Do you eat this stuff?

Anything that comes out of a field needs to be washed (or scrubbed) really well. The migrant workers are known for not having the best of bathroom habits. I have heard some pretty bad stories about migrants going to the bathroom while working in the fields. They go when they need to regardless of where and their hygiene of washing their hands is unknown to them. I won't even go into wiping their bottom.
 
I eat all kinds of lettuce and never have had a problem. It's usually bagged lettuce that can a problem where I live. I buy lettuce by the head, never in a bag. It would be hard for to give up lettuce because I eat salads every day. I do wash my produce before eating.
 
We buy iceberg lettuce. My wife thoroughly washes all vegetables regardless where we buy them. It’s like @BeenThere wrote, migrant workers don’t care where or how they go to the bathroom, or should I say in the fields?

I was the recipient of food poisoning that was suspected of being caused by poor bathroom habits. I stopped at a well known gas station in our area that also serves food and bought a sandwich that I watched the girl make. About 3 hours after I digested the food, I became violently ill while on patrol. I called for an ambulance and a backup Trooper. The Paramedic, who was a PA (physicians assistant) during the day said he suspected food poisoning after he asked me what I had to eat. He said tomatoes are the biggest culprit. I threw up at least 25 times and also had diarrhea. I was as sick as I ever was. Once it was over, everything returned to normal very quickly.

The gas station/restaurant tossed all of their pre sliced tomatoes. I was kept the rest of the day while they gave me antibiotics and glucose water. After a few hours, I felt better. The nurse told me I had to eat and keep it down before I could be released, which I did. They gave me a bowl of soup and a ham sandwich, plain. Chocolate pudding for dessert and iced tea. I will never forget that night and will never eat there again. Each time I would go in after that, the clerks would ask me if I wanted my usual.
 
We grow it but when I buy it I wash it with Veggie wash. I originally bought this to get the food safe spray bottle for another use. I thought it would be better than ordering an empty food safe bottle from Amazon. I ended up loving it. I got it at the grocery store and it has lasted a good long time so the price ended up reasonable. I use it on any non organic veggies.
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I love romaine but switched to either green leaf or red leaf (whichever looks best that week) when romaine was in short supply last year. We eat big dinner salads a few times a week. Today I bought a huge head of greenleaf lettuce, an orange bell pepper, Vidalia onion, cucumber, mushrooms, roma tomatoes, celery, an avocado, sweet potatoes, gala apples, bananas and peaches.

True confession? All I do is run cold water over them. I've always been afraid to actually scrub fruit and veg for fear of bruising them.

Here is what made me violently ill in the past year: Chinese take out, I've figured out I'm intolerant of soy sauce all of a sudden, and ....Pepperidge Farms Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake I was never so sick in my whole life and judging by the online comments I'm not the only one.
 
hearlady said:
We grow it but when I buy it I wash it with Veggie wash. snip...... I use it on any non organic veggies.
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Why do you think organic is any "cleaner"?

Let me tell you about partly digested compost formed from manure and bedding generated at poultry farms which is used as fertilizer on organically grown produce. This material commonly has dead birds that don't get completely composted yet is spread on organic lettuce farms. It's gross. Think about transmission of avian flue.
 
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We're always hearing warnings about Bagged Lettuce... to wash it thoroughly.. but in truth I rarely ever et lettuce.. especially Iceberg lettuce...

They say.. if eating and drinking in places you may not be used to...particularly in other countries.. don't touch the salad.. beware of the ice, in your drink... leave the shellfish and pork alone..

I've had seriously bad food poisoning twice as an adult.. where I had to have medical intervention I was so ill.. both were caused by fish...

The Prawns in a Baked potato in a pub restaurant ... and the cod and chips from a chip shop near where my daughter lived..

The food poisoning I suffered from the former was so severe .. my doctor reported the pub ( which wasn't in my town).. to the Food Standards Agency
 
againstthegrain said:
Why do you think organic is any "cleaner"?

Let me tell you about partly digested compost formed from manure and bedding generated at poultry farms which is used as fertilizer on organically grown produce. This material commonly has dead birds that don't get completely composted yet is spread on organic lettuce farms. It's gross. Think about transmission of avian flue.
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Oh, yuck. I do wash the organic. Just not with the veggie wash. Now I will. 💩
 
againstthegrain said:
It looks similar to Lobster (or shrimp) Newburg which is served over rice. Just never would have thought to serve "prawns" and potatoes together unless both were deep fried.
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no nothing like lobster.. but it is what Americans call Shrimp... ( shrimp to us are tiny)... The jacket potatoes is mashed up inside the skin.. butter, salt and pepper are added.. and some people like a little chilli....or paprika ..then onto the hot potto goes the prawn mixture which is basically just Prawns, Mayo, and tomato ketchup, little lemon juice.. again with a little paprika . It's actually delicious. Since I had the food posioning however.. not only have I never eaten in the pub restaurant again.. I only ever have Prawn cocktail at home..
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hearlady said:
We grow it but when I buy it I wash it with Veggie wash. I originally bought this to get the food safe spray bottle for another use. I thought it would be better than ordering an empty food safe bottle from Amazon. I ended up loving it. I got it at the grocery store and it has lasted a good long time so the price ended up reasonable. I use it on any non organic veggies.
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This is wonderful! I didn't even know about this! Thanks!
 
This documentary mentioned specifically lettuce grown in Salinas and New Mexico. The problem was that the farms were too close to cattle ranches. The waste from the cattle went into the water supply that they used to water the crops. The two main culprits in sickness and death were from Romaine (#1) and Spinach. We never eat raw spinach.

We usually eat salad every night, but now that we're old we have developed health issues and are "at risk". I've never gotten sick, but I can't afford to. I'm not too sure what we're going to do at this point. Of course I wash the veggies, but according to the FDA this is ineffective in killing/removing E.Coli and Salmonella.
 

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