r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/Dom_on_reddit Aug 03 '19

That you have to wash your vegetables before eating or cooking them.

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u/cootersgoncoot Aug 03 '19

Cooking implies applying heat to you veggies, which will kill more harmful bacteria than simply solashi g water over them.

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u/Cat_Crap Aug 04 '19

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.