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How to Make a Cotton Lettuce Bag

In "The Joy of Cooking" Marion Romerbauer says that to make a good salad, a salad-maker should be "an abolitionist for moisture." Rid your salad greens of all excess moisture by placing them in a lettuce bag made from a cotton pique dishtowel. The thick fabric absorbs water and its texture keeps the absorbed moisture away from the surface of the leaves.

Things You'll Need

Cotton pique dishtowel
Sewing machine
Matching thread
Scissors
1/4-inch cotton cord, 24 inches

Instructions

- 1
  Fold down 3/4 inch along the long side of a cotton pique dishtowel.
- 2
  Sew the casing down by machine-stitching 1/2 inch away from the folded-down edge.
- 3
  Fold the dishtowel in half by bringing the short sides together, with the folded-down casing on the outside. The casing will be at the top of the bag.
- 4
  Sew the open side and the bottom of the bag together, starting just below the casing. Sew 1/4 inch from the edge of the bag. The fold will form the other side of the bag.
- 5
  Stick a safety pin through a 24-inch-long piece of 1/4-inch cording, 2 inches from the end. Use the pin to thread the cord through the casing.
- 6
  Remove the pin and knot the two ends of the cord together.
- 7
  Turn the bag right side out.

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