Is Bleach Water the Secret to Cleaning Produce and Meat?

[RMDave]

Who knew?

http://www.star-k.org/cons-appr-vegetables-videos10.htm

 

[ChefKelebel]

ewwwwww!:yuck:

 

[akrebecca]

I will NEVER again eat a fresh strawberry without cleaning it! yucko!

 

[pkd09]

Wash strawberries in soapy water? Really??

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Wash strawberries in soapy water? Really??

I use a vegetable/fruit wash.

I knew this about strawberries...but I'm sort of anal about washing fruits and veggies anyway. The Salad/Berry Spinner is my friend.

 

[BethCooks4U]

Who is this guy that made that video? Personally I would not use soap on my produce. Wash it, of course. Those fruit washes are supposed to be good but running water and a soft brush -and our spinner- will get it clean. I've never *seen* a bug on my strawberries and I do LOOK at my food while eating it because I always wonder if I really got everything in the washing.

All plants have bugs crawling on them at one point or another that's how nature works. Personally, even though I HATE bugs I would rather know they might be there and do that extra cleaning and watching then have my food grown in a sterile environment. I'd be more afraid of what THAT would do to our food source.

 

[babywings76]

I'd love it if PC had a soft veggie brush!

 

[pampchefsarah]

You know, sometimes ignorance really IS bliss!

 

[j&k'smom]

Years ago I left a flat of strawberries out on the kitchen table overnight and woke up to creepy crawlies. That is what they looked like, but I thought they were worms. Whats worse, I didn't notice them until I was half way through the freezing process! So gross!! I agree with Sarah. I wish that either I had seen them right away or not at all!! My aunt is a missionary in India, and she has washed all of her produce with soap and water for years because of the critters there.

 

[esavvymom]

You know, sometimes ignorance really IS bliss!

AMEN!

My mom told me that with apples, the flies lay their eggs on the blossoms- so the worm is INSIDE the apple and you'd never know it! She says "I'll never eat an apple in the dark, or I cut it up first!" *lol*

I wonder if it's similar with other fruits/veggies? *shutter* I ALWAYS wash them- hadn't thought about with soap, but typically, if I don't have a Fruit Wash around, now I just use a few drops of GrapeSeed Extract, or LEMON JUICE in water. I don't have the link at the moment, but I had found those are substitutes for the store-bought Fruit/Veggie Wash, and basically what is in them. I think maybe something about Baking Soda in there too, but typically I just go for the lemon juice. In a pinch it works, and yes- I love the Berry Spinner!!

 

[PamperedchefDaly]

Eeewww, gross. I'm not so sure about the soap, though. I don't think it would wash off that well. Years ago, my mom used to soak fresh berries (blueberries, to be exact) in a salt water solution. She said it made the bugs rise to the surface of the water.

 

[nikked]

When we lived in Egypt when I was a child, we washed all our producy AND MEAT in bleach water!!! You gotta do what you gotta do!