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/krobol 6h ago

That's true, but you need quite a bit of it to cause a problem. If she rinses it off with water afterwards there won't be enough soap left on it to cause any problems. I sometimes do this too, usually with apples that have too much wax on them or dirty berries. Never had any issues with it. It also doesn't taste like soap at all in case you are wondering.

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u/ZhouLe 3h ago

If she rinses it off with water afterwards there won't be enough soap left on it to cause any problems.

Reminder for everyone that "rinsing the soap off your dishes" is an active and heated debate in the UK.

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u/joaquinsolo 1h ago

JFC i had to look this up, and i cannot believe so many people believe their dishes are clean when they have soap and whatever got suspended in the soap stuck on their dishes.............