Do you wash your fruit and veg?

I don’t… but I’m aware I probably should.

Has anyone ever got ill because they didn’t?

I got a nasty festering sore on my left bollock once, probably as a result of uncleanliness.

Oh, wait, that’s not what you mean is it…. 😳

Sometimes when I can be bothered. People who wash oranges and bananas perplex me.

Assuming that we’re talking actual, not gentleman, vegetables:

Nope.

Nope.

I’ve never washed a fruit, but I have combed Dale Winton’s hair.

no unless it has mud on it

Yep, actual vegetables.

I’ve even got slcak about mushrooms, and that brown stuff I assume is manure?

never, i rarely bother peeling veg as it tastes better roasted with the skin on!

never been ill because of it

Isn’t the point of washing fruit and veg to get rid of chemicals and the like?

Isn’t the point of washing fruit and veg to get rid of chemicals and the like?

So I’ve heard.

Possibly.

I assumed it was because of dirt and stuff.

If anyone turns up who does wash them… (and those who don’t).. Are you generally ill much?

The M&S ‘lazy bitch’ veg comes washed.

Anything that’s loose I tend to wash since you never know what dirty fecker in the supermarket has been squeezing it before you.

nope and nope.

Salad and spuds

we grow tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, potatoes, carrots, radishes, sprouts, chillis, lettuces and herbs at home. mrs rocket sometimes picks one out of the ground and eats it ‘as is’

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Wash in tap water straight from shops then second wash in boiled filtered water & wipe with microwaved kitchen towels immediately before cooking.

i like to polish apples like a cricketer shining a ball, but mainly cos im no good at cricket

wow hilldodger you need help

Good work hilldodger… you do know you can get home irradiating kits, don’t you?

For some reason I always wash grapes, but don’t bother for everything else.

Wash in tap water straight from shops then second wash in boiled filtered water & wipe with microwaved kitchen towels immediately before cooking.

why not just microwave the food and cut out the first 2 steps?

personally i like to microwave myself instead of shower but we dont have a microwave big enough at work for my post gym clean-up.

1. Someone’s been rummaging through loose veg before you. As we know from STW, some grown men don’t see the ned to wash their hands after using the loo.

2. Fruit and veg are likely to have dirt, bacteria and pesticide residues on the skin. Whilst the risk is low, it’s easy enough to rinse any unpeeled fruit/ veg.

3. Some veg is grown in poo. I dig chicken manure into the soil in my veg patch…

Has anyone ever got ill because they didn’t

Over what time frame / level of backround levels of contaminent ?.

Actually, I don’t know what this thread is about.

Surely Google will be full of articles about agricultural product residues on fruit and veg ?..

EDIT:
Do you think our ancestors consumed hyper-clean food ?.
Well, probably not.
But neither was their food intensively farmed and sprayed with pesticisdes, etc ….
😉

wipe with microwaved kitchen towels

What do you find are the best settings for microwaving them?

then second wash in boiled filtered water

You see, not enough people do that.

Or if they do, they can’t be bothered to wait for the water to boil for a reasonable amount of time before filtering it and using it to wash their fruit and veg. Followed by wiping with microwaved kitchen towels of course.

personally i like to microwave myself instead of shower but we dont have a microwave big enough at work for my post gym clean-up.

Can’t you just rig / fudge up some work-round to get the microwave oven to operate with the door wide open.

Then you could cleanse… everyone.
😉

“3. Some veg is grown in poo”

all veg is grown in poo. in fact what the plant is actually doing is turning poo and co2 into your food !!!!!!!!!!

all veg is grown in poo. in fact what the plant is actually doing is turning poo and co2 into your food

Its like I’ve always said.

Don’t think while you eat.
😉

all veg is grown in poo. in fact what the plant is actually doing is turning poo and co2 into your food !!!!!!!!!!

Ever heard of hydroponics?

3. Some veg is grown in poo. I dig chicken manure into the soil in my veg patch…

All of it is grown in poo on my allotment, but well rotted poo mind 😉

Sheeps poo, left in a water bucket to stew, makes a great if slightly wiffy fertilizer.

1. Someone’s been rummaging through loose veg before you. As we know from STW, some grown men don’t see the ned to wash their hands after using the loo.

and they go around touching everything else…. worrying about this could end up with demanding to see the cutlery at fancy eating establishments put through an autoclave and handled with gloves before being willing to eat.

2. Fruit and veg are likely to have dirt, bacteria and pesticide residues on the skin. Whilst the risk is low, it’s easy enough to rinse any unpeeled fruit/ veg.

fair enough, but be aware that if not near a tap…rubbing alcohol gel into an apple doesn’t make it any tastier i’ve found

3. Some veg is grown in poo. I dig chicken manure into the soil in my veg patch…

if its not grown in poo its grown in soil and soil contains the decontaminated bodies of our ancestors, who were probably unwashed dirty people who forcefully sprayed diarrhoea at each other for fun then didnt mop up

the more you think about germs the more you realise its pointless trying to avoid them 🙂 embrace them and strengthen your immune system to the power of surfmatt!

double post.

in fact what the plant is actually doing is turning poo and co2 into your food

I think I’ve just understood the science behind “The Human Cenitpede” experiment.

The Southern Yeti – Member
Good work hilldodger… you do know you can get home irradiating kits, don’t you?

I do have an industrial grade UV lamp I blagged from our lab at work but only use that for zapping the plates and cookware…..

yes ransos i have, its plants grown in diluted poo.

embrace them and strengthen your immune system

Jeeez !.

Some people are no fun.
😕

hilldodger – I salute you. (with a twice sterilised nitrile glove on my hand (that I put on after washing my hands with alcohol gel) of course)

and they go around touching everything else…. worrying about this could end up with demanding to see the cutlery at fancy eating establishments put through an autoclave and handled with gloves before being willing to eat.

I expect restaurants to provide me with washed cutlery. Maybe you have lower standards.

fair enough, but be aware that if not near a tap…rubbing alcohol gel into an apple doesn’t make it any tastier i’ve found

As I say, it’s low risk.

if its not grown in poo its grown in soil and soil contains the decontaminated bodies of our ancestors, who were probably unwashed dirty people who forcefully sprayed diarrhoea at each other for fun then didnt mop up

Which is why I wash fruit and veg. I like eating carrots, not mud.

the more you think about germs the more you realise its pointless trying to avoid them embrace them and strengthen your immune system to the power of surfmatt!

People without access to proper sanitation get ill more often.