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Washing Fruit And Vegtables

casnco

By casnco
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casnco Enthusiast
casnco
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I have been using the comercial vegtable and fruit wash. I think it is called "Fit"? Does anyone know of a good home syle method that wont take heavey rinseing or leave a residue? Would a mixture of peroxide and water work without spoiling the fruit/vegtable?

Thanks for your input.

Debbie

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purple Community Regular
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Google hydrogen peroxide and vinegar for cleaning vegetables.

I read a couple of years ago about using those. I think it said to get 2 spray bottles. Put vinegar in 1 and peroxide in the other. Then spray them. It doesn't matter which is sprayed first. Much better effect if you use both than just one. I tried it at first but my sprayer broke so I got out of the habit. Forgot the web site, sorry. Don't ever swallow the peroxide but it works great to kill germs in your mouth and tons of other stuff.

You will find "some" against it b/c its cheap and "they" can't make a profit. "Those" want to sell you "their" chemicals to kill "their" chemicals "they" put on your food-look at "their profit"!(Whole nother story)

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Fiddle-Faddle
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Since the main ingredient in Fit is surfactant (which is soap), I use one drop of dish detergent in a large pot of water, put the fruit or veggies in, slosh around, and then rinse VERY, VERY well.

I have noticed that foods taste a lot better since I started doing this, especially grapes for some reason. (I'm bad--I don't buy organic grapes because at our Giant Eagle, they're usually old and soft.)

casnco Enthusiast
casnco
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Thanks "Purple" and "Fiddle Faddle" for your comments. I will look up the sites suggested. And a little soap and water is probably a good idea. I agree about "they" wanting us to believe "their" product is the only way to clean our fruit/vegtables.

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bakingbarb
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Awhile ago Cooks Illustrated ran some tests regarding this. I cannot find it right now but they said cider vinegar in water was the best way to wash fruits. I use it all the time on veggies also. I just put a tbsp of cider vinegar in a bowl of water and let the veggies sit in there for a few minutes while I do something else, then I rinse well.

Here is aOpen Original Shared Link to an article about the article.

aikiducky Apprentice
aikiducky
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Is this some kind of a regional thing? I'm asking because I've never heard of washing fruit and vegetables with anything but water? :huh::blink:

Pauliina

casnco Enthusiast
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Is this some kind of a regional thing? I'm asking because I've never heard of washing fruit and vegetables with anything but water? :huh::blink:

Pauliina

Here in the states there has been a great deal of samonilla outbreaks coming from our fruits and vegtables. Also Ecoli has been found stemming back to fresh fruits and vegtables. First it was spinich then tomatoes. Who knows what else it will be found in. I have NEVER washed off fruits of veggies before this. I am a country girl and we just washed off the dirt. Now if I don't grow it I almost want to sanitize it.

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casnco Enthusiast
casnco
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Awhile ago Cooks Illustrated ran some tests regarding this. I cannot find it right now but they said cider vinegar in water was the best way to wash fruits. I use it all the time on veggies also. I just put a tbsp of cider vinegar in a bowl of water and let the veggies sit in there for a few minutes while I do something else, then I rinse well.

Here is aOpen Original Shared Link to an article about the article.

Barb, thanks. I like the idea of cidar vinigar and water.

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aikiducky
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Thanks for the explanation casnco! :)

Pauliina

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purple
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Here in the states there has been a great deal of samonilla outbreaks coming from our fruits and vegtables. Also Ecoli has been found stemming back to fresh fruits and vegtables. First it was spinich then tomatoes. Who knows what else it will be found in. I have NEVER washed off fruits of veggies before this. I am a country girl and we just washed off the dirt. Now if I don't grow it I almost want to sanitize it.

Last nights news said they were recalling bean sprouts...whats next?

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I was reading an article looking for something else and found this. So I guess we could start using a clay rinse?

Interestingly enough Dr. Weston Price, who studied the diets and health of many primitive societies during the early 20th century, found that many primitive people would eat food that has been dipped in Open Original Shared Link dissolved with clay

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