CoolChange
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This may be an odd question; but, how do you wash your fruits and vegetables?
As part of my quest to become healthier, I am eating more fruits and vegetables.
I’ve known people who were at both ends of the spectrum from not washing anything (lettuce straight to the salad bowls, strawberries right out of the carton, etc.) to those who won’t eat anything they cannot peel and/or cook.
Personally, I’m somewhere in between and occasionally wonder if I am wasting my time with the washing/rinsing. I also wonder if I am putting my family’s health at risks by not doing enough, especially with the stuff I just rinse off.
I feel pretty good about my handling of apples, pears and the like: I scrub them with a bit of soap. I also do this with watermelons, cantaloupes, pineapple, etc. before slicing into them.
Pretty much everything else just gets rinsed from lettuce and spinach for salads to strawberries and peaches before eating. But, I wonder if it really does any good to just rinse them; and, if not, what more should I be doing to get the pesticides, bacteria and the like off.
I do not change this behavior much when traveling outside the USA other than using bottled water rather than tap (where the locals do not drink their tap water); but, I do think about it a bit more.
Final parting thought, only marginally related: Potatoes…skin on or peeled?
As part of my quest to become healthier, I am eating more fruits and vegetables.
I’ve known people who were at both ends of the spectrum from not washing anything (lettuce straight to the salad bowls, strawberries right out of the carton, etc.) to those who won’t eat anything they cannot peel and/or cook.
Personally, I’m somewhere in between and occasionally wonder if I am wasting my time with the washing/rinsing. I also wonder if I am putting my family’s health at risks by not doing enough, especially with the stuff I just rinse off.
I feel pretty good about my handling of apples, pears and the like: I scrub them with a bit of soap. I also do this with watermelons, cantaloupes, pineapple, etc. before slicing into them.
Pretty much everything else just gets rinsed from lettuce and spinach for salads to strawberries and peaches before eating. But, I wonder if it really does any good to just rinse them; and, if not, what more should I be doing to get the pesticides, bacteria and the like off.
I do not change this behavior much when traveling outside the USA other than using bottled water rather than tap (where the locals do not drink their tap water); but, I do think about it a bit more.
Final parting thought, only marginally related: Potatoes…skin on or peeled?