I can grow my own arugula this time of year and in Spring, but the rest of the time when I buy it at the store, I end up throwing away most of it. One store told me no one buys arugula, but I find that hard to believe because most folks I know love it and use it. I just threw out an entire bag I bought a few days ago. Today, I opened a clam shell of baby spinach purchased yesterday at Safeway and I am having to sort through it and remove the gooey, rotten stuff stuck to the backs of some fresher leaves. It is disgusting. What happened to the bins of fresh spinach, and arugula the stores used to have? I really dislike this bagged and clam shell way of marketing.
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Tired of the sad looking baby spinach and arugula in clam shells and bags at the markets
- Thread starter karennoca
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I have taken back many, store gives me new package, same thing. I just finished with the bag
of baby spinach, I cleaned out all the rotten or starting to turn pieces, The baby spinach looks like it has been put through some sort of machine that just beat it all up. Very few nice looking leaves, most have missing pieces and look ugly. I ended up with half of the bag that I bought.
Very disturbing!
of baby spinach, I cleaned out all the rotten or starting to turn pieces, The baby spinach looks like it has been put through some sort of machine that just beat it all up. Very few nice looking leaves, most have missing pieces and look ugly. I ended up with half of the bag that I bought.
Very disturbing!
I so agree with you. I'm fortunate to be able to buy beautiful fresh heads of leaf and romaine
lettuces and small leaf spinach by the bunch. I'll admit that when I'm standing at the sink after a shopping trip, washing and getting my greens ready to store, I think a bit of those packages of ready to use. However, the quality is so much better and imo, more flavorful than the baby lettuces. Not that I don't sometimes buy them. I can get a baby romaine mix of both a red and green leaf that stands up better than the spring mix. My experience with the spring mix has been about the same as yours with the arugula and spinach. And the bagged baby arugula has almost no flavor compared to much larger leaves I used to buy at the farmstand in Sarasota.
One hint, which you probably already use is to check the dates on the packages. There can be quite a difference in the dates and, hopefully, the furthest out date might be in better shape.
lettuces and small leaf spinach by the bunch. I'll admit that when I'm standing at the sink after a shopping trip, washing and getting my greens ready to store, I think a bit of those packages of ready to use. However, the quality is so much better and imo, more flavorful than the baby lettuces. Not that I don't sometimes buy them. I can get a baby romaine mix of both a red and green leaf that stands up better than the spring mix. My experience with the spring mix has been about the same as yours with the arugula and spinach. And the bagged baby arugula has almost no flavor compared to much larger leaves I used to buy at the farmstand in Sarasota.
One hint, which you probably already use is to check the dates on the packages. There can be quite a difference in the dates and, hopefully, the furthest out date might be in better shape.