How do you wash soft fruit like raspberries, blackberries, blueberries etc? Do you just rinse under water? How do you wash fruit in general that you'd normally eat with skin like apples, pears etc., and veg for that matter.
Given the recent fears over contaminated frozen veg and watching Alice Beer earlier on This Morning advising everyone to wash all fruit and veg before use it got me thinking that maybe water isn't enough.
Someone once told me that they wash berries in a bicarb and water solution.
I went through a phase of washing my fruit from Asda after I saw the girl who was stacking them sneeze (a wet sneeze) and just carry on stacking. But then I forgot again. Till now!
I will put obviously dirty things in a colander under a running tap.. and I tip soft fruits onto a piece of kitchen paper and pat down..then leave for a few mins to see if there is any added protein trying to escape..but don't wash ...would ruin rasps..other berries....
All depends on your immune system, I rinse off obvious dirt, but apart from that the only time I wash any food is if it goes on the floor and misses the 5 second rule
Btw I think most worms are picked up from contaminated meat and would be killed by thorough cooking.
washing food in washing up liquid...... no, that's v odd if its true.
i'm in the never bother camp either, i've had a few stomach upsets over the years, never anything major and probably more to do with eating dodgy kebabs on the way home at silly oclock....
I rinse most fruit and veg under water but berries just get eaten from the container. I have found on occasion some sandy soil on strawberries which made me gag when crunching so I wash them now.
I hate the thought of some other shopper in the supermarket touching loose apples, pears etc. You don't know where there hands have been. I'm a bit OCD with handwashing anyway. Don't think I'll go as far as washing up liquid though.