I think that some prepared foods are so loaded with preservatives as to be...not only indestructable but also poision!
I bought some prepared cantelope, that is cut into cubes and in a plastic container the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
We ate it that morning and the next morning and it got shoved to the back of the frig. I discovered it about mid week, making it about the 3rd or 4th....and it was fine...Ia te some....and again lettuce got in the way...
Well I discovered ita gain yesterday....still looking perfect...not dried out, no mold....I didn't taste it so I don't know anout that...
But now it has become an experiment....how long will it last? And what do they add to it to keep it everlasting?
Linda C

There are many things I only buy in organic now..but still wash them..good list..I'd have to agree with it..although I am very bad about washing my tub of mixed organic salad greens before eating..

oh!

never mind.... I thought that this was a Jessy thread...

I wash everything. In fact, I soak everything in water then drain and rinse several times. I even do this with organic produce as they were grown in dirt like anything else. I'm a gardener and I use organic fertilizers which I don't want to eat (just like I don't want to ingest pesticides).

Someone on the veg forum used to live in Mexico and they washed everything with water and iodine. Anyone here do this? They use, I believe, dish detergent to wash things here now and only use iodine on suspect items.

Two questions:

1) Where do you buy pasteurized eggs? I have no shortage of well-stocked supermarkets in my area, but have yet to see pasteurized eggs that come in a shell, not in a box. And I've looked all over, esp this time of year because I know my aging parents wouldn't think of going through the holidays without raw egg nog.

2) what are you using to clean your food? Just water isn't good enough for hands so I wouldn't expect it do do much for food, either.

I've had two stem cell transplants in the past ten years, meaning that I had no immune system in place due to the heavy doses of chemo. So for a few years I could only eat foods that were WELL cooked (way overcooked) and every single piece of raw food brought into my home is washed in LOC (amway). Also bananas, oranges, avocados, eggs, basically anything you might cut into with a knife as bacteria would be drug thru the product. Tops of cans are washed down too.
I wasn't able to eat black pepper for two years as I was told it was full of dirt. Salad bars were a huge no no. I couldn't dine out for a long time, as we couldn't be sure if veggies were washed. Could only eat at friends if they were aware and practiced safe food handling for me.
Fortunately I'm well now, but I still am adamant about washed foodstuffs and a bit of a clean freak now :)

Washing food with water in Mexico is not safe, unless the water has been boiled. I assume the person you are talking about did this practice after she got back from Mexico.

The only thing I'm fastidious about washing is spinach, and I never buy pre-washed spinach - I prefer to wash it myself.

Lars

I seem to be mostly immune from anything, I've been told that even the viruses won't touch me, LOL.

I do wash my eggs before I use them, heck, I know exactly where they come from, although I leave that protective layer on until I use them. Most vegetables come from my garden, and I wash them well to rid them of dirt and grit, but I don't use any soap, etc., just fresh water.

Any produce from the store wil be washed, not only do I not know where it came from, but it has been handled by countless customers and employees from it's origin to the final destination.

I grow my own beef, so I'm confident and eat it raw if it suits me. Chicken and turkey get cooked well and I don't contaminate other foods with juices and drippings, etc., but I don't wash my hands a dozen times after I handle it either.

I wouldn't eat a raw oyster for any reason other than large amounts of cash, it's like having a mouth full of...well...um....mucus. Ick.

Annie

Considering Glamour is aimed at young women who are afraid to eat anyway, I consider the source and say phooey.

Lars, no, they used some sort of iodine product down there. Here too, at times. Anyway, they lived there so I'm sure they had something worked out about the water. Probably used all bottled. My point/question in that post was about the iodine. Not the water.

I will dip my pineapples and melons in my soapy dish water and then rinse under running water....but that's only in the last few years that I've done that.

I wash everything but I don't fuss about it. It's just a natural thing to do.

Even home grown produce, eggs, etc. needs to be washed well, little guys wander our world and need to do , what they need to do all over our stuff.

Oh, my lord, I always, always scrub the melons with soap & water. Most every thing else, too. I've in FL where I know that the ground in the orange groves is toxic. Oh well. Scrub and hope!

I wash my fruits and veggies with water. No soap, just water. Have never washed my eggs.

Part of me agrees with ideefixe, too. I think alot of these studies are baloney and some of it is meant to sell products that we really don't need.

Linda