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Old 08-09-2014, 04:44 PM
 
Location: Quincy, Mass. (near Boston)
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This is new for me, but I now insist on washing and rubbing clean each strawberry, cherry or grape! - even tiny blueberries -- before eating.

Previously, I would simply wash under running water in a colander. Isn't that the norm for most people still, despite costly spray bottles which claim to clean any insecticides?

Is my action truly bizarre? Would you just eat grapes at a friend's house...without wondering how well they were cleaned?

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Old 08-09-2014, 04:51 PM
 
Location: Bel Air, California
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it's not the washing each grape that bothers me so much but it's difficult to find the tiny scrub brushes to do so and then you have to dry each one
 
Old 08-09-2014, 04:57 PM
 
Location: Montreal, Quebec
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Originally Posted by bostonguy1960 View Post
This is new for me, but I now insist on washing and rubbing clean each strawberry, cherry or grape! - even tiny blueberries -- before eating.

Previously, I would simply wash under running water in a colander. Isn't that the norm for most people still, despite costly spray bottles which claim to clean any insecticides?

Is my action truly bizarre? Would you just eat grapes at a friend's house...without wondering how well they were cleaned?
Yes.
No.
 
Old 08-09-2014, 05:02 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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Wouldn't worry about it for a nanosecond. And I still dump them in a colander and rinse. That's just fine for me!
 
Old 08-09-2014, 05:10 PM
 
Location: Quincy, Mass. (near Boston)
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it's not the washing each grape that bothers me so much but it's difficult to find the tiny scrub brushes to do so and then you have to dry each one
Oh no, I don't scrub with any brush, just rub the targeted fruit with my fingers under running water. But yes, that would be gross if serving to anyone else. Just rinse it as others have said, and ad I had contently done until recent months.

Weird human behavior, I know.

Oh, and I don't dry the fruit after rubbing and rinsing. By then, I'm simply eager to just eat them.

Same with cherry or grape tomatoes: I will rub and rinse each one!
 
Old 08-09-2014, 05:38 PM
 
Location: Tricity, PL
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No, its not the norm and yes, I would eat at friends house, because I trust them.
Most people just rinse their fruit, and many don't even do that. Strawberries are prerinsed and ready to eat, and so is other prepacked fruit. A quick rinse is enough.
Behavior you described is diagnosed - its called germophobia. It's curable too...
 
Old 08-09-2014, 06:28 PM
 
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O c d.
 
Old 08-09-2014, 06:52 PM
 
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O c d.
Yep. Time to see a therapist. You will enjoy life much more, once you get started on therapy .
 
Old 08-09-2014, 07:25 PM
 
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This is new for me, but I now insist on washing and rubbing clean each strawberry, cherry or grape! - even tiny blueberries -- before eating.
Peeling the grapes is much more effective to remove the germs and insecticides.
 
Old 08-09-2014, 07:45 PM
 
Location: Castlederp
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I do not even wash them lol..
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