Do you wash your celery

[dragnlaw]

My point is more "do you know which ones will die? do you which ones will not? Are you will to take the chance?"

 

[taxlady]

But how long do those germs last? Certainly they die when they're cooked.

A common misperception, sadly

Really? Other than botulism spores, which microorganisms that we find on food survive cooking?

 

[georgevan]

Do you wash lettuce? or spinach, broccoli?

What about potatoes and carrots?

I wash em

 

[Andy M.]

I don't wash potatoes if I'm going to peel them.

 

[dragnlaw]

AHA! but I bet you wash them after you peel them.

 

[Andy M.]

AHA! but I bet you wash them after you peel them.

Why would I?

 

[dragnlaw]

LOL, because the excess starch makes a mess and if you didn't wash the peels, there was dirt on them which would/does transfer onto the patates.

 

[Andy M.]

Do you wash an orange after you peel it? Onion? etc.

 

[caseydog]

Just for everyone's information, organic milk lasts longer than conventional because it's ultra-pasteurized.

Still tastes better than regular milk, IMHO, so I'm okay with the ultra pasteurization. I drink 2% organic milk, and it tastes close to regular whole milk, to me.

But for things like lettuce and bell peppers, I can't taste any difference.

CD

 

[caseydog]

My point is more "do you know which ones will die? do you which ones will not? Are you will to take the chance?"

My understanding, and I could have this wrong, is that some bacteria create toxins that survive cooking. It's not the bacteria itself that gets you, it is those toxins.

CD

 

[caseydog]

Do you wash an orange after you peel it? Onion? etc.

If I peeled them and saw dirt, I would. When I separate celery into individual stalks, I usually see dirt. Dirt doesn't taste good, IMO. The texture of dirt is not something I enjoy, either.

CD

 

[Andy M.]

If I peeled them and saw dirt, I would. When I separate celery into individual stalks, I usually see dirt. Dirt doesn't taste good, IMO. The texture of dirt is not something I enjoy, either.

CD

All I said was I didn't wash potatoes if I was going to peel them.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Still tastes better than regular milk, IMHO, so I'm okay with the ultra pasteurization. I drink 2% organic milk, and it tastes close to regular whole milk, to me.

When we bought milk from a dairy farm store, we thought that each variety of milk tasted like the next-higher butterfat version. Skim had flavor, so it seemed like 1%, 1% had the mouthfeel of 2%, etc. Good stuff.

Then they had to shut down their own processing plant because "someone" claimed that their family member developed listeria poisoning from drinking milk produced by that dairy farm. That elderly person ended up dying. No one else ever got sick from any dairy product, but the farm would have been required to replace all of their equipment before they were certified again. Inspectors never found signs of listeria in the old equipment or any other products. I'm guessing someone in the family wanted to "off" their family member... Meanwhile, the dairy now has their raw milk blended with another dairy farm's milk and it just never tasted as good.

 

[caseydog]

All I said was I didn't wash potatoes if I was going to peel them.

I was referring to celery, the subject of the thread. I wouldn't bother washing potatoes if I were going to peel them. However, I seldom peel potatoes. There's a lot of nutrition in the skins.

CD

 

[taxlady]

All I said was I didn't wash potatoes if I was going to peel them.

Same here, but I do give them a rinse. I find that if I peel unwashed potatoes, that what should be nice clean naked potatoes is dirty naked potatoes. The rinse with a quick sloshing around is good enough that I don't end up with dirt on the peeled potatoes. Maybe the potatoes you buy are already washed. I notice a difference between different bags of potatoes in how much dirt is left on them.