Celery is a member of the carrot family. It is low in
calories, high in fiber and a fair source of Vitamins A
and B. To pick good celery look for fresh healthy leaves
and crisp green stalks. One good lesson to learn about celery
is how to strip off the strings. Take a knife to one end
of the celery stalk, pull strings out from top to bottom.
Do not discard the strings in your garbage disposal, they
will cause problems. At one point in the United States,
celery was considered a high society vegetable. More developed
farming techniques have since made celery cheaper and more
available.
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