but most of us just sprinkle some water over them and eat them.
lots of ppl touch them at the stores and i dont think water by itself cleans all their bacteria off.
BQ 2: so whats the point of washing your fruit? is there a special ';soap'; for this?Does washing your fruit with water really clean them?
Well, in a sense it does clean them and here's why.
With just water, you can remove large sediment and some water soluble chemicals (from w/e origin) from the fruit/veg, making it somewhat cleaner.
With the soaps for fruits/veggies, I'm not completely sure.. but I think it likely acts as an emulsifier which binds to certain particles/bacteria and makes them removable from the surface. Basically how hand soaps work.
Beo, it isn't that easy especially with some of the herb/pesticides because most are not water soluble (meaning water doesn't react with them.) This is why other chemicals (maybe an acid like ascorbic acid **Vitamin C**, acetic acid **Vinegar**,a base such as baking soda **Sodium Bicarbonate** ... and so on may need to be used.Does washing your fruit with water really clean them?
When it comes to washing veggies, most of us rely on good ol' water. Others use vinegar or soap, but are these techniques more effective? The folks at Cook's Illustrated magazine wanted to know and decided to put it all to the test.
In their test, they washed fruit with one of the following solutions:
1. Antibacterial soap (not recommended as food safety experts think soap isn't something you should eat)
2. One part vinegar and three parts water
3. Scrubbing with a brush
4. Plain water
Once they had washed their fruit, they then took a sterile cotton swab and rubbed it on the outside of the fruit. The grime collected on the swabs was then placed into Petri dishes and sat at 80F for several days.
Want to know what their results were? Find out, just read more
The best result was a solution of water and vinegar, which ended up removing 98 percent of the bacteria. Second was the scrub brush, which removed a tiny bit more than just water alone.
To achieve this level of cleanliness at home, spray the fruit with enough to coat the surface and then rinse it under the tap. Cook's Illustrated's editor Jack Bishop had this to say about it:
';The cold water will wash the residual flavor from the vinegar, and finishes the cleaning process. So it's a 30-second, 50-cent investment.';
What do you think? Will you use a vinegar solution to clean your fruits and veg?
BQ 2:yes there is kind of a sope called zell you can buy them from any fruit store
hope this helped:)
Its not just people at the store touching them. When they are harvested, often the conditions in the field are less than sanitary. Many workers urinate and defecate right where the fruits and veggies are being picked, so no handwashing is going on. Many workers handle the produce, which is then loaded into trucks for transport, and goes through even more hands. So, YES, it is important to thoroughly wash fruits and veggies. Better yet, try to find local u-pick farms, so you reduce the amount of people handling your food. Even better, grow your own! I grow all of my own fruits and veggies. As for washing off pesticides, thats a moot point-you cannot rinse off pesticides-they are taken up in the fruit. Choosing organic helps, although some organic sprays contain high levels of MSG (Auxigro). Making a solution of baking soda and peroxide to wash produce with helps remove some of the germs, but will not remove all of the pesticides.
I wouldn't use any sort of soap or chemical to clean your produce unless you'd like to eat that soap or chemical.
If you're worried about bacteria wash your produce well, but that's all you can do, I'm curious if washing at all is a good idea though unless I see some sort of foreign substance, I mean just think about all the crap in our water, I'd gladly take immune system boosting bacteria over the crap in our tap(I didn't mean for this to rhyme). Also, if you're worried about bacteria I'd think you would be even more worried about chemicals, pesticides, etc, I assume you are purchasing organic?
If you're worried about chemicals then buy organic fruit and veg.
I buy organic and yes, I assume many people touch my food before I buy it but I'm not concerned. You're probably more exposed to bacteria and 'people germs' from your everyday practices. Most of these germs are actually good for your immune system. And most are killed in the cooking process anyway. I'd be more concerned about chemicals and buying organic will eliminate that problem.
Honestly, I don't see the point washing them and all that. Some (some) bacteria will get washed off like the way you said and it really makes no difference whether you sprinkle them with some water or not.
If they are fresh carrots of something than they must be washed because otherwise you will end up eating the mud they grew in.
there are special soaps, but I have read that they are not that great and that regular hand washing is best. When you wash your veggies and fruits, if they are hard give them a good scrub, but if they are soft, like plumbs, just use your fingers under running water to give them a gentle scrub.
yea but you can not wash the inside. just eat the thing and dont worry about it. if you cant clean the inside then you will get no where by just cleaning the outside.
the stuff they spray on the fruit goes in the ground that feeds the fruit , right?
I already asked this question. Somewhat.
Somebody suggested Veggie Wash.
Here it be:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;鈥?/a>
That's a resolved question btw.
Just use water to rinse off the chemical stuff. This is how people have been doing for centuries. Don't use anymore chemical stuff. We're human. We're NOT robots. We eat nutrition. We DON'T eat chemical stuff.
You need to always wash your veggies. If it makes you feel better, you can use a little dish soap or vinegar or baking soda. It doesn't have to be boiling hot.
I wash mine with GreenWorks dish soap, but the people in cleaning and laundry told me that probably isn't the best idea. It hasn't killed me yet though lol.
I don't think washing is enough. To be sure I like to run mine through the dishwasher or washing machine with some extra bleach. It cleans and disinfects them.
Yes.
hot water will kill some of the germs. key word being ';some';
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