Comments on: Chief Rabbinate Pre-Pesach Alert Regarding Lettuce

By: elipp

elipp — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:05:18 +0000

I don’t see why anyone would want to buy those whole heads and wash them, I plan on buying the already washed whole leaves. If I remember correctly from last year, Positive Produce had it and I hope they will have it this year as well. But then again, maybe they are also full of bugs. Did any rabonim check it?

By: charliehall

charliehall — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:13:03 +0000

We buy regular Romaine lettuce from the local produce market, and wash and check it. Once you get used to any mitzvah it isn’t a burden.

By: AinOhdMilvado

AinOhdMilvado — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:39:12 +0000

Re my original comment (#1) – I am NOT intending to be sarcastic.

The whole idea of buying these “kosher” brands of lettuce (etc.) is so that we don’t have to have the tirchah of washing, checking, etc.

If we do STILL have to wash and check we can save a LOT of money (like 75%) by just buying regular lettuce.

Can anyone tell me if there is any good reason that we shouldn’t do that?

By: Moose613

Moose613 — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:19:50 +0000

#1
In addition to the price, the head os lettuce are about 1/3 as large.
If I had a nickel for every bug I have found in so-called checked lettuce, I would be retired by now.

By: AinOhdMilvado

AinOhdMilvado — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:09:02 +0000

If all that checking STILL has to be done, then WHY BUY these “kosher” greens for 4-5 times the price of a regular lettuce with no hashgacha???