[Closed] Do you wash your fruit and veg?

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?

[i]Isn't the point of washing fruit and veg to get rid of chemicals and the like?[/i]

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.

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Anything that's loose I tend to wash since you never know what dirty ****er 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...

[i]Has anyone ever got ill because they didn't[/i]

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 ....
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wipe with microwaved kitchen towels

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.

[i]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.[/i]

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.
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"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 !!!!!!!!!!

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

Its like I've always said.

Don't think while you eat.
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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.

[i]embrace them and strengthen your immune system [/i]

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Jeeez !.

Some people are no fun.
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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.

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

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!

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

[i]Which is why I wash fruit and veg. I like eating carrots, not mud[/i]

Yes. I've never really understood how someone can chomp into a muddy carrot while wearing the smug-est of looks.

Saying like " Look how sensible and healthy I'm being ".

While I stand there are think.

Yewh !, you're eating shit, literally !.

As my old Grandfather said... you've got to eat a peck of dirt before you die.

He is dead BTW.

It's the prospect of consuming pesticides and chemicals that bothers me more.

As for mud, ain't nothing on the amount of mud that went in my mouth last winter when out riding.

As my old Grandfather said... you've got to eat a peck of dirt before you die.

He is dead BTW.
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🙂 I expect to be given clean cutlery also, but the point i'm making incredibly badly with over exaggerated examples is the more you look into germs, how they're transferred and stuff.... then look at the behaviour of other humans no matter how clean you try to be as an individual... you can't hide from them.

i firmly believe the stress caused by worrying about germs will kill you before an unwashed carrot will.

So the chemicals and pesticides only sit on the surface of the fruit / veg? They can't soak into the flesh of said foodstuff?

Oh, and no I don't wash fruit and veg.

[i]then look at the behaviour of other humans no matter how clean you try to be as an individual... you can't hide from them[/i]

Doctor Hilary on Steve Wright in the afternoon reckons that we're all completely covered in [i]Germs[/i].

COMPLETELY !.

COVERED !!.

i firmly believe the stress caused by worrying about germs will kill you before an unwashed carrot will.

I reckon you're probably right. I'd go a step further and say that I think eating all the dirt helps strengthen your immune system.

[i]I think eating all the dirt helps strengthen your immune system[/i]

Shall I send you some of mine then ?....

i like to share my germs with other people, kissing, hugging, rubbing, licking... you name it. much better than a firm handshake as a greeting.

As my old Grandfather said... you've got to eat a peck of dirt before you die.

He is dead BTW.

So the chemicals and pesticides only sit on the surface of the fruit / veg? They can't soak into the flesh of said foodstuff?

The highest concentration is in the skin and outer surfaces. As I said earlier, it's all pretty low risk stuff, especially if you peel/ wash the veg.

[url] http://www.marksdailyapple.com/eating-earth-exploring-the-mysterious-world-of-geophagy/#axzz1wMVMvvjQ [/url]

[i]i like to share my germs with other people, kissing, hugging, rubbing, licking... you name it. much better than a firm handshake as a greeting[/i]

all of a sudden, the STW forum takes on a new level of attraction as a means of [i]meeting[/i] people ?....
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[i]you've got to eat a peck of dirt before you die[/i]

Is the reverse true ?...

Has discovered immortality

Remember having a chat with my fellow allotment buddies as to what the strange smell was on some onions I had picked.

Everyone was coming up with a different type of animal pee

Rat, cat, dog, rabbit, chicken etc...

Until the oldest member of our group, a guy in his 90's called Tom, who had an incredible knowledge of veg and plants was passed the onions, he took a huge bite out of one of them and said it was definitely fox pee..

True story 😉

Is the reverse true ?...

Strangely enough my Grandad said he'd rather die than eat any of that foreign muck.

Edit: He's also dead.

Take buses as an example when a bus leaves the depot in the morning it gets hundreds of people, each of which will have dirty hands and will come into contact with the hand rails and stop buttons.

I usually don't mind having a greggs after a journey which I eat with the same hands that have touched the contact surfaces on the bus I have got off. I am still alive have no allergies and 6ft tall

On the basis of what i just said I don't think I'll bother washing fruit any more.

[i]Edit: He's also dead.

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Yeah, didn't like to ask and all that.

I used to live in a semi rural town and work at a large hotel nearby, most of the staff lived in said town. Quite suddenly a large number of staff got very ill with gastric poisoning but none of the hotel guests did. The source was a contaminated batch of lettuce and other veg which came from the local co-op and had been grown in Spain - it had not been washed at source. So [u]yes you should wash it![/u] - and the brown stuff on mushrooms is not manure btw just soil, mushrooms are grown in huge warehouses on shelves not out in the open. Farmers can also use human waste (humanure) as a fertilizer but it must be ploughed into the ground and not sprayed or thrown like manure is...

[i]when a us leaves the depot [/i]

Love it, just love it.
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[i]Quite suddenly a large number of staff got very ill with gastric poisoning but none of the hotel guests did. The source was a contaminated batch of lettuce and other veg which came from the local co-op and had been grown in Spain - it had not been washed at source[/i]

Don't mention bean sprouts to the Germans !.

The Southern Yeti - Member
.......with a twice sterilised nitrile glove on my hand

Nitrile rather than latex, liking your work Yeti 😀

Solo - Member
you've got to eat a peck of dirt before you die

what's a "peck" in metric please ?

[i]what's a "peck" in metric please ?[/i]
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Don't ask me, I didn't post it originally.
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Sounds like something Phil likes to do to people he meets.
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[i]Nitrile rather than latex, liking your work Yeti [/i]

What you may not realize is that TSY has had 5 times fun with that glove....
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The answer to that is seemingly lying 6 feet deep with my2ndlogin's Grandpa.

a peck is 18.4 jiggacubes

aaah just found it, A peck is the amount of pickled peppers picked by a certain peter piper....

[i] jiggacubes[/i]

Whats a....

Jesus guys. This has descended into nonsense.

I ask a serious question... I get some serious answers and then look what happens.

C'mon Hamsters !.

[i]Jesus guys. This has descended into nonsense.

I ask a serious question... I get some serious answers and then look what happens.
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LMAO.

Don't complain, this is just how you like it, TSY.

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BTW, I sometimes wash the tyres on my bike.
Does that count ?.
And no, I do not eat bike tyres.
They're not low gi

lol

and the brown stuff on mushrooms is not manure btw just soil, mushrooms are grown in huge warehouses on shelves not out in the open.

Mushrooms are grown in mushroom compost, which contains poo.

Don't complain, this is just how you like it, TSY.

S'pose. Although are you aware that over 30% of the nonsense posted on the last page of this thread was penned by yourself.

I fear that you and I spouting our verbal diarrhea is putting off the Fruit and Veg washers from sharing.

TSY.

Never mind ole boy.

Its your Birthday soon.

Aw.

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jiggacubes

Whats a....

Sure I tried a jiggacube once, a guy gave me it in a field where someone had a big sound system and there was flashing lights and everybody loved everyone else and ...i can't remember much else really

[i]everybody loved everyone else and ...i can't remember much else really
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Thats just like this place....
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You didn't note any particular soreness anywhere on yourself, the next morning ?.

It is Solo... it is indeed. 29 years old 🙂