By fruit I mean berries, sphere fruit (peach, nectarine, plum, grape, etc.) that we can have it without peeling the skin.
I never worked in a farm so don't know the fruits are treated after harvest. Are they cleaned before shipping to stores? Or there must be dirt, pest, pesticide, etc on the fruits? I tried to find some detergent that can do the job but wasn't able find any product for this purpose.
I give each an every blueberry a good smack to see if the are quality
I prefer the cough n polish method myself.
I prefer squishing them and then questioning whether fruits should include avocados.
@tooblue: I hate to be that person - but I'm pretty sure it's a seed thing i.e if it has seed/s = fruit
…unless it's a special case like the tomato that is botanically a fruit but often regarded as a vegetable.
Avocado = seed = fruit
@AdrianW: As I said, technically it is a fruit but there are circumstances where it is/it also is regarded as a vegetable.
According to the Encyclopaedia Brittanica, it is considered to be both.
In the US, it is legally considered to be a vegetable.
Even the Australian Government uses 'tomatoes' as a vegetable on it's website.
@AdrianW: But so are a good portion of what we call 'vegetables'. Pumpkin, capsicum, cucumber, tomato, avocado, olives, etc.
@AdrianW: Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
@EnALup: it does lol
They are tiny - you can see them in the centre of the fruit when you bite into it.
The reason for why they are so small is because we have domesticated it to be like this through selective breeding. The seeds of the domesticated banana are no longer functional (can not reproduce) - in order to grow more banana trees, you have split it. :)
You can see what the banana used to look like here.
edit: I linked the wrong link lol real link
Fruit = sweet taste, so no
I now see why, you've asked why washing is required, when you don't know what a fruit is…
@orangetrain: Damnit now with have to discuss whether you are using fruit as a scientific, culinary or derogative term. Personally anything that can be used as a face mask is a bit fruity if you ask me.
Especially the ones that are coughing and sneezing without a mask on.
And all the sprays and insecticides used
Those people that fondle avocados almost make me blush due to how graphic it gets.
Yep, for the reason pegaxs stated.
sweeeeet
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spicybois
Spicy micey!
Master Splinter!
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No, it helps build up my natural immunity after being locked down for the last 2 years
What if a Covid positive person sneezed on it before?
You would be positive..,
Do you want the Alladeen news or the Alladeen news?
Are you positive on that ?
makes you wonder if a quick rinse is enough or should we be using a mild dish soap?
There's the "rub".
When we consider that the recommended hand washing time to prevent the spread of Covid is 20 seconds then buying fruit and veggies for a family of 4 and washing them by hand would take a bloody long time or require a special machine to do the job.
Put fruit and veggies in a dishwasher if you are washing a lot of them. 15 minutes quick wash without detergent
Same reason as, should you wash your hands before you eat. Do you wash your hands after doing your no1 or no2…
What are people being taught at school these days?!
How' to woke and post on the gram….
But u should also wash ur hands before doing number 1 and 2
yes
Just soak in water with a bit of white vinegar, rub the skin and wrinse.
Don't overdo the detergent, etc., because then you're just adding chemicals to the skin of the fruit.
This sounds like a home remedy for the clap.
I wash all fruit & vegetables.
And especially ones where you eat the skin. Eg. Grapes, peaches etc. 3 steps - Wash, Soak 10 mins. in a mild solution of water + baking soda, OR water + vinegar, and then rinse. For fruit & vegs where you eat the skin, I try to buy organic, but still do same cleaning process.
Organic just means they use organic pesticides, its rare to see pesticide free produce, unless it’s hydroponic. Hopefully they’d use less but considering it can be less effective they could use more. Also gets handled just has much.
Vinegar and baking soda make opposite solutions though. One's acidic and one's alkaline. AFAIK many/most pesticides tend to be acidic, so it might make more sense to use an alkaline to break them down.
I always wash my banana.
ahhh, then peel back and enjoy
Split your banana in half, insert a narrow cheese slice. In between like hot dog.
Double potassium…. Yeah?
Thank you my friend.
Which banana?
Do you wash your eggs too?
Before or after a good polish?
Do you wash fruit before eating?
Ummmm yes…. As soon as we bring it home before putting it away. You have no idea what has happened to it before you got it.
Spend 10 mins in the fruit/veg section and watch all the grabby people touch everything and then put it back.
grabby people touch everything
Not only that, I assume the retailer's warehouse section gets fumigated occasionally. And maybe have mice or rats as well. Fruit cases aren't sealed, so all of that could be on the fruit and veggies you buy, presumably even on organic fruit and veggies.
watch all the grabby people touch everything and then put it back.
I wash them just in case SlavOz, Danstar or ozhunter may have been touching them in my store…
What about Susan?
I dumped her.
She was high maintenance.
Doesn't this make it go off quicker?
this is true - my carrots go weird after a week vs wash upon use, so now I just keep that separate from the washed/soaked stuff. I would assume it's like that for other root vegetables as well.
I'm not sure how long the the other stuff I usually buy lasts (apples, peaches, cucumbers, zucchinis…) only because they go pretty fast - but if you plan on soaking/washing before putting it in your fridge, just don't buy too much at once (a bit cliche but nonetheless true)
I just bought some Fresh Paper to see if they work.
Nope….. But depends on how long you plan to store it in the fridge and how you store it I guess.
Wash a few in a bowl and look at the residue left in the water. That'll ensure you always do in future.
Put it in water and add a little bicarb soda and let it soak for 10m or so.
https://www.nutritiontactics.com/wash-fruit-with-baking-soda…
'a 12-min baking soda bath was needed to remove all pesticide residues from the apples’ surface.'
I eat a ton of fruit and veges so it seems well worth it to me.
Interesting.
I've always been of the opinion that just simply washing them with water does next to nothing.
Do you just wash your hands with water for a quick second? no.
Good old BiCarb. Do you know that if you mix vinegar with the BiCarb you'll get a lovely Salt and Vinegar flavour to your fruit and veggies.
https://www.chemistwarehouse.com.au/buy/87813/pigeon-bottle-…
Worked out for me because have young kids.
Do you wash fruit before eating?
With detergent…
I rinse and rub kiwis before eating them. Apples etc I just polish with my shirt.
A great way to get strange looks is to eat kiwi fruit with the skin attached. It tastes fine, just looks weird.
B4 or after their Haka? But don't rub them the wrong way!
usually wash, always if it from store.
I just started a job in a fruit shop. They store it in collapsible crates overnight, The crates are filthy, I saw cockroaches in the crates. I already suggested that they wash the crates,
pressure washer ftw.
Some shopping center trolleys and baskets are disgusting. It would take like 5 mins to foam gun and pressure wash a row of them
im not a clean freak, but if there was a coles and a WW I will pick one by the state of cleanliness of their store alone
The new aldi stores look ok, but dark floors and dim lights hide a lot of dirt
Two stories from my past -
I used to work at Flemington Markets and the rats out there are the size of small dogs. The company I worked for used to buy direct form the market and then process it onsite there so everything was washed during processing but the number of rats that would escape from the crates when we transported them to our cool rooms was astonishing. Forklift drivers were instructed to make sure they did not drive too smoothly so the passengers would leave before they arrived in our storage areas.
At another time I used to walk past a couple of fruit/veg businesses in the Liverpool area late at night and they both left the stock out in the display shelves.
Without exageration, every single night when I looked in to the closed stores there were rats wandering across the displayed fruit and veg. They also left bulk nuts in the display units - the rats seemed to love these too.
So, yes I do always wash every piece of fruit and veg that I buy (including the prepacked/shrinkwrapped items as I don't know if they are washed by the supplier prior to wrapping either).
Normally wash fruit and veggies for reasons well explained above.
With COVID now pretty well everything gets a wash before being packed away. If we ever get out of COVID being what it is, I’m not sure how we’ll go back to the simple life…..
Wash the pesticides off
I have been washing fruit & vegetables before eating all my life. Is there a logical reason not to?
Sidenote: On a bus in the 70's, I remember seeing a couple sharing an orange - she ate the flesh & he ate the peel 🍊 (orange rind is eaten in cakes, jams etc.). Usually, monkeys don't peel bananas before eating them 🍌
Thank you - smart monkeys 👌
I've also seen monkeys in the wild not peel.
Doesn't hurt, so why not? Only takes a few seconds.
Just a simple inspection and rinse in water for us. We have come across spiders and other insects in our store bought fruit.
Yep, wash in water, with a dash of vinegar and bicarb, and let them soak in there a bit. I never used to until a friend worked at a fruit and veg shop and made me swear I would do it.
ALWAYS WASH FRUIT. You'd be crazy not to.
For example I thoroughly rinse grapes in hot water before draining and putting them in the fridge to cool down before eating.
Apples etc are thoroughly scrubbed under warm running water.
Fruit with a peelable skin like oranges get a rinse as well coz any crap on the skin would transfer to the fruit while peeling.
I rinsed off some leafy veg last night, mum said wash it properly and redid it. She found a slug GG
Yes some caterpillars hold on tightly until drowned.
Do fruits of hard labor count?
Yes for things customer packed at the supermarket. No for most things that come in a bag or package of some kind.
From the shops, yes.
From the garden, no.
Grew up on a farm, absolutely wash them. Insects, flies, rodents all have "potentially" touched it. Then you add in all the filthy people that don't wash their hands when they go to the toilet touching everything combined with how many other pairs of hands that have touched them prior to hitting the shelves. Then top it off with fumigations, insecticides, fungicides etc.
Yes, because of people who like to handle fruit a million times before they decide what one they want to take home.