Veggie Wash

yea...and what would that do to the taste

http://www.veggie-wash.com/?gclid=CLzkwavJqJMCFQWxsgodWCCOog
here is a link from dougs "ads by google"
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it sure makes me want to eat this stuff

[Edited on 5-15-2008 by Bob and Susan]

Why would I want to do this? Some of the best tasting fruits and vegetables I have ever eaten were dirty (as in had dirt on them), ugly (weird shapes), purchased in open-air markets in places like Mexico, North Africa and Mexico. Americans spend WAYYYY too much time trying to get their fruits and vegetables picture-perfect and LARGE, as if that were the most important factor when eating them.

Why would you wash the veggies? If you eat out all that prep is for nada, because you know they don't. If your going to live down here you just better let your body immune system build up to the germs you are exposed to.

[Edited on 2-12-2009 by comitan]

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Originally posted by comitan Why would you was the veggies? If you eat out all that prep is for nada, because you know they don't. If your going to live down here you just better let your body immune system build up to the germs you are exposed to.

Do you consider having the "Hershey Squirts" being sick?

kitjv- do you plan on only eating "in-house" while on vacation? Awwww, man...what kind of a vacation is THAT? I'm not sure if your the cook in your family or not, but I would venture to guess the COOK wants a vacation also! We were in La Paz for 4 weeks and later for 3 weeks and aside from a little "rumbly-tumbly" in the tummy, the 5 of us didn't have a problem. I get "rumbly-tumbly tummy" from NOB food also, so to me that doesn't count.

I know we like to think that things are much better in the US, but how many of us can recite stories of food illnesse in the USA or Canada from restaurant food?

Relax and enjoy the food..........

Water might be another issue. I strongly encourage you to only drink beverages with an acceptable level of alcohol content to completely kill any possible pathogens.

On a related topic..........anyone ever heard of "cross contamination"?

This is for everyone...

From a food safety point, on of the biggest sources of food born illnesses is from cross contamination. Basically it's when you have raw meat (chicken, burgers, seafood, whatever) on the cutting board or counter and then the surface is not cleaned properly before other items touch it.

cut up the chicken, wipe the board with a sponge (HUGE NO-NO) and then chop the salad.................you just put all the salmonella from the chicken in your salad!

Raw meat surfaces need to be washed with hot soapy water, and then after rinsing, wiped with a bleach rag.

Other things you might not think about......
at the BBQ, do you put the cooked meat back on the plate the raw meat was on or do you get a clean plate for the cooked meat? What about the tongs?
Do you wash your hands after handling the raw meat?
Do you use a sponge? do you ever sanitize it with bleach or in the microwave? If not you, are swiping germs everywhere the sponge touches.

I know this sounds like I'm counteracting my previous post. You may have had a previous food-related illness and blamed it on a restaurant when it could have been home-based. I'm just trying to inform... take it or leave it.