# Management and handling of fresh celery leaves

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/management-and-handling-of-fresh-celery-leaves/596753>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 18, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/management-and-handling-of-fresh-celery-leaves/596753 "2011-09-18T22:04:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/management-and-handling-of-fresh-celery-leaves/596753/1 "2011-09-18T22:04:50Z")

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I like fresh celery leaves in salads and sometimes just to nibble on them. I like celery too but because I usually prepare my own meals only for myself I run out of leaves before the whole stalk of celery is gone.

I cannot think of any way that I could acquire and keep more celery leaves in the refrigerator without buying a surplus of celery?

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**Author:** ![cuberdon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@cuberdon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuberdon)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/management-and-handling-of-fresh-celery-leaves/596753/2 "2011-09-19T23:57:15Z")

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Buy Chinese Celery which is much leafier, I don’t think you use the stalks.

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/management-and-handling-of-fresh-celery-leaves/596753/3 "2011-09-20T00:03:13Z")

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> [@janeslogin](#):
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> I cannot think of any way that I could acquire and keep more celery leaves in the refrigerator without buying a surplus of celery?

Most grocery stores I go to have a section of loose celery; look in that for leaves? I like leaves too, but only to snack on, and the snacks are pretty much taken care of as I’m cleaning the stalks.