I haven't thought about this in a long time. I don't know how many of you might have worked in restaurants, but back in the day, when the lettuce was rotten (brown and wilted and gross), they used to throw it in a big sink of water, with a scoop of chemical, and it would restore the lettuce, as if it were fresh.  I never felt right about this. I mean, the lettuce was ready for the trash can and twenty minutes later, people are eating it with their lunch, with no earthly idea.

I was thinking, if they were doing this, decades ago, what now?

I wonder if the slowly rolled back laws that protected us from harmful additives. I can tell you this: had the person with the salad, saw what they we're eating before it was restored, they'd gag.

I'm not talking about slight brown on lettuce, but dead stuff - total trash.