Cleaning Celery (Destringing)

By

Jo Bodey

Or you can 'snap' the celery stalks not quite all the way through and pull one side to peel the strings off the back of it. The pull the dangling strings off the other half. I do this first to remove the tough heavy strings and then touch up any bits I've missed using a kitchen knife and my thumb to nip the strings and peel them off.

Regards

Jo

By Faye (Guest Post)

Just use your vegetable peeler on the back of the celery.

I saw this on a cooking show........Yeah Food channels!!

By Pat (Guest Post)

I use a serrated-edge knife, such as a steak knife, to get the strings off my celery. Then I wash any remaining strings off under the cold-water faucet.

By Beth (Guest Post)

Cut across the base of the stalk just above where it joined the base. Using the flat side of your knife you can lift several strings at once and pull upward toward the top of the stalk. You can de-string one stalk in two or three such strokes.