"Dee Randall" > wrote in message
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> Well, I got suckered into wax on my veggies again today. I have often
> bought the small yellow/orange/red peppers that Costco sells, rinse them
> off, leave them whole and just quickly 'fry them up.' I've noticed in
> the past few months that one has to choose carefully not to get an overdue
> package.
> I just opened the package for lunch and took out a couple of handfulls and
> my hands were full of more-like 'grease' than wax. It took a couple of
> good washings to get this off my hands. I sprayed them with vinegar and
> hope it will come off. If not, another veggie lost to the wind. These are
> not available at my closest market, so I've been happy to get them. I
> suppose there has been too much waste with the previous peppers, so I
> would imagine that spraying them with the grease/wax was their answer to
> lots of spoilage.
>
> I used to use some sort of grapeseed drops (very expensive) which you had
> to drop into a container of water to set the veggies in. The bottles
> became so tedious and the exercise so tedious that when someone suggested
> that I try what they do, just spray with vinegar; I've been doing this.
> Apples I peel, but I don't like to peel off the pectin. It's nice when
> Fall is here and some are not sprayed.
>
> Anyone have anything they do differently to get the wax off -- or do they
> just consider it safe.
> Dee Dee
>

Wax is the least of the problems living in or on our produce, due to the
fact that the chemical industry owns enough legislators to do pretty much
whatever it wants. But still, if you want to remove it, put a couple of
drops of dish soap in a bowl with cold water and scrub the vegetables with a
soft toothbrush or fingernail brush. Rinse, obviously. If this doesn't work,
find another source for your peppers.