Washing food

[sr71blackbird]

I wash my food, maybe to an excess. I am eating blueberries now, and I took them out of the fridge and put them in a bowl, and turned on hot water and put in a small amount of dish soap and dumped in the blueberries. I swirled it around a few seconds and turned on the cold water. Then I dumped them into a colander and rinsed them under the blast from the sprayer and cold water for at minute at least to make sure I get the soap off.
I do a similar thing with strawberries and other smooth skinned fruit, like apples etc.
I figure that filthy people probably handle my food at some point, so I clean it as well as possible. I have turned some people off with the soap part, but its not a lot of soap. I knew a Jamaican woman that soaks strawberries in vinegar for a while before rinsing them.
Do you think this is odd or do you do anything excessive like this as well? Or do you just eat it unwashed? What about meats and stuff? Anything unusual?



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[Fez4PrezN2008]

You're gonna get the runs from that soap before you get the runs from any blueberry residue.

[Farmer Dave]

A quick rinse is about all it's getting, no soap and cold water.

Are you a nut? Ya, but not for this reason.

[Kublakhan61]

You should get a brush, you know, to ensure you get ALL the dirt...

I don't wash my produce but I often think I should.

[Fez4PrezN2008]

Maybe you should try this stuff if you must feel better about washing veggies
http://www.veggie-wash.com/mas_assets/full/654912947.jpg

[~Katja~]

try this instead of the dish soap
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41i%2BFnR3vHL._SL500_AA280_PIbundle-3,TopRight,0,0_AA280_SH20_.jpg


Hot water on blueberries cannot be good...

[EddieMoscone]

What happened to the days you could pick fruit right off the tree, rub it on your (dirty) shirt and take a bite?

[Jujubees2]

Just a quick rinse under cold water for my veggies.

[Death Metal Moe]

It depends on how dirty the fruit or veggie is. Things grown in dirt like a potato get scrubbed so I can eat the skin. Bananas usually get some soap and warm water. Things like apples, tomatoes and grapes I usually just rinse in cold water in a colander.

[Chigworthy]

apples are waxed, sealing in all that hepatitisy goodness

[RhinoinMN]

try this instead of the dish soap
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41i%2BFnR3vHL._SL500_AA280_PIbundle-3,TopRight,0,0_AA280_SH20_.jpg


Hot water on blueberries cannot be good...
i was gonna say the same. then the pressure was to follow?

[lleeder]

I knew a Jamaican woman that soaks strawberries in vinegar for a while before rinsing them.


Thats only to get the duppies out.

[Dude!]

no matter how many times
you wash those berries
always remember that
they still have a residue of
mexican urine, crap, and
perhaps cum too

enjoy

[EddieMoscone]

no matter how many times
you wash those berries
always remember that
they still have a residue of
mexican urine, crap, and
perhaps cum too

enjoy

And there's bugs in them. Yet humans continue to survive...

[lleeder]

no matter how many times
you wash those berries
always remember that
they still have a residue of
mexican urine, crap, and
perhaps cum too

enjoy

and aids blood lots and lots of aids blood

[Section 8]

Bah!

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger... I've never gotten a disease from eating unwashed fruits and veggies.

[ANC]

I pronounce it "Warsh-ing" and giggle to myself.

[Aggie]

Bananas usually get some soap and warm water.

What in the world are you washing a banana for???



I just do a quick rinse and wipe with paper towel for harder fruit.

The only thing I'd soak is greens, especially if you get them fresh. All the dirt will sink and the leaves will float.

[JPMNICK]

i barely wash my fruit at all. quick rinse and paper towel. its fruit, not fucking plutonium.

[PapaBear]

I use a brush when I wash cantaloupes. I've heard that, with the bumpy skin, they are one of the most dangerous fruits/vegetables for stuff like salmonella.

[biggirl]

All that dirt and germs builds your immunity.

I am kinda a stickler about meat though. The counters need to be cleaned pretty good afterwards.

[boosterp]

All that dirt and germs builds your immunity.

I am kinda a stickler about meat though. The counters need to be cleaned pretty good afterwards.

Yea, I like to lick all the buttons in an elevator to ensure I am immune.

[PapaBear]

All that dirt and germs builds your immunity.
The pesticides, not so much.

[Death Metal Moe]

What in the world are you washing a banana for???



WHen you buy a bunch they sometimes have crap all over them so I just got in the habit of washing them off. They'd be gross to pick up and peel and I'd have to wash my hands after eating it anyway, so fuck it. Quick shot under the faucet and they're clean.

[JPMNICK]

if you are this nervous about your fruit, you should never ever eat out or at someone elses house, because there is no way they take care of the food this way.

[myfriendheather]

I wash anything I don't peel if it's store bought. If I pick it myself I don't worry too much, just rinse off the dirt & critters. I do treat raw chicken like it's a bio hazard though.

[drusilla]

rinsed under water & then they take a ride in the salad spinner.

unless its an apple or something i'll just take a bite out of. rinsed, but no salad spinner needed.

[Farmer Dave]

The pesticides, not so much.

Most are just fine in small amounts. What's a little short term mem
















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[BinaryTaoist]

Bah!

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger... I've never gotten a disease from eating unwashed fruits and veggies.


I basically have this attitude towards the issue... ...though such an attitude is not much solace to the small percentage who have gotten seriously ill from such things. Unless there is dirt or critters I can actually see I only give a quick rinse... Organic broccolli usually has so many critters in hard to reach places that I just buy the conventional stuff.

[RAAMONE]

I use a brush when I wash cantaloupes. I've heard that, with the bumpy skin, they are one of the most dangerous fruits/vegetables for stuff like salmonella.

i rinse certan things in water... but why are people washing bananas and cantaloupes when you dont eat the outside?

that sounds like an ocd thing

[Jughead]

Important but not that big of deal really???.....I always rinse and brush produce but do you wash other things???..like meat??

[TooLowBrow]

Important but not that big of deal really???.....I always rinse and brush produce but do you wash other things???..like meat??

never rinse raw chicken, you will lose all the flavor

[Jughead]

never rinse raw chicken, you will lose all the flavor

I use the bloody foaming cotton for crunch:bye:

[PapaBear]

i rinse certan things in water... but why are people washing bananas and cantaloupes when you dont eat the outside?

that sounds like an ocd thing
You cut the cantaloupe with a knife, don't you? That's why so many people get sick from them. They don't think about the fact that the bumpy skin is full of bad shit. When you cut it open, the knife slides the bad shit right onto the inside.

[Jughead]

never rinse raw chicken, you will lose all the flavor

Oh By the wayThe U.S. Department of Agriculture, as well as food agencies in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, advises against washing poultry. Rinsing chicken will not remove or kill much bacteria, and the splashing of water around the sink can spread the bacteria found in raw chicken. Cooking poultry to 165 degrees Fahrenheit effectively destroys the most common culprits behind food-borne illness.:smile:

[Stuft]

i rinse certan things in water... but why are people washing bananas and cantaloupes when you dont eat the outside?



I really don't get this logic. Produce like this is treated w/ pesticides, the same as the rest. Stop being lazy fucks and wash your damn food before you eat it.