Keep celery crunchy for four weeks with easy storage solution

If looking to prolong celery from going limp, change the way you store it, and it will last up to four weeks. 

Mike from Kitchen Tips Online asked: “What is the best way to store celery? 

“Well, we can get a clue if we look at the packaging from the manufacturer that they put celery in after they harvest it. 

“Notice they use plastic wrapping, but the interesting thing you should note is the plastic wrapping is open at the end and has small holes. 

“That tells us that the manufacturer doesn’t think it’s a good idea to completely encase celery in plastic,” he noted. 

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“I have some celery that’s been in the fridge for about four weeks. Now, as you can see I have this celery wrapped up tightly in aluminium foil.” 

A closer look revealed: “You can see the foil has been wrapped, and unwrapped, multiple times while I take a stalk or two off this bunch. 

“If you listen, you’ll hear a crunch – that’s after four weeks,” he said breaking a stalk in half to prove his point.

As for why foil works well to prolong the shelf life of celery, Mike explained: “The foil protects celery from ethylene gas. 

“If you have fruit in your fridge, and by the way, you should never co-mingle fruits and vegetables. Because fruits, when they ripen, give off ethylene gas, and celery doesn’t like ethylene gas.” 

As for where celery should be placed in the fridge, the “coldest part of your fridge, which is usually the crisper drawer”, Mike said. 

“Also, you want to keep it separated from any fruits,” he told his YouTube subscribers. 

But does this trick work? Someone commented below the video: “Tried it… It WORKS!!! Thanks. I feel like I’ve struck oil in my backyard..” 

“I’ve been doing this for over a year. It works! I have celery on hand all the time now,” another wrote. 

A third said: “I tried this and it works great! Thanks for the tip!” 

If celery has gone limp, there’s an easy way to revive it; take the whole bunch or a few stalks, and place them in a glass of iced water. Or, submerged the bunch in iced water – the coldness will shock them.