How do you clean greens some people soak them in salt water for an hour wont that make them salty?!

How do you clean greens some people soak them in salt water for an hour wont that make them salty?

I'm answering this assuming you mean greens as in turnip greens, mustard greens, kale etc. I Grow alot of greens every year. I cut the stem one inch away from the parent plant so as not to damege the main stem, and place in a BIG bowl. Fill the bowl as full as possible ( we all know how much greens shrink while cooking) bring inside, add a couple tablespoons of salt right on top of the greens, fill with COLD water and swirl around gently to dissolve salt, add a couple ice cubes to the bowl to help prevent wilting, soak for an hour, empty out all water and the greens into a sink (it wont hurt anything as long as your sink is clean) pick up individual greens by the stalk and GENTLY rinse/spray BOTH sides of the leaf and stem with cold water, place back in empty bowl. When that's done, chop to desired size and cook away! The salt in the water is to drown and/or kill small bugs that you might not be able to see. No, it doesn't make the greens taste salty at all... It never has for me. On the contrary, I really like salty greens and have to add salt after cooking. I use this method on fresh picked morel mushrooms every year too. Hint: Don't boil your greens... Steam them in a double-pot steamer to retain most of the vitamin content.