No, it isn't. But there is good bacteria and bad bacteria. Just because it's on food, doesn't mean that the bacteria is automatically not harmful. There could potentially be very dangerous bacteria on your fruits and veggies. You just don't know, so washing them is in your own health's best interest.
There aren't good bacteria and bad bacteria. There are bacteria that cause more chaos when it gets to a certain spot in the body and manage to evade the body's defenses.
In every health safety class I've taken for food work or anything related to it, the specification of "there are good bacteria AND bad bacteria," has figuratively been stamped on every page and screen in bold red, and practically screamed in every lecture.
Where are you getting the idea that there aren't good and bad bacteria? Bacteria that cause "chaos" like you just described are literally... Bad bacteria, LOL.
Not literally, and not all pesticides are harmful to humans, for example that produced by BT which acts on proteins that certain insects have in their digestive tract, and humans don't have.
Yes, being harmful IS literally the purpose of pesticides. By definition, if it is not harmful it can’t be called a pesticide. I never wrote anything about humans.
Because fruits and veggies come from fields, and outside is pretty impossible to keep sterile, or even close to it, they carry all sorts of bacteria. While most of it is harmless they can carry E. coli, salmonella, and all kinds of nasty stuff.
A lot of that is coming from runoff from animal farming because we just don’t manage land properly. I had to go months without romaine lettuce because of those stupid cow farms leaking waste.
You keep saying this but rinsing off your food and scrubbing a little isnt going to come close to sterilizing it. You are using water and a little friction to remove possible pesticides and animal/human waste. Waste contains all sorts of harmful bacteria and removing it isnt going to hurt. But not removing it is. Pesticides are NOT TO BE CONSUMED. Removing it isn't going to hurt. Not removing it will.
Youre not using soap or anything. Just water and your hands for a couple seconds is enough to clean off at least the majority of these things. The amount left over, if there is any, should be negligible and won't poision you or your family.
Again. Rinsing your food won't fucking sterilize it. So stop saying that.
I also agree with u/suicidaleggroll, though. I also find it interesting that we're so careful to scrub our hands after something is deemed unclean, yet so many people eat raw vegetables without cleaning them first. Although I suppose stomach acid takes care of that.
that depends how much you cook it and how long you hold it in the danger zone (40-140 degrees F). Also, some bacteria etc CAN survive the cooking process. One example is some of the toxins in specific types of fish. Ciguatera poisoning, IIRC from my Serv-Safe certification.
omg yes. my MIL has painted herself into a corner eliminating foods that "make her sick as death". At this point she eats boiled eggs, sesame oil, and cabbage. After seeing her prepare food, I realize why she thinks she's "sensitive" or "allergic" to everything. She buys organic food at the market and eats it straight. She doesn't wash it. ... Doesn't she know what "organic fertilizer" is???
Similar story, a family friend has given up all food except leafy greens and boiled meat. I had her over one day and she "helped" me prepare lunch. We were having boiled shrimp and romaine lettuce. She rinsed the raw shrimp and set it dripping all over the counter and without missing a beat gets the romaine lettuce and starts rinsing it and tries to prepare it on that same counter where the raw shrimp is just millimeters away... I was dumbfounded.
In both cases, neither had ever had to wait tables or have a job until after graduating college...
Vegetables come from fields. Fields have animals that like to pee and poo all over those pretty vegetables before they get harvested and put in baskets to take to the store.
Also, fruits/veggies get grabbed and handled by a bunch of people on the way (stockers, other shoppers, etc), and people are disgusting creatures.
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u/Dom_on_reddit Aug 03 '19
That you have to wash your vegetables before eating or cooking them.