Use Wood, Glass or China for Salad

RE: Use Wood, Glass or China for Salad Post By (Guest Post) (10/20/2004) it's because using metal will cause the lettuce to wilt sooner. Try cutting with a plastic knife or simply tearing the lettuce and it will last longer, too! RE: Use Wood, Glass or China for Salad Post by ThriftyFun (4042) | (10/19/2004) Profile | Blog! | Contact Hi, I've been looking around and the only thing I've been able to find is this: "Remove the leaves and place it in a wooden or glass bowl. Metal bowls or spoons should not be used in preparing lettuce salads. " It was on a forum about making Caesar Salad. I haven't found any reason why. Maybe we have a chef out there that can tell us. I found this on: http://forumhub.com/intlfood/6015.03.45.51.html - Susan at ThriftyFun RE: Use Wood, Glass or China for Salad Post By Joe (Guest Post) (10/19/2004) i worked a pretty nice restaurant and we used stainless steel bowls for salads. Having said that, I have heard that some ingredients may react to the metal in metal bowls. It's not that big of a deal... if you look in a culinary text book you would be amazed by all different recommendations they have... wood for this, metal for that... I have also heard that cutting lettuce will make it brown more quickly, which may be true, but even at a nice restaurant we couldn't afford to tear up lettuce for salads. Wood for this, metal for that... doesn't really mean much to me or the home chef, IMO. RE: Use Wood, Glass or China for Salad Post By joesgirl (Guest Post) (10/19/2004) Why aren't you supposed to use metal when mixing salads? I've been making salads probably 5 out of 7 days a week (unless I'm on vacation) for 43 years) & I've never had a problem. I'm very curious as to the logic of this. Thank you. RE: Use Wood, Glass or China for Salad Post by valleyrimgirl (466) | (10/19/2004) Contact Why?