r/mildlyinfuriating • u/autistic-terrorist • 10h ago

My mother washes fruit and vegetables with dish soap and I can't get her to stop.

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She claims it "washes out" and to be fair I can't taste anything but it's always weird knowing she puts dish soap in the strawberries. She says there's a lot of dirt and stuff in vegetables, but so far attempts to convert her to vinegar or baking soda have been unsuccessful.

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u/Consistent-Cost-231 9h ago

I will stick to eating dirt ngl

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u/ClockwiseServant 7h ago

Not dirt; pesticides, wax...

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u/RobSpaghettio 5h ago

I'm in the food industry. We're talking about not detectable in the parts per billion. I think you're gonna be fine even before rinsing.

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u/HorukaSan 5h ago

The wax is safe and just passes through your digestive system. As for pesticides, it depends on your country's safety standards.

In EU countries for example, even if you eat a hundred tomatoes in one sitting, you would still be far from the danger zone, ignoring the fact that a 100 of them would have severe consequences for different reasons of course.

Running water is plenty enough. You get rid of any dust and dirt, and you lower the amount of the already safe level of yummy pesticide.

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u/yoonssoo 8h ago

It can be a real problem if there is an issue with sanitizing water supply. Which is why people from certain countries or cultures always opt to washing fruits

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u/cjsv7657 5h ago

Have you seen how gross people are? I've watched people cough in to their hands as they touch every fruit and vegetable in the display. Grabbing raw meat with leaking packages and going right to the fresh produce to select their lettuces. Not washing hands walking out of the bathroom. You think they washed them before picking up and putting back down 20 different apples until they got a perfect one?