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ckiefer
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Veggie Wash
Want to get your veggies squeaky clean?
In a spray bottle combine:
1 cup distilled vinegar
1 cup water
1 T Baking Soda
20 drops grapefruit seed extract
Spray your veggies, wait about 5 ~ 10 minutes, then rinse!
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DENNIS
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Where do you get grapefruit seed extract?
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Bob and Susan
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yea...and what would that do to the taste
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Bob and Susan
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http://www.veggie-wash.com/?gclid=CLzkwavJqJMCFQWxsgodWCCOog
here is a link from dougs "ads by google"
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"Veggie Wash® is the all-natural way to remove wax, soil and agricultural chemicals from produce."
"Because it contains only food-derived ingredients and is
NEVER TESTED ON AMIMALS, 
you can enjoy the freshest-tasting fruits and vegetables, along with the peace of mind that comes with using environmentally safe products."
"Did You Know??"
"Veggie Wash® is great for more than just fruits and vegetables. "
"It can also clean countertops, cutting boards and other food preparation areas"
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it sure makes me want to eat this stuff
[Edited on 5-15-2008 by Bob and Susan]
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ckiefer
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Where do you get grapefruit seed extract? |
Health food store. I hear that you can substitute lemon juice as well. If you wash your fruit and veggies well afterwards, there is no taste.
Somehow it seems a much better alternative than soaking in a mild bleach or betadine solution.....
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Udo
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DENNIS is right...where does one purchase grape seed extract?
Udo
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Roberto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ckiefer
Want to get your veggies squeaky clean?
In a spray bottle combine:
1 cup distilled vinegar
1 cup water
1 T Baking Soda
20 drops grapefruit seed extract
Spray your veggies, wait about 5 ~ 10 minutes, then rinse! |
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. 
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DENNIS
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Well, you could dump a mess of veggies into the dishwasher. After the cycle, they're not only clean, they're cooked.
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kitjv
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Will Veggie Wash also kill any bacteria associated with contaminated irrigation water or other field contaminants?
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comitan
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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]
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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shari
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dirt is good... dirt is my friend...I too am convinced that building up your immune system is the way to go...I am alergic to most soaps, bleach
etc...and rinse my veggies in tap water only...and am almost never sick.
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kitjv
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| Quote: | 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. |
Point well-taken. But since I will be there for only 4 weeks that will only give me enough time to puke my guts up & not enough time to enjoy my
newly-immune digestive system.
So back to my original question.
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Bajahowodd
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I can't remember the last time I got sick from eating in Baja. Oh. Yes I can. About three years ago. On the way back home, end of three weeks to Cabo
and back. Last minute decision to stop at Estero Beach instead of continuing home late in the day. The culprit? Sushi. Anyone know where I can Sushi
Wash?
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Sharksbaja
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Do you consider having the "Hershey Squirts" being sick?
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
Nomads\' Sunsets
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bajaguy
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kitjv.....start now....by consuming large amounts of adult alcoholic beverages.........this will build up an alcohol reserve in your system that germs
cannot survive in.......
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dtbushpilot
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
kitjv.....start now....by consuming large amounts of adult alcoholic beverages.........this will build up an alcohol reserve in your system that germs
cannot survive in....... |
I always wondered why I never seem to get sick in Baja.....now I know....dt
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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BajaNuts
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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.
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Paula
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
kitjv.....start now....by consuming large amounts of adult alcoholic beverages.........this will build up an alcohol reserve in your system that germs
cannot survive in....... |
Adult alcoholic beverages? Are there any child alcoholic beverages?
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kitjv
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My wife & I both love to cook. And with the availability of fresh fish, fruits & veggies, cooking (for us) is a blast. Besides, my wife is
Mexicana so cooking local will be natural.
In all of the times we have spent in Mexico, I have had only one bout with a bacterial infection. So I'm not paranoid at all. But since we have the
option to error on the side of caution, I prefer to do so.
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BajaNuts
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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. 
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