Do you wash cabbage???

1223345
1223345 Posts: 1,386 Member
in Food and Nutrition
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.
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  • rawhidenadz
    rawhidenadz Posts: 254 Member
    I wash the outside layer, but that's it
  • LavenderBouquet
    LavenderBouquet Posts: 736 Member
    I wash the outside layer, but that's it

    ^ This
  • 37434958
    37434958 Posts: 457 Member
    I wash the outside layer, but that's it

    ^ This

    This ^^
  • soniabraids
    soniabraids Posts: 3
    I wash all of it after it's cut up (first remove the 2 top layers)
  • SuZQz173
    SuZQz173 Posts: 37
    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.
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
    By all means wash it and spin it dry in a salad spinner.
  • CharityGC
    CharityGC Posts: 499 Member
    I wash it. I wash all vegetables before I eat them.
  • SuZQz173
    SuZQz173 Posts: 37
    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!
  • 1223345
    1223345 Posts: 1,386 Member
    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.
    This is m thinking as well. I'll just keep washing it then!
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    Yes. Wash your vegetables.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    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. :wink:
  • SweetestLibby
    SweetestLibby Posts: 607 Member
    I always cut and wash cabbage when I cook it. I do the same with kale, collards, pretty much everything.
  • 1223345
    1223345 Posts: 1,386 Member
    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.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
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  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
    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.
  • dfonte
    dfonte Posts: 263 Member
    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.
  • EmilyKingston
    EmilyKingston Posts: 11 Member
    SHOULD I wash cabbage? Yes. DO I was cabbage? .......No. :embarassed:
  • beyondjupiter
    beyondjupiter Posts: 247 Member
    but kids always come in begging for a handful of raw cabbage.

    :noway:

    I must have read that wrong.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    I have never washed a fruit of vegetable in my life and I'm pretty healthy. I get my dirty vitamins this way.
    Working in the produce dept. all those years, I did graze on my fair share of unwashed produce - we always sampled cherries, grapes - all kinds of stuff as it came in. One of my bosses always said that none of would have to be embalmed due to all the chemicals (and dirt) we probably ate. :tongue:
  • sjeannot
    sjeannot Posts: 143
    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.
  • Gidzmo
    Gidzmo Posts: 905 Member
    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.

    That's how I would do it. Some veggies (such as leeks) you have to wash that way exactly for that reason. They catch dirt, sand, and bug-life in the leaves.
  • Querian
    Querian Posts: 419 Member
    I usually just peel off the outer leaves and don't wash it but a rinse and a spin in the salad spinner wouldn't hurt ... I guess.
  • Denjo060
    Denjo060 Posts: 1,008
    i never wash mine I peel off a few layers but thats all no one touches the inside
  • zenobiapeace
    zenobiapeace Posts: 1
    To me I have to wash my fresh veggies, the motto or saying that's comes to my mind is "better safe than sorry". :)
  • 1223345
    1223345 Posts: 1,386 Member
    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.








    Lord yes. They love raw onions, raw cabbage, carrots, broccoli and cauliflower as far as their favorites go. I love almost all vegetables myself. Maybe I passed it on to them.
  • NakeshiaB
    NakeshiaB Posts: 250 Member
    Anyone who has ever worked in a half decent food establishment will know to was EVERYTHING that isn't pre-packaged. You never know what has crawled into your food, whether is be treated or organic. I once found a small dead mouse in a head of lettuce! Needless to say the lettuce was thrown out but washing will get rid of smaller bugs and dirt that could contain harmful bacteria.
  • crzyone
    crzyone Posts: 872 Member
    My mama always said, "You never know what worker in the field relieved himself around your cabbage when it was growing or being picked." I think about that every time I think about NOT washing my cabbage.
  • angelique_redhead
    angelique_redhead Posts: 782 Member
    I usually peel off the outer leaves and wash them. I don't normally wash the inside unless I see dirt.
  • donald149
    donald149 Posts: 211 Member
    I also worked in produce ages ago and my manager made similar comments as said in a previous post. They really didn't care if we grazed on the fruits and vegetables, just as long as we washed them first. An unbelievable amount of pesticide is used. That and they're handled by a lot of customers seeking out the perfect one!
  • 1223345
    1223345 Posts: 1,386 Member
    My mama always said, "You never know what worker in the field relieved himself around your cabbage when it was growing or being picked." I think about that every time I think about NOT washing my cabbage.

    Here's a good one. If they are peeing in the field, then it is actually making its way INTO the vegetables via the roots. Field worker makes tinkle in cabbage field, field gets watered as usual, tinkle gets washed further into the soil and is then absorbed by the roots into the vegetable. Bon appe'tite.

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