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  • From: Willie McKemie <mf AT austinfarm.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] head lettuce
  • Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 21:18:20 -0500

On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 08:59:51PM -0400, Liz wrote:
> We have a bumper crop of head lettuce for market this week. I've never had
> so much to harvest and prep. We're planning to harvest directly into wood
> crates, dip in chilled water briefly, drain, then put in cooler. Am I on the
> right track here?? (Supposed to have finished this today but we don't have
> enough harvest crates--and to think I was worried about having enough to
> harvest way back when....)

I sometimes keep a bucket or a drum of water in the cooler for dunking
broccoli. I leave it in the cold water as long as possible, sometimes
over night.

Years ago, I had trouble cooling shelled southern peas. A big tub of
peas was subject to heating up even in the cooler. I tried dunking
them in cold water, but that caused the peas to loose their outer
layers. I ended up putting relatively thin layers of peas in tubs.
Once they cooled, no trouble and they could be poured into thick
layers.

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