How to revive a whole head of celery

Celery is a delicious crunchy vegetable that is unappetising when limp. I have previously used this trick to revive celery stalks and wanted to try it on a whole celery bunch to see if it would work so I could use the whole plant in cooking that night.

The celery fibres will transport the water throughout the celery head and make it crunchy again.

[Image1 Limp celery]

Steps to revive a limp celery bunch

Step 1
Cut the end off the limp celery.

[Image3 Cut the end off]

Step 2
Put the celery in a jug of iced water and watch the transformation over a few hours.

[Image9 Put the celery in a jug of iced water]

How long will it take to revive a celery?
The time taken to revive a celery will vary based on how limp it is. This celery was extremely limp and took a day in water to revive. To shorten the time cut the celery into two sections; the head with leaves and the stalks.

[Image8 Celery transformation - after 1/2 hour, 2 hours and 4 hours in iced water]

The revived celery can be used immediately or stored in an airtight container.

[Image7 Revived celery]

Related
[Linkhttp://healthyhints.com.au/celery-root-cream-soup/ Celery root cream soup]

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