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Default Stupid question, but I have to ask...
On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:43:53 +0000 (UTC),
(Steve Pope) wrote:

>Paul M. Cook > wrote:
>
>>If I had the need for a crate of cukes for pickling I'd fid a farmers market
>>and get them wax free to start with.
>
>For sure.
>
>Life is too short to eat waxed produce.

The wax used to coat produce is perfectly edible... it's a vegetable
product... it's only a problem with cukes for pickling but pickling
cukes (kirbys) are rarely if ever waxed. There is never a reason to
remove produce wax.
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