Do you wash triple-washed baby spinach?

Ohwhynot

Does rinsing really get rid of stuff like e coli? I'm asking seriously because I never rinse already washed stuff because I figure the really bad germs aren't going to be rinsed away, but would require cooking to kill and I'm not cooking my strawberries or baby spinach (most times). There is not an ounce of scientific reasoning behind my doing this so if anyone could pipe in here, that would rock.

Edit: looks like it doesn't really matter: https://www.livescience.com/32250-does-washing-fruits-and-vegetables-make-them-safe.html

deluxmary2000

Nah - I like to make sure my immune system is also getting a good workout. Oh yeah... and I'm super lazy.

OhMsDiva

nowine4me wrote: »

Not me. From the beg into my pie hole. Sometimes a bowl and fork to run interference.

I hope I dont get in trouble for this but I though that said from the beg to my peehole. I was like what. I am tired and its early.

aprileah

I work with the lettuce industry specifically on food safety - so I can tell you that food safety experts say that you should not re-wash triple washed, bagged salad. Why? Because your kitchen is never likely to be as clean as the processing plant where the salad was cut, washed and bagged. So essentially if you are rewashing at home, you are introducing the possibility of cross contaminating the greens in your own kitchen.

Personally, I never rewash bagged greens at home. I'm not a domestic goddess and I know my kitchen isn't the cleanest. That doesn't mean I don't do a little look through the bag to make sure there isn't something in there I don't want on my plate! Leafy greens are grown outdoors and in the dirt after all.

Also, if you wash the lettuce, drying is actually the step that has the most chance of removing any pathogens. It needs to be dried with a clean paper towel or a clean cloth towel. New research shows that something about the friction makes a 1,000 fold reduction in pathogens if they are present. If you want more food safety tips visit www.safeleafygreens.org

Adc7225

No I don't wash mine but I do go through it for the little personally deemed inedible pieces My friend caught me doing this once and thought I was crazy but Oh-Well!