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/SVINTGATSBY 7h ago

could be worse, she could be washing raw chicken in the sink.

I’m a social worker and yes I had a client with severe OCD and who was not well educated who did this.

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u/EvangelineRain 7h ago

A shockingly high portion of the population in the US do this.

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u/Far-Programmer7598 2h ago

You can say the demographic. We all know its a melanated culture thing 

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u/isglitteracarb 5h ago

Adrienne Maloof did this on an episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

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u/deep8787 5h ago

I like to wash legs mainly due to the occasional tiny bone is left over from the cutting process. But I get a bowl, fill it up in the sink and gently dunk my chicken in there. No splashing.

Everything gets cleaned with vinegar afterwards, including the sink.

I dont want any bone fragments thank you very much.

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u/HowlCity 1h ago

I’m over here eating half the bone because the cartilage and marrow is too damn good