Here in Arizona I use that water for potted plants and the garden. It's too precious to pour down the sink.

@MzShonuff123

2 жыл бұрын

That’s good practice no matter where we live. Good advice!

@mimimcgee5512

2 жыл бұрын

I do that in Michigan too! I know my neighbors think I’m a freak when I do my produce washing but I just cannot stand to waste water.

@MrEquusQuagga

2 жыл бұрын

Here in South Diananda, we filter it through reverse osmosis because it's that precious. We would never waste it on the plants and garden. Water is precious. Water is life.

@mimimcgee5512

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrEquusQuagga fail on the virtue signaling. watering plants is wasteful? Lol what do you eat and how do you manufacture oxygen to breathe?

@SheilaR.08

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrEquusQuagga My garden and plants are far from wasteful. I use warm-up water to water them, and rarely need to use the hose.

Well I guess I was using mine correctly all along. This just makes sense to me

I thought it was common sense

@Jess_Bishop

2 жыл бұрын

I did too. Was so confused when she started using it as a colander 🤨

@ChIGuY-town22_

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't see your comment lol, there's no way anyone uses this like that.

@marciarivas1239

2 жыл бұрын

Is she for real ?? Maybe she is kidding ? No way somebody just rinsed their veggies like that, I leave it sumerge in vinager and salt for about 10 minutes!!

@peacopeaco

2 жыл бұрын

Common sense isn't too common.

@pjschmid2251

2 жыл бұрын

When has common sense ever been common?

Me, watching this even though I don't own a salad spinner: 👁👄👁

Strange. I thought that was common sense. Cos we can use that water for lots of things.

@isaiahayers1550

Жыл бұрын

It's not made like this in order to use the water for lots of things. It just dries the vegetables so that they are dry for salads/sandwiches. This allows dressing or sauce to stick to them much better.

@SalmAndrew

Жыл бұрын

​​@@isaiahayers1550 its not made only to dry things. It uses centripetal force just like a washing machine. Its made to wash and both dry produce not just dry

@isaiahayers1550

Жыл бұрын

@@SalmAndrew "centrifugal force I suppose you're right. I mean the washing part is just as easily done by just placing your greens into a large bowl of water and allowing the dirt and such to settle to the bottom. That's the same washing power that a salad spinner has, but its genius is using centrifugal force to dry the greens - that's what makes it special.

@SalmAndrew

Жыл бұрын

@@isaiahayers1550 it's actually "centripetal force" not centrifugal force. "If you are observing a rotating system from the outside, you see an inward centripetal force acting to constrain the rotating body to a circular path. However, if you are part of the rotating system, you experience an apparent centrifugal force pushing you away from the center of the circle, even though what you are actually feeling is the inward centripetal force that is keeping you from literally going off on a tangent." If leaving something in a bowl of water is more efficient than applying a rotational force to the bowl of water then we would have no need for washing machines. Our clothes would be spotless by just leaving them in a container of water and soap.

@isaiahayers1550

Жыл бұрын

@@SalmAndrew not gonna get into a ton of confusing physics here but, briefly, centripetal force would be the tension caused by the bonds of the molecules of the salad spinner itself keeping itself from flinging apart and forcing it to rotate. The force acted upon the salad inside the spinner is not centripetal force - it's technically inertia pushing it outward, while the centripetal force of the plastic walls creates a barrier, kind of pushing it in. Centrifugal force is a "fictitious" force that technically doesn't exist but you've "felt" it if you've ever ridden a roller coaster or taken a hard turn in a fast car. I stand by calling it centrifugal force but honestly - who cares? Regarding laundry; washing machines don't work the way that you seem to think they do, and we also have to remember that leaves of lettuce are not laundry. Laundry gets dirt and sweat and stains embedded in the fibers of the fabric and needs water and detergent to loosen that, along with agitation to lift it out. That's what a washing machine does - it moves stuff around so that it all rubs up against each other for agitation. It's not centripetal force that's cleaning the clothes - it's friction. As for lettuce leaves - they really just have dirt and/or little bugs clinging to the relatively smooth surface. They're not embedded into the leaves. So when the leaves are submerged in water, the water easily flows between the dirt and the leaves, which breaks that weak bond they had keeping them together and now the dirt is just floating in water. The dirt is heavier though and will always sink to the bottom. Throw some dirt lettuce in a clear bowl of water and you'll see all that dirt collect to the bottom in a hurry. Again, the spinning action is not washing, it's just drying. That's why you have to make sure you allow the greens to soak in the water for a bit before you start spinning it.

My first step, buy a salad spinner, second, do a better job of cleaning my veggies..

@jnl_soccer

2 жыл бұрын

Third, use more water to clean your new salad spinner after use.

I rinse in basket first under faucet. Then fill with water 2 times, 2nd time with a squeezes lime or lemon added to the water ro help keep lettuce fresher

But how do you get the Wi-Fi to connect to it?

Start in the exterior basket and transfer the clean floating stuff to the interior basket as step 1 or else you are stuck with junk that doesn’t fit easily through strainer holes. Then you can plunge the interior basket in multiple changes of water to thoroughly clean.

Thank you so much - garden-to-table and salad is a pain without one of these....and we produce a lot of salad!

Oh good. I've been doing it right all along. I own this same salad spinner and hate it compared to the old Copco white plastic ones. A tip is spin it once, empty out the water, then spin it dry again.

And if you are really clever you use the water for your plants and do not waste it.

I’ve been doing it right!! I also pour the water in the garden or I wash greens in the garden while watering the garden…. 😀😃😄💧💦

All the snarkiness here, I initially didn't realize, that you could just soak the greens, and should to let the dirt etc fall to the bottom of the bowl. I used to just rinse them in the colander portion of the spinner and then spin dry, once I saw someone do exactly that, soak first, but ultimately rinsing never was adequate, so I soak now if dirt still remains, it's due to either not enough water used, or I didn't soak the greens long enough. Otherwise, soaking is the preferred way to ensure most if not all the dirt is removed from the greens (spinach especially). Then pour out the water, put the wet greens and colander back in bowl, put lid on, spin dry.

Use it for washing berries, grapes, cherries, cherry tomatoes.

that would mean getting the salad spinner out of the cupboard! lol good reminder

Love the clear spinner.

@johnhpalmer6098

2 жыл бұрын

That is the Oxo salad spinner. I have a Zyliss one where the bowl is clear, basket is translucent white and one can see the dirt that falls out when you soak the greens etc.

@b_uppy

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnhpalmer6098 It's nice.

I wash my unmentionable in a spinner and hang up to dry

@nancyoffenhiser4916

2 жыл бұрын

I know we're going to have a COVID outbreak again, probably this fall. The salad spinner is just great for hand washing your masks and then spinning them out to dry

@lanaj1107

2 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only one who had done this. 😆

@MadisonFalco

2 жыл бұрын

Good idea!

@curtisrobinson7962

2 жыл бұрын

If I forget, remind me not to eat a salad at your house. lol

@ellengrace4609

2 жыл бұрын

@@curtisrobinson7962 Exactly what I was thinking! 😂

I didn’t know about this. I’ll do it the right way now…makes sense! Ty!

I add water and vinegar and let them soak for a few minutes and then do it again with just water.

I used both methods this morning, before watching this video. It depends on the level of soiling and cleaning necessary. It was either some basil or baby bok choy I was washing this morning where I used both methods: first a quick rinse under the faucet, then immersion and agitation in water, then a final rinse under the faucet before spinning dry. This morning I had several bags of leafy green veggies that came from the grocery store dirty and tied together in sealed plastic bags. They would have been moldy and gross after two days in the refrigerator. I fixed them ATK style: rinsed and dried, wrapped in a paper towel, and loosely contained in an open plastic bag. They should now remain fresh in the fridge for at least a week.

I've always just put my greens in the sink and washed them, then transferred to the salad spinner

My salad spinner has holes in the bottom of the bowl. The lid has a water entry port, so the entire assembly goes into the sink, water gets poured into the top port while the greens are meant to be spun slowly at first to dislodge dirt. The water is then shut off and the spinner is meant to be spun faster to dry the, now clean, greens. Not all spinners are the same closed-bowl design.

@barbaram5787

2 жыл бұрын

I have your kind of spinner too but for some reason I put my greens in a bowl and fill it with water to clean then put it in my spinner to dry. 🤷‍♀️ I don't know why I started doing that.

@johnhpalmer6098

2 жыл бұрын

I had one too, and disliked it, I have a closed one similar to the one shown (it's from Zyliss) and I've had it for over 20 years.

Did people really forget how to use a salad spinner do we need to start re-releasing old infomercials? Lol

I love the way she says basket. It puts the produce in the basket, or it gets the hose again. 😂😂

Good tip!

This isn’t its intended use but a byproduct. If you use it the other way don’t worry it’s perfectly fine.

I've never used my salad spinner wrong because I've never had one. I live in Arizona and never felt the need.

welp, i've been using it incorrectly all this time! thanks for the tip, ATK!

So no, I havent been using my salad spinner wrong, been doing this for years. Im totally freaked out by dirty lettuce since that is where all of the outbreaks happen.

I add baking soda to water and let the veggies soak. Research has shown that it helps remove the pesticides.

And when washing large leaves, stop the spinner, shuffle them around, then spin again to get even more water out.

I was doing it the right way! Yay!

I knew that from working at C&B✌🏼😊👍🏻

I don't get it because just running tap water through the leaves seems like a completely ineffective way of actually removing most debris. It seems like agitating the perforated basket like every other washing machine out there would do a better job, then spin, rinse and repeat.

Turns out I was doing it right all along😃

Why the hell would they call it a salad SPINNER if you don't spin it? 😂😭

It's almost as if there's.... Directions...

@johnhpalmer6098

2 жыл бұрын

You'd be surprised how many don't know all this.

I was curious, so I watched, then I read the reviews, which made it worth while.

I've been doing it right all this time! Finally--something I'm good at! 👍

Okay damn, I actually learned something new

A "why" would have been helpful...I feel like I'm missing a piece of the puzzle. What problem is this solving?

@johnhpalmer6098

2 жыл бұрын

Easy, the dirt that you saw at the bottom of the salad spinner is what falls to the bottom during the soaking process, then you drain that water off, then place the basket back in and spin it dry. It's much more effective than towel drying it. I have a salad spinner and it does work well.

Not bad. And if you can dump that ‘dirty’ water outside and water some plants, flowers or bushes

Today I learned that I’ve been using my spinner *correctly* this whole time!

I’ve been doing it the right way since I was a kid lol

EXPECTATION: Some silly life hack that has no relevance beyond the person who posted it. REALITY: Manual instructions.

Thank you 😅😁

Good to know thanks

Surely it's easier to wash a whole vegetable than washing it when it's chopped

mine must be from the 80's it cranks, but i always use it this way

I just recently filled the bowl with water and then spun it with the water. Works even better.

I thought everyone did it that way, cause the ice cold water crisps the lettuce back up.

That’s exactly how I use it.

I’ve been doing that for years.

That's how I have always done it.

Wash and then chop. That way you retain the nutrients

Give that water to your plants and garden.

That is not a good way to do it…a better way is after soaking the produce, SAVE the water and use it to water plants instead of just dumping it down the drain!

I’m just tired of hand drying my kale to make chips

Other option.. Gain stamina from micro dosing dirt while eating salads.

I wish I knew. I just puts green things in and spin em

Are u serious? Let me make a video about how to open a door. . . 😂😂😂

Ah crap I've been holding mine while spinning on a chair! 🤦🏻‍♂️ no wonder salad always makes me dizzy!

ARE YOU SERIOUS. Why would you buy a salad "SPINNER" to use the basket as a mesh for washing things.. The damn thing clearly is made to SPIN with handle,brakes and clear instruction on how to use

Younger folks actually think they discovered all this stuff 😆.

@WatchingNinja

2 жыл бұрын

No younger folks think that.

I didn't know there was a wrong way

Whew.....I worried for a second I was doing it wrong. 🥴

Dammit! 😂

I prob would have spun it in the water as well to clean them? Then spin dry after?

so your saying we should spin it when it's filled with water?

@johnhpalmer6098

2 жыл бұрын

No, she is saying, drain that dirty water, then spin dry.

@potapotapotapotapotapota

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnhpalmer6098 ok 👌

You should spin it while it's full of water to agitate it. It'll remove more dirt.

@johnhpalmer6098

2 жыл бұрын

I find that does not work as well as the water makes it harder to spin. Just swish it around with your hands or spin the basket by hand, then drain and spin dry.

But why would you buy a salad spinner without knowing what its for? If you think its just a colander then you probably already have one, so why would you buy one with a second bowl and lid for it? "Spinner" is in the name too

@johnhpalmer6098

2 жыл бұрын

I think you are missing the point. She is showing how to do it more effectively by using the bowl of the spinner to soak the veggies so the dirt falls off into the water, once done, drain that water off, then spin dry.

Common sense.

You still dont know how to use a salad spinner. Its not just made to dry stuff its made to wash also from spinning. Just like a washing machine wash and dry by spinning

Wow

Yes I knew this LOL

Who dosent do this?

Incorrect. Not the Jacque Pepin method.

Duh

For southern hemisphere viewers : spin in opposite direction

😮😍

Are you eating wrong? When you put food in your mouth don't just swallow, chew it first!

Litterally in the instructions manual.

@johnhpalmer6098

2 жыл бұрын

You are making a huge assumption there, many don't read the effing manual.

@WatchingNinja

2 жыл бұрын

LOLOL did you buy a salad spinner with instructions? The many I've seen don't come with them.

So, I've been doing it correctly all along.

Ya know, right way wrong way. I use it and it does what I need it to do. Seriously, who cares?

@johnhpalmer6098

2 жыл бұрын

Well, the "right" way is if you can't guarantee how clean your sink is, then the spinner is the best way to wash your veggies, especially if you eat them raw. It reduces potential contamination of the food.

Don't pour the water down the drain, water your plants with it

I had no idea it was possible to misuse a salad spinner... Why get it if you only use it as a colander ?

@WatchingNinja

2 жыл бұрын

What do you mean? She was saying she only rinsed it off and spun it dry. The point is, you're supposed to soak the veggies first to help remove the dirt.

Dirt is nutrients

Duh! Really…..Cmon lady. I wouldn’t have got online and told everyone

At this point in time washing anything in tap water is taking your own health and any promise of a long life for granted. The more genetically altered our food becomes the more our waters are contaminated and unfit to consume.

lol

She's cute 🤤

I was doing it wrong also….🫢

Duh