On Friday, July 4, 2014 4:52:00 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
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> >> The back of the vinegar bottle says you can wash vegetable and fruits.
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> >> Does anyone do that? I've always just used water.
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> >> Btw, my vinegar soaked socks around the tomato plants has already failed.
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> >> One half eaten tomato on the railing yesterday. And I had just soaked
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> >> the rags early that afternoon. Disappointing. Last year it kept the
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> >> squirrels away for most the summer.
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> > I've never washed a piece of fruit or a vegetable ever. Still alive. You
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> > cannot wash away that which is inside the fruit or vegetable such as
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> > e-coli. You pretty much are taking your chances.
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> You really should at least rinse them. They haven't got real bathrooms out
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Not to mention the people who pack the produce into boxes, etc. and the customers at the local store who paw through the produce looking for just the right one. Produce is handled repeatedly and is marketed open to the public to sneeze all over it and worse.

DaleP