I usually just rinse cucumbers and tomatoes with water, but what about things with little grooves in them, like broccoli? Or even spinach (with the e-coli incident)? I'm not crazy about using strong chemicals to disinfect. What's the best way to make them safe for eating?
2006-10-07 11:18:21 · 11 answers · asked by catwomanmeeeeow 6 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
Does water really kill off e-coli and other bacteria? Seems unlikely.
2006-10-07 11:27:17 · update #1
Wash your food in warm/cool water with a very small amount of dish soap. You just need a drop or less. Depends on how much you have too wash. My mother-in-law used to wash some things in cold water with sea salt in it. Good luck!! With the E-coil threat going around now I would think about using an antibatterial dish soap.
2006-10-07 13:59:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Water really is the best way. When I buy cantaloupe and things with grooves, I use a separate brush to scrub stuff off....by brush, I mean like dish-scrubbing brush. As to your question about spinach, hold off on buying fresh spinach for while and instead by canned. As it is, the e-coli outbreak is dying down and the government is allowing spinach into stores again. Still, I'd wait for a while before buying it fresh.
2006-10-07 14:37:28 · answer #2 · answered by Muffins 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to say but if any veggys have e-coli u cannot wash it off. But as for the other i just rinse them off in cold water they do make a vegtable wash that you can use. I do not know what the ingrediants are thow. All i do is use a veggy brush and cold water. I buy organic. I hate that they color enhance everything now. And they use wax on veggy too. gross!
2006-10-07 11:29:13 · answer #3 · answered by CHAEI 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wash them under cold running water for 5 minutes. Then use a salad spinner to dry them off. They really work great!
2006-10-07 11:25:47 · answer #4 · answered by Nate 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just wash them in running water, and if they do have the grooves, then soak them in cold water for 1 hour. then you can cook. never add any chemical with fresh vegetables, because it can even poison the person when they eat it.
2006-10-07 15:51:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wash under running water in a strainer for 2 minutes, cold water is fine.
2006-10-07 11:27:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stores sell veggie brushes, use one of those on them, and I'd stay away from fresh spinach for a while, unless you grow it in your own garden.
2006-10-07 11:27:26 · answer #7 · answered by Candi S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wash them in cold water and then eat them
2006-10-07 13:46:24 · answer #8 · answered by goodlookin.mama 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are doing the right thing. just continue to rinse them.
2006-10-07 14:31:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i thought you just wash them too... with water but I'm not sure
2006-10-07 11:21:19 · answer #10 · answered by stargurl_5887 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋