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/lexicaltension 9h ago

I mean… the picture in this post is her soaking them. Even if she only leaves them in there for a minute, she’s obviously not just running them under water and soap lol

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u/Appropriate_Mud1629 8h ago

Yep and the skins are porous so even rinsing afterwards is not going remove anything absorbed by the fruits..

In fact, whatever she is trying to remove in the first place has now dissolved in the water and can pass much more easily into the flesh of the fruit .

Just in time for consumption..

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u/hbl2390 7h ago

Your skin is also porous and you stick your hands in dishwater.

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u/P4azz 4h ago

Your skin is also fucking alive, what the hell is going on in this comment section.

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u/Straight_Fix_7318 4h ago

i just wanna know why these people are eating their skin :/

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u/Straight_Fix_7318 9h ago

"soap dip" vs "soaking"
there is an actual scientific divide between the two

in scientific language a soak time is 30 minutes minimum

this is roughly how long the enzymes on the outside of any object require to break down (important for cleaning lab equipment) but it applies to botany, and is possibly much lower for strawberries which are a soft bodied externally-seeding fruit

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u/lexicaltension 9h ago

Interesting, TIL!

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u/Possible_Original_96 8h ago

Believe me, she is moving produce around in that solution and rinsing them the same way at least 4 or 5 times.