Is raw produce worth it given washing hassles?

[Anonymous]

It appears that raccoons are now working for the NYT.

[Anonymous]

I don't mind washing, I mind the getting it dry again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Or just rubbed the dirt off on your shirt, that works too. They were so much sweeter than bagged carrots from the store. As a kid, when we had those, I actually dipped them in sugar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You just need to go over the entire surface while applying a little pressure with your fingers when rinsing fruits and veggies with water. For soft produce (raspberries, lettuce, etc), you apply the pressure you can without squashing them. A lot of people just submerge their heads of lettuce in a big bowl of water - it lifts most bacteria off the leaves. No special equipment and chemicals necessary.

If you’re pregnant or severely immunocompromised, then stronger measures might be necessary, and you don’t want to eat raw foods in a restaurant.

- microbiologist.

My parents are elderly and my dad has cancer. Am I better off giving them non organic berries rather than organic?

No… imported fruit is much more likely to have e. Coli. We have invasive farm regulations.

[Anonymous]

Common sense to wash them. You don’t know where it’s been.

[Anonymous]

McLean Giant needs to replace their broccoli supplier. It always has little bugs and eggs inside the florets. We never buy broccoli there.