Last night, my salad spinner broke and I had the bright idea of using my large water bottle to wash my lettuce. I cut said lettuce into bite sized pieces like I always do, stuffed them into the water bottle, half filled it with water and shook. Rinse, fill, shake and repeat. Once I figured the lettuce was adequately washed, I emptied the water and tried to get the lettuce out. No-go. Some of the lettuce came out, but a lot of it was stuck to the interior wall of the water bottle due to it being wet.

I stood there peering into the water bottle filled with lettuce and felt like a frikin' moron for doing what I did. I thought it would work, but it didn't. I tried using a chopstick to scrape the remaining lettuce out, but that didn't work either. I turned the water bottle upside side down and pounded on the bottom like you would a ketchup bottle, but the lettuce remained. I didn't know what to do.

Do I toss the water bottle? Do I get used to the taste of lettuce-infused water? It's been sitting upside down in my dish drainer all night and when I looked at it this morning, the lettuce was now dried and encrusted onto the sides. Dammit!