eli5 Does rinsing fruits & vegetables under water before eating actually do anything to clean them?
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My son in Africa had to do a bleach soak for anything uncooked. I am in immune suppression so I soak everything in oxygen bleach for 30 seconds when I come home from the store.
I add a bit of hot water to the dish pan to activate about 2-3 Tablespoons of the powder. Fill the dishpan with cold water, then the fruits and veggies, then rinse and put in the drainer. I put dirtier stuff like carrots in last. (Leave the small things like strawberries and grape tomatoes in their drainable containers.)
Also soap is not a problem. We wash our dishes and utensils in soap. Then rinse and dry and put them repeatedly in our mouths.
Bonus is how easy it is to make a salad with everything already washed and dried. Carrot and celery tops and bottoms cut off etc.
I store veggies in brown lunch or cloth bags. Being clean and dry, they last longer. Dirty stuff rots in plastic.
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