste difference.
You can't really vacuum seal produce. It screws with the texture.
Produce is usually modified atmosphere.
If Boston lettuce gets crushed it will start decomposing rapidly where the leaves were broken so it is highly perishable, so you do not see it everywhere because it is potentially high-wastage. Sometimes you can get it as "live lettuce" with the root still on & it fares a bit better then.Supercooled wrote: ↑ Speaking of, what's the deal with Boston Lettuce? Does it owe it's name to the city? Anyway, I haven't seen many places stock these only at "upscale" grocers. Lettuce is lettuce, imo. The taste difference, if there are any, is less than negligible or are people after the texture more than the neutral taste?
