Washing Fruit And Veg

[tiggerblue10]

How do you wash soft fruit like raspberries, blackberries, blueberries etc? Do you just rinse under water? How do you wash fruit in general that you'd normally eat with skin like apples, pears etc., and veg for that matter.

Given the recent fears over contaminated frozen veg and watching Alice Beer earlier on This Morning advising everyone to wash all fruit and veg before use it got me thinking that maybe water isn't enough.

Someone once told me that they wash berries in a bicarb and water solution.

[pastafreak]

If you had a catering business minkyme, I doubt your method would be allowed.

[Minkyme]

Well this guy had a 15 door tapeworm with no symptoms.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5329095/amp/Doctors-pull-9-FOOT-tapeworm-mans-rectum.html

[Mamyalynne]

I rarely buy loose fresh fruit or eat peel, I too only wash obviously dirty vegetables.

[douglas9401]

It seems the roof isn't an issue with these worms, Pasta, more the bottom than the top.

[gingejbee]

Somebody in this thread really doesn't understand "antibacterial" washing-up liquid!

[jazzyjen]

We grow all our own blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries ect., mostly organically in that we never spray any chemicals.

After picking I put them in a bowl of water with just a tiny speck of salt in. Leave to stand for 10 mins. This draws out any unwanted minibeasts.

[alavahalf]

When I find a really nice strawberry on the allotment ... I always shake the woodlice off before eating it.

[Old_Geezer]

It wasn't that long ago I realised that supermarkets expected you to wash fruit & veg. They'll be getting me to wash the tinned and frozen food next ! Anyway I opted against Persil or Fairy washing up liquid, and just hope a rinse does it. Somehow I doubt it does and we are all eating chemicals and whatever that we ought not.

[pastafreak]

That tapeworm episode was in Singapore. Find a UK example...if you can. It would be quite rare here.

[kvalidir]

Ooooh imagine a Tapeworm, you'd never have to diet again, cake and pies all the way :) x

[gingejbee]

^^^pasta, obviously because everyone is washing food with "antibacterial" washing-up liquid. It must work!

[Buenchico]

I'm quite amused at the fact that some people here seem to think that the best way to get rid of any nasty chemicals that might be on their fruit is to wash them in a mixture of industrial detergent and disinfectant (which is what's in antibacterial washing-up liquid). Crazy!

[woofgang]

only one person Buenchico!

[diddlydo]

Rinse under cold tap for bought fruit and veg. Organic home-grown stuff - no need to wash unless covered in mud/soil.

[douglas9401]

I like to give my Cox a good buffing on my polo shirt.

[Cloverjo]

I'd never heard of anyone washing food with washing up liquid before. I might give leeks a rinse under the tap if they've got dirt on them, but that's it.

[Canary42]

It's not against bacteria that you need to wash shop-bought fruit, it's insecticides, herbicides, and other chemicals they're regularly dowsed in during their growth.

[Georgiesmum]

celery always needs a good wash before eating
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[Mamyalynne]

Salt doesn't slide off the celery when it's wet too.

[Maydup]

I wouldn't wash my dishes in Fairy kiquid, let alone my food!

I ring berries under the cold tap just incase they have been sprayed and to flush out any bugs. But I'd eat them straight from the plant if the plant is in my garden or in a pollution free lane.

I rinse most other fruit in the same way but would always take a risk on a bag of ripe cherries which wouldnt make it home to the tap!