On 6/11/2016 9:09 PM, Janet B wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Jun 2016 19:08:27 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 6/11/2016 2:21 PM, Roy wrote:
>>> On Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 2:38:57 AM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> Bothell woman found black widow spider in Costco grapes. In looking up this
>>>> video, this seems to be a common problem.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.kiro7.com/video?videoId=3...deoVersion=1.0
>>>
>>> Not uncommon...just run cool water over all grapes, cherries, etc., gets rid of spiders, some of the ever-present pesticides, dirt, and other stuff you don't want to read or hear about.
>>> Drain well using colander after washing, air-dry for a while and refrigerate.
>>> ====
>>>
>> Pretty scary thing, actually. Sharp eyed child. But then it wasn't a
>> bunch of grapes, it was a *container* of grapes packed and shipped from
>> who knows where. Obviously whatever farm/vineyard they came from didn't
>> bother to *rinse* them well before packing them in lovely plastic
>> containers to send to Costco. That alone would give me pause.
>>
>> Jill
> they've got legs and use them. I doubt they rinsed one tiny bunch at
> a time and then immediately packed them in the box.
> Janet US
>
I don't know a thing about where the grapes were packaged. It didn't
appear to be a "tiny" bunch of grapes to me. They were off the stems,
from what I saw. Stuffed in a plastic container.

This does, however, illustrate why I do not buy fruit or produce in bags
and containers.

Jill