You should peel the celery before eating it – regardless of whether you dip it or prepare it as an oven vegetable. The interior of the perennials and the hard threads are particularly important. We’ll show you how to remove them.
Clean and peel the celery
1. Trim celery:
First you separate the stems from each other and remove the leaves inside the celery.
Then cut off the bottom ends of the perennials. It is best to remove everything white to avoid bitter substances.
You should also cut off the top ends once they have dried.
2. Wash Celery:
Now you can wash the celery to get rid of dirt: make sure to also remove the dirt from the grooves and clean the celery thoroughly.
Hot water and a vegetable brush are best for this.
3. Peel the celery
After cleaning, you can remove the hard fibers. You can use either a knife or a peeler to do this:
Use the knife to cut about 1mm into the celery and then pull off the thread between the knife and your thumb.
If you use a vegetable peeler, you’ll remove the threads just as effectively. However, you will also remove much of the edible celery.
Tip: Basically, when peeling and cleaning celery, you can proceed in a similar way to rhubarb. If you are used to peeling rhubarb, it is also very easy to peel celery.
Once you have washed and peeled the celery, you can eat it as finger food with a delicious dip, or fry, steam or cook a celery soup.
