Guest guest Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 What is the best way to clean grocery-store produce. Organic food is out of my budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Not sure on this. Maybe one of our members wil chime in. Have you ever thought of sprouting as an inexpensive way to get organic into your diet ? Mary Neldap wrote: What is the best way to clean grocery-store produce. Organic food is out of my budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 I think just washing it with tap water will suffice. Many times fruits are waxed, but that's not difficult to remove. - Mary Ostrowski herbal remedies Sunday, December 13, 2009 10:48 PM Re: {Herbal Remedies} Cleaning produce Not sure on this. Maybe one of our members wil chime in.Have you ever thought of sprouting as an inexpensive way to get organic into your diet ?MaryNeldap wrote: What is the best way to clean grocery-store produce. Organic food is out of my budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Wash, brush thoroughly. Half fill basin with water and 3-4 tablespoons baking soda quickly dip each piece and quickly rinse. Do not leave vegetables for long, they will discolor. You will see that the dirt left (at bottom of basin) from first cleaning would come off. I also then put in basin with colloidal silver and water- 15 mins. If no colloidal silver around, then hydrogen peroxide and water then rinse. I don't rinse after putting colloidal silver though. Melly herbal remedies , " Neldap " <neldaprc wrote: > > What is the best way to clean grocery-store produce. Organic food is out of my budget. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Baking soda is wonderful for removing the wax and pesticide residues on the surface of vegetables, I've found that it's the best, cheapest and healthiest way to clean them. You can buy plastic 1# shakers of baking soda that can be refilled in most grocery stores. It's food grade and environmentally sound, and the company that makes it offers free information on how to use it for cleaning on their website. The number of household uses, and the cleaners that it can replace, might surprise you. Just remember that some percentage of pesticides have been absorbed into the produce itself and those can't be removed. Another thing to consider is that imported produce is not subject to the restrictions on DDT and other pesticides which have been banned in the US. We tend to think that because something is prohibited here that it's banned universally and won't be in our food supply, but that's not the case. herbal remedies , " Neldap " <neldaprc wrote: > > What is the best way to clean grocery-store produce. Organic food is out of my budget. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 When my wife & I lived on the Caribbean Island of Tobago, the local people would 'clean' chicken with a marinade of citrus juice, most commonly lime juice. West Indians are a great source for recepies, typically the marinade would include herbs for taste, almost every meat would have rosemary/thyme ... all directly from the 'yard' ... including the chicken to begin with. Locals claimed to be able to tell by taste, who did/not prepare their chicken in this manner & would avoid anyone who served 'unclean' chicken... which was remarkable since all most all chickens were 'yardies' ... free range, ...self fed ... organic. Many herbal remedies there traced their origins to the African heritage of the locals, sadly the youngest generation does not seem to value this knowledge, infavor of being more 'american' ... god save them! BTW, the most comical example for me [being a hoosier originally & a chemical engineer] was a certain tea from the bark of a tree, that would keep a guy 'sailing at full sail for hours', upon return the USA, miracle of miracles, modern science had invented Viagra! ...lol Isn't science amazing, it had finally caught " up " to the common knowledge of a hertiage stolen from africa, centuries ago. And, NASCAR advertisements make it completely ... modern. Tom herbal remedies , " Mercurius Trismegistus " <magisterium_magnum wrote: > > I think just washing it with tap water will suffice. Many times fruits are waxed, but that's not difficult to remove. > > > > - > Mary Ostrowski > herbal remedies > Sunday, December 13, 2009 10:48 PM > Re: {Herbal Remedies} Cleaning produce > > > > > Not sure on this. Maybe one of our members wil chime in. > Have you ever thought of sprouting as an inexpensive way to get organic into your diet ? > Mary > > > Neldap wrote: > > What is the best way to clean grocery-store produce. Organic food is out of my budget. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Tom, This is very interesting .Thanks for posting it. Mary Tom B wrote: When my wife & I lived on the Caribbean Island of Tobago, the local people would 'clean' chicken with a marinade of citrus juice, most commonly lime juice. West Indians are a great source for recepies, typically the marinade would include herbs for taste, almost every meat would have rosemary/thyme ... all directly from the 'yard' ... including the chicken to begin with. Locals claimed to be able to tell by taste, who did/not prepare their chicken in this manner & would avoid anyone who served 'unclean' chicken... which was remarkable since all most all chickens were 'yardies' ... free range, ...self fed ... organic. Many herbal remedies there traced their origins to the African heritage of the locals, sadly the youngest generation does not seem to value this knowledge, infavor of being more 'american' ... god save them! BTW, the most comical example for me [being a hoosier originally & a chemical engineer] was a certain tea from the bark of a tree, that would keep a guy 'sailing at full sail for hours', upon return the USA, miracle of miracles, modern science had invented Viagra! ...lol Isn't science amazing, it had finally caught "up" to the common knowledge of a hertiage stolen from africa, centuries ago. And, NASCAR advertisements make it completely ... modern. Tom herbal remedies , "Mercurius Trismegistus" <magisterium_magnum wrote: > > I think just washing it with tap water will suffice. Many times fruits are waxed, but that's not difficult to remove. > > > > - > Mary Ostrowski > herbal remedies > Sunday, December 13, 2009 10:48 PM > Re: {Herbal Remedies} Cleaning produce > > > > > Not sure on this. Maybe one of our members wil chime in. > Have you ever thought of sprouting as an inexpensive way to get organic into your diet ? > Mary > > > Neldap wrote: > > What is the best way to clean grocery-store produce. Organic food is out of my budget. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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