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I think I'm going to continue washing apples, cucumbers, things like that.
I was a farmer; you should. Especially potatoes and fruit.
There's not even any dirt on potatoes. They must pressure wash them, (you also don't eat them raw).
I worked in a produce department for a bit and the lettuce definitely had dirt and the occasional bug in it before we trimmed and rinsed it
You should know that lettuce is not a potato then.
Mind = Blown
Source?
Lettuce is also the most common vegetable to be infected by salmonella.
All lettuce or certain varieties?
I still give them a good rinse and rub with a sponge.
I was doing it before COVID. I don't know who's hands have touched it or where those hands had been prior to touching it. I'm not gonna get fucked up by Typhoid Mary picking her ass and then touching something I plan to eat.
Always wash the dirty dozen!
Well that's pesticides. My list is related to warehouse gunk, rats, people coughing on them, etc.
*PSA: to get rid of pesticides soak in baking soda bath. They break down.
It’s not just pesticides. You can get residual germs from bad agricultural practices, which is why we get E. coli and listeria outbreaks from vegetables.
Yes but the "dirty dozen" specifically refers to pesticides.
John Oliver torched a head of lettuce, while talking about that. https://youtu.be/Za45bT41sXg
I'm aware, just adding to the conversation is all
You didn't wash fruits and vegetables until Covid came?
When I got home from the store and in soap and water? No. It was a rinse off with water when you ate it.
Okay. Phew. I was hoping no one just ate everything without a rinse. But soap? Really?