"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote
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>> "Nancy Young" > wrote
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>>>I just watched Sara Moulton on Good Morning America talking
>>> about washing produce. She said, Don't wash the triple washed
>>> spinach/whatever. That's because if you wash it in your sink you
>>> might contaminate it. I'm thinking ... huh? Then she talks about,
>>> if you wash produce, better to wash it in a bowl. Well, DUH.
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>> 1) Ms. Moulton said don't wash the tripled washed whatever. What about
>> UNwashed whatever, like unbagged lettuce? Does it matter? If the sink's
>> filthy, *anything* you wash in it could become contaminated.
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> That's when she said to use a bowl. I wish I'd hit record, in retrospect.

If you're gonna use a bowl, you may as well use a colander. Why mess up two
utensils?



Watch this video - it'll make you retch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aasov3zTaY




>> 3) I wash most greens in the colander. But some, like collards or swiss
>> chard are simply too big to wash that way. And, it's easier to see where
>> the dirt is clinging if you do NOT tear the leaves into pieces first.
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> Oh, I never do that. I cut off the bottom and wash the individual leaves
> under running water. Probably kidding myself even then.

I separate the leaves, but I don't make them into smaller pieces until
they're washed.



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>> I clean the sink with Comet. I rinse like crazy until I don't smell Comet
>> any more. Then, I rinse it again.
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> Comet. Ack. Stuff gives me the willies.

Why? It's a cleaning product. It works. It disinfects.