Guest guest Posted June 20, 2004 Report Share Posted June 20, 2004 I think this advice is for non-organic produce. That's what I always assumed anyway. You shouldn't need to do anything but rinse organic produce in water to get off the mud and bugs. Margaret Yoder > In the " Kitchen Tips and Hints " section of the book, Sally recommends > using Dr. Bronner's Sal Suds, hydrogen peroxide or plain Chlorox > bleach to wash all fruits and vegetables to remove pesticides and > other impurities. > > This struck me as strange and didn't seem like the kinds of things I > would want to wash my fresh produce in especially after going through > the trouble of locating/obtaining good organic locally grown produce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2004 Report Share Posted June 20, 2004 actually...if you're eating organic produce, Jordan Rubin says, i think, you shouldn't even wash it; eating some dirt is very good for you. correct me if I'm wrong. laura On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 16:55:57 -0000 " ozmayoder " <mhhy@...> writes: I think this advice is for non-organic produce. That's what I always assumed anyway. You shouldn't need to do anything but rinse organic produce in water to get off the mud and bugs. Margaret Yoder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 >This struck me as strange and didn't seem like the kinds of things I >would want to wash my fresh produce in especially after going through >the trouble of locating/obtaining good organic locally grown produce. > >Can anyone elaborate on why use of these products are >recommended/safe? What do you all use and why? > >TIA, >Frieda Hydrogen peroxide is pretty harmless ... it breaks down into water and oxygen quickly. Chlorox is iffy ... chlorine can create weird byproducts (in homemade wine it create formaldahyde if you don't wash out the bottles well enough). Me, I use baking soda when I feel I need to, or vinegar. Most of the produce that has actually made people sick tho, are things like berries, that are very, very hard to wash well. My berries are all from my yard, at this point, and their worst contaminants are tiny bugs or sometimes mold. So I do soak them in water to get the bugs to crawl out. I don't worry about local organic produce either: I know the farmer, and the food has been treated with a potent ultraviolet source all day usually (the sun). Commercial potatoes I peel, because there is pesticide in the soil, ditto for carrots. Mostly I worry more about pesticides than I do about bacteria, because I figure I'm so immersed in probiotics at this point that it would be very difficult for a bad bacteria to gain " gut " hold. -- Heidi Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 i wonder about washing produce, too. i mean, on the one hand i pay a lot of money for primal defense with HSO's (which is soil organisms) so why wash the dirt off my organic produce? hehe i grow berries, too, but i don't wash them either. if i don't see a bug i don't worry about it - probably a good source of protein and more good bacteria. <g> vera My berries are > all from my yard, at this point, and their worst contaminants are > tiny bugs or sometimes mold. So I do soak them in water to get > the bugs to crawl out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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