Rinse Before Eating
A concept I never quite understood. Well, that is not entirely accurate. I understand the concept, I just don't see how rinsing something in water is going to clean it.
This may surprise some of you and/or make you not want to eat at my house, but I do not "wash" my fruits and vegetables before eating them. GASP! I mean, if there is dirt or something obvious I will give it a wipe down with a clean towel, and of course I rinse the sand out of leeks, but I fail to see how a rinse of water cleans anything.
Take an apple for example. If this apple is organic it may have some dust that can easily be wiped off with a towel or your shirt and if this apple is not organic then it is coated in a wax film to make is pretty and appealing that the market that water will not rinse away. So, unless you are going to bust out the scrub brush and soap to clean your apple, what's the point?
Same goes for most all other vegetables. I understand that multiple sets of hands have touched my fruits and vegetables and that some of them may be less than desirable, but water, what he hell is cool water going to do? If some kid shit at the market, didn't wash his hands, and then groped my bell pepper would water really wash away that sin?
Maybe it would, maybe I am unaware of the true value of rinsing my food in cold water but until someone can prove that it will keep me safer than simply wiping it off I will continue to ignore the rinse before eating label and endure with a shrug the gasps and horrified looks on peoples faces when they see me eat an apple with...dun dun dun, DIRT on it.
Oh and just so you can set your speed dial for child protective services, I fully intend to let my kid eat items that have fallen on the floor, I do.
This may surprise some of you and/or make you not want to eat at my house, but I do not "wash" my fruits and vegetables before eating them. GASP! I mean, if there is dirt or something obvious I will give it a wipe down with a clean towel, and of course I rinse the sand out of leeks, but I fail to see how a rinse of water cleans anything.
Take an apple for example. If this apple is organic it may have some dust that can easily be wiped off with a towel or your shirt and if this apple is not organic then it is coated in a wax film to make is pretty and appealing that the market that water will not rinse away. So, unless you are going to bust out the scrub brush and soap to clean your apple, what's the point?
Same goes for most all other vegetables. I understand that multiple sets of hands have touched my fruits and vegetables and that some of them may be less than desirable, but water, what he hell is cool water going to do? If some kid shit at the market, didn't wash his hands, and then groped my bell pepper would water really wash away that sin?
Maybe it would, maybe I am unaware of the true value of rinsing my food in cold water but until someone can prove that it will keep me safer than simply wiping it off I will continue to ignore the rinse before eating label and endure with a shrug the gasps and horrified looks on peoples faces when they see me eat an apple with...dun dun dun, DIRT on it.
Oh and just so you can set your speed dial for child protective services, I fully intend to let my kid eat items that have fallen on the floor, I do.
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