"Giusi" > wrote in message
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>> In article >, Tracy > wrote:
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>>> Do you wash?
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>>> -Tracy
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>> Meats? No. I've always heard that the drippy water spreads more stuff
>> around than it washes away.
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>> Produce I always wash though. I was horrified when taking a cooking
>> class at a local store. The "chef" was making a salad with greens and
>> pear and used the greens right out of the bag (which I know is supposed
>> to be ok but is slightly icky to me) and said there was no need to wash
>> the pear because it was organic. huh? There's no dirt, bugs or bird
>> poop on organic farms?
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>> marcella
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> I do wash, but really, what do we think we are getting off in a stream of
> cold water? Sand, sure, but that requires a bath. The rest I think stay
> put. If I am suspicious I use green clay and then a rinse. It supposedly
> removes pesticides.
Vegetables: I rinse, paper-towel dry, spray with vinegar and let sit a
little bit, rinse off the vinegar - that's it.

Beef, I pat dry with a paper towel. Good grade hamburger, I squeeze out the
blood if there is any - don't ask why, don't know - chicken I always wash
off and pat dry.
Dee Dee