Vegetables – How much is a sleeve of celery

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I was reading a recipe for Slow Cooker Rosemary Garlic Beef Stew and noticed that one of the ingredients called for a "sleeve" of celery. I've heard of a stalk of celery, but I've never heard of a sleeve. Here is the list of ingredients:

Ingredients

  • ½ lb. (4 medium) carrots $0.55
  • ½ sleeve celery $0.65
  • 1 medium onion $0.36
  • 2 lbs. red potatoes $1.00
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil $0.32
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced $0.32
  • 1½ lbs. beef stew meat $9.06
  • Salt and pepper $0.05
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour $0.04
  • 2 cups beef broth $0.30
  • 2 Tbsp Dijon mustard $0.24
  • 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce $0.06
  • 1 Tbsp soy sauce $0.10
  • ½ Tbsp brown sugar $0.02
  • ½ Tbsp dried rosemary $0.15
  • ½ tsp thyme $0.05

How much celery do I need to add to the recipe?

Best Answer

This question is actually answered in a comment to the recipe you linked:

kimberly says:

Sorry for silly question, but the ingredient list says ” ½ sleeve celery $0.65 “. do you mean 1/2 of a stalk or 1/2 of a bunch of celery? [...]

Beth M says:

Yes, I meant a half bunch. Sorry about the confusion! :) I used about 4 stalks or so. They cook down quite a bit.

Also there's a picture of the ingredients used:

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So 4-5 stalks appears to be intended amount of celery. A recipe like this though is going to pretty flexible so if that seems like too much or too little it shouldn't be a problem if you go outside that range.