Is raw produce worth it given washing hassles?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DH is the produce rinser in our house. He’s really grossed out at the idea of eating raw foods that have been who knows where, so I appreciate him for doing this. He always lets berries sit in a vinegar rinse and there is some gross stuff that floats to the surface. Also I’ve noticed it seems to help them stay fresh longer.

A PRESERVATIVE!?!?

[Anonymous]

I just give vegetables and fruits a quick rinse. No need to go OCD on them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was a real article in the paper. OP here. I never used vinegar or salt or anything. Daunting to think of all that taking each leaf apart...

Do you spend your entire life paranoid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I rarely ever rinse my produce. Not dead yet.

Same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"baby lettuce" is one of the easiest and cheapest things to grow. They don't even need a grow light in summer; just put them by a window.

If you're this concerned about washing produce, maybe try growing some of your own?

This is silly. You aren't growing a year's supply of lettuce without major effort.

Save the empty plastic boxes from your salad, fill them with a single layer of pea gravel for drainage and then seed starting soil. Start one a week, or howevermany days you plan to eat salad (which is a nonsense rabbit food, usually for people who are dieting and want bulk without calories, and shouldn't be your primary form of sustenance).

It takes about 4-6 weeks depending on the season to get the rotation started, but it costs very little, it's easy af to rotate the bins, and there's plenty of fresh leaves when you want them. You need to remember to water 1-3x a week, which takes about 10 minutes.

Maybe if you ate more calories you'd have more energy (and more brain power)?

Paying $2 a head is a much better use of time.

You appear to have some sort of prion disease from your pure meat diet.

[Anonymous]

I give veggies a quick since and call it a day. Eat bagged lettuce straight up without washing, every single day. Sometimes I buy the 3 heads of romaine lettuce and just slice it up (again no washing)

Not sick of dead yet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"baby lettuce" is one of the easiest and cheapest things to grow. They don't even need a grow light in summer; just put them by a window.

If you're this concerned about washing produce, maybe try growing some of your own?

This is silly. You aren't growing a year's supply of lettuce without major effort.

Save the empty plastic boxes from your salad, fill them with a single layer of pea gravel for drainage and then seed starting soil. Start one a week, or howevermany days you plan to eat salad (which is a nonsense rabbit food, usually for people who are dieting and want bulk without calories, and shouldn't be your primary form of sustenance).

It takes about 4-6 weeks depending on the season to get the rotation started, but it costs very little, it's easy af to rotate the bins, and there's plenty of fresh leaves when you want them. You need to remember to water 1-3x a week, which takes about 10 minutes.

Maybe if you ate more calories you'd have more energy (and more brain power)?

Paying $2 a head is a much better use of time.

You appear to have some sort of prion disease from your pure meat diet.

To the person teaching you to grow greens? Yeah, PP's point proven.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If washing produce is too much for you, life must be too much for you, OP.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Anonymous]

I’ve never heard of anyone using vinegar for produce. A simple rinse in water does the trick and it’s what virtually all people do.

Although there are some who don’t wash at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never heard of anyone using vinegar for produce. A simple rinse in water does the trick and it’s what virtually all people do.

Although there are some who don’t wash at all.

I remember threads where people were washing berries in soap when the pandemic first started.

[Anonymous]

My mother in law who just passed away at 90 was shocked that I rinsed berries.

[Anonymous]

I must live dangerously bc I just rinse my produce quickly with water.

[Anonymous]

Anything packaged with a "triple washed" label, I just eat.

Whole heads of lettuce, I give a quick rinse. If I see visible dirt, which is more likely if it's from my own yard or the farmers market vs a large commercial grocery store, I do separate the leaves and rinse them individually. If I see bugs, I submerge it all in a large bucket of salt water for 20-30 seconds, the bugs float right up to the surface. Then a quick rinse.

Berries, I rinse with water. I have heard that vinegar will help them last longer by killing off any bacteria, but I can't be bothered. We usually eat the berries long before spoiling is a problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/guides/how-to-clean-produce/

Yikes. How much time and running water is this all taking? Plus the vinegar, cleanup...
Those prewashed bagged salads had e coli once iirc.
I just eat cooked vegetables.
Salads used to be nice but taking the wilted lettuce to be composted and their use as blue cheese dressing carrier for DH, eh.

DO YOU DO ALL THIS?

Wait, you don’t wash your food?

[Anonymous]

I don't rinse any of it. I grew up on a farm. We spit on carrots before eating or dragged it across wet grass. At times there was a bucket of rain water nearby.
My stomach is made of iron.