Chef reveals little-known hack to keep lettuce fresh for over 60 days Mr Rice shared how to keep iceberg lettuce fresh READ MORE: The secret to picking a perfectly ripe watermelon every time By Shania Obrien For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:14 EDT, 30 May 2024 | Updated: 22:14 EDT, 30 May 2024 e-mail View comments A South Korean chef has shared how he keeps heads of lettuce fresh for 'over 60 days '. The chef, who goes by Mr Rice, learned the secret hack from his grandmother and religiously uses it. He simply chops off the stem, soaks a paper towel in drinking alcohol then attaches it to the lettuce.
He then stores it in an airtight bag in the fridge. Thousands were impressed by the simple trick, while others said they have been using it on lettuce and a variety of other fruits and vegetables for years. 'This lettuce is 60 days old and still fresh,' Mr Rice said, showing the leafy green vegetable from his fridge.
A chef chops off the lettuce's stem, soaks a paper towel in drinking alcohol then attaches it to the lettuce, and stores it in an airtight bag in the fridge 'If you don’t have liquor, you can use water - but alcohol is better because it stops the lettuce from rotting,' Mr Rice, who lives in America, said. He stuck the wet paper towel on the head of lettuce and then put it inside a plastic vegetable bag and sealed it using a handmade stopper. For the stopper, Mr Rice took the head of a bottle, pulled the bag through it, and fastened the bottle cap on top for p.
