In article <3eEAi.30318$Bv1.4712@trnddc06>,
"James Silverton" > wrote:

> Hello, All!
>
> In principle I am in favor of natural approaches to growing
> vegetables but today I made some Vichysoisse soup and I was
> reminded that leeks are perhaps the filthiest vegetables on
> sale. As usual, the leeks I bought were covered with soil,
> organic I hope! I wonder why this should be? Celery can also
> require careful cleaning but hardly ever as much as leeks.
>
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> E-mail, with obvious alterations:
> not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Tsk.

Food is grown in the dirt.

It gets dirt on it.

Live with it.

If you don't like it, buy fresh frozen or canned.

I'd rather wash my food thanks!

What's the matter with you that a little dirt on your veggies scares you?
Perhaps you need to get out into a garden sometime and grow your own!
Get some dirt under your fingernails.

Grow the hell up!
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