No. E-Coli is only killed by high temperature. That's why rare burgers are so dangerous & why restaurants won't serve them. When beef is ground into a burger, the outside of the meat gets into the inside, where the E-Coli will survive if the burger is rare or medium rare. A steak (not ground beef) is OK rare because the E-Coli is only on the outside where the heat kills it.
Do you wash your grapes ?
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No. E-Coli is only killed by high temperature. That's why rare burgers are so dangerous & why restaurants won't serve them. When beef is ground into a burger, the outside of the meat gets into the inside, where the E-Coli will survive if the burger is rare or medium rare. A steak (not ground beef) is OK rare because the E-Coli is only on the outside where the heat kills it.
Several years ago I told my wife about an article I read in “Men’s Health” and it said that people that pick the fruit and vegetables in the fields and have to relieve themselves, well, guess how they do that without leaving their post? They don’t take the time to walk to the nearest toilet, the men just open their zipper and let it flow. I guess that may explain at least some of the E Coli and Salmonella.
My wife then told me that she’s been washing our stuff since we got married.
My wife then told me that she’s been washing our stuff since we got married.
applecruncher
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I store grapes in the frig in the bag they came in and wash however ever many I want to eat at the time that I eat them.
Capt Lightning
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I think it's easy to cross the line from caution to obsession. Generally, the grapes we buy here are pre-packed, so nobody has touched them after packaging and I've never washed them. Bananas, Melons, Avacado etc., I would never think of washing them unless there was obvious dirt on the skin.
Vegetables are a different matter as they often have soil, sand etc attached, so I usually wash them.
Vegetables are a different matter as they often have soil, sand etc attached, so I usually wash them.
CeeCee
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There’s probably hundreds of people touching the avocados...I sure do when I’m buying them...don’t want too hard or too soft.
Im sure I’m not the only one and I do that with other fruit and veggies that aren’t bagged or boxed. I don’t buy the first one I pick up usually because although it looks okay sometimes the underside or whatever isn’t.
Im a clean person and wash my hands after bathroom use but not everyone does, that why I wash my avocados.
Capt Lightning
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I would still never think of washing them. I discard the skin.
CeeCee
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so do I...but my reasoning is that when you cut it in half..the knife can contaminate the inside.
Falcon
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I wash each grape and dry it with a little tiny towel. N ever powder them.
C'est Moi
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:thumbsup1: I'm more concerned about pesticides and field dirt than "other people touching."