S/O: washing produce

[whosthatgirl]

How do you wash your produce? Do you just rinse it? Use that veggie wash I see in the produce section? I just rinse produce with water. In the green onion post someone mentioned a salmonella outbreak linked to green onions. Just rinsing isn't going to prevent that. I figure I'm just rinsing off dirt. Am I doing enough?

[flatlan]

I use the veggie wash that you can buy in the stores.

[lilyaldrin]

Sink of warm water, cup of vinegar... throw all my produce in when I get home from the store. Swish it around let sit for awhile, swish again. Rinse, dry, and put away.

[Balki.Bartokomous]

When it comes to salmonella, veggie wash isn't going to do anything more than water. I think it's basically citrus juice.

FWIW, I grow my own produce & always have to pick off bugs & snails. I just use water & have yet to get sick.

[dexteroni]

I've always only used water and have never gotten sick from produce. Whether I'll end up getting cancer from pesticides is another story I guess, but we do buy a lot of organic now.

[Deleted]

I just use water.

[curbsideprophet]

We just use water.

[chessie]

From our garden or a local farm, just water.

[Deleted]

Just water. Sometimes water and vinegar for berries. We're still alive.

[Deleted]

Just water. I used to use vinegar and water but have not noticed a difference in how long my produce lasts since I quit. Berries actually seemed to go bad faster with the vinegar to be honest.

[magdala]

www.aprettylifeinthesuburbs.com/2011/06/kitchen-kapers-diy-fruit-veggie-wash.html I have been using this homemade vinegar wash to keep fruit and veges fresher longer. I don't think it would help prevent salmonella illness, but it does keep fruit fresher longer.

[kathybela]

A couple of years ago I watched a tv program that tests all kinds of different products (it's called The Shopping Bags) - they tested the veggie wash, a baking soda mixture, the vinegar mixture and plain water, then had a lab test the results. Believe it or not the water did the best job, since then I've just used water.

[sporky]

I just rinse with water.