Do you wash cabbage???
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I have always cut up my cabbage, and washed it after. My sister says she does not wash cabbage. Is it really necessary to wash a head of cabbage? It just feels wrong to skip that step.
I should add, I usually am not eating raw myself, but kids always come in begging for a handful of raw cabbage.
I should add, I usually am not eating raw myself, but kids always come in begging for a handful of raw cabbage.
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I wash the outside layer, but that's it0
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I wash the outside layer, but that's it
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I wash the outside layer, but that's it
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I wash all of it after it's cut up (first remove the 2 top layers)0
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I wash the head of cabbage before cutting.
Then, I wash the smaller segments--after cutting.
Why? If you peel leaf by leaf, you see sand and dirt collected as the cabbage grew.
So, yes, I wash my cabbage.0 -
By all means wash it and spin it dry in a salad spinner.0
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I wash it. I wash all vegetables before I eat them.0
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By all means wash it and spin it dry in a salad spinner.
Never thought of that--I have a spinner. Guess I should be using it more!0 -
I wash the head of cabbage before cutting.
Then, I wash the smaller segments--after cutting.
Why? If you peel leaf by leaf, you see sand and dirt collected as the cabbage grew.
So, yes, I wash my cabbage.0 -
Yes. Wash your vegetables.0
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Having worked in a produce department at a supermarket for 8 years, definitely wash it. Wash everything unless it's packaged and says "pre-washed", and even then a good rinse might not hurt.
But lose things - heads of lettuce, cabbage, apples - anything - has been handled by countless pickers, packers, produce clerks, customers, etc before making it into your home. Wash it.0 -
I always cut and wash cabbage when I cook it. I do the same with kale, collards, pretty much everything.0
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I see there is a misunderstanding here. I am not concerned with the out side, I am talking about the inside. Usually some folks like to just peel off the outer leaves (which would be the only ones contaminated in a grocery store by human hands etc...) and call it clean. I peel off the out side leaves, chop it and wash it. The question is whether that is necessary. As SuZQz points out, their can be dirt INSIDE from the growing process. I wash my vegetables. I don't know where I ever said I did not.0
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I have a huge all-natural garden, everything grown from organic seeds, no pesticides or herbicides. Healthy all-natural produce. And I wash everything, after the first time I found a fat green caterpillar in my broccoli. Steamed, on my plate. Better than chemicals maybe, but still unwanted, big time.0
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I have never washed a fruit of vegetable in my life and I'm pretty healthy. I get my dirty vitamins this way.
And your kids really ask for cabbage? That's good, just don't hear that often.0 -
SHOULD I wash cabbage? Yes. DO I was cabbage? .......No.0
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but kids always come in begging for a handful of raw cabbage.
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I must have read that wrong.0 -
I have never washed a fruit of vegetable in my life and I'm pretty healthy. I get my dirty vitamins this way.0
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I think you should wash all fruits and vegetables that come out of the grown because you never know what pesticides are added to them. I tend to lean towards organic and whole foods a bit more but even with those, still need to be washed to clean off any impurities just in case.0
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