When buying celery, it is best to choose a light green color, tender and crispy, and tightly tied together; can you check whether the leaves look fresh? Are there any scars or changes in the locks? Cooking website Simply Recipes reports that celery will quickly become more refined if there is not enough moisture to keep this high-water vegetable crispy and tender.

Nutritionist Melissa Prest pointed out that when celery has passed its shelf life, it will find that the originally hard green locks are white, soft and easy to curl. She said that if the celery looks slimy and says it has passed the shelf life, you should throw it away.

{99} Don't put celery with ethylene-containing fruits and vegetables

Suitable storage is the key to maintaining the best taste of celery. Never put celery with apple, avocado, pear or other ethylene-containing vegetables or fruits. This gas will accelerate their ripening.

In addition, do not wrap or store celery with plastic bags or fresh films, because it will absorb the ethylene gas released from the celery, causing the pen to change faster. Simply Recipes column author Mary Jo DiLonardo learned a simple way to extend the shelf life of celery: wrap it in aluminium foil.

Prist said it is best to put celery in a crisper drawer in the refrigerator, which can be stored for two weeks; before storing, remove the plastic packaging, wrap it in a sheet of aluminum foil paper and put it in the refrigerator.

Use aluminium foil paper to maintain moisture in the celery locks

Aluminium foil paper helps maintain moisture in the celery locks. If you want to work hard on food preservation for some time, there is also a more refined celery cleansing method. For best results, you can cut the celery first and put it vertically in the water, so that it can be stored in the refrigerator for longer time, said Caroline Thomason, a nutritionist in Virginia. She said that the celery pendant absorbs this moisture and will last longer.

However, as long as the celery is not sticky, moldy or color-changing, it can still be used with confidence. Prest said that using celery that has passed the shelf life and other vegetables as the base for vegetable soup or high-solid soup is a good way to reduce food waste. To re-boosting the softer celery, she suggested washing, cutting it into strips, and soaking it in ice water for about 30 minutes.

Responsible editor: Gu Zihuan