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Lettuce lasts 14 days longer without turning brown if stored with 1 everyday kitchen item

Lettuce should stay fresh weeks rather than days as long as you take it out of its plastic packaging and instead store it with one common item everyone has in their kitchen.

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By Katherine McPhillips

Express tests two lettuce storage hacks over 21 days

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Lettuce lasts 14 days longer without turning brown if stored with 1 kitchen item (Image: Getty)

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A tea towel or paper towel will absorb any excess moisture leaking from the lettuce (Image: Getty)

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Keep lettuce with a towel and in a semi opened container to keep it fresh (Image: Getty)
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