Do you wash triple-washed baby spinach?

leosmith66
leosmith66 Posts: 69 Member
edited November 20 in Food and Nutrition
I'm wondering if I'm the only person in the world who does this...
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  • WickAndArtoo
    WickAndArtoo Posts: 773 Member
    Yes, it's recommended that you rinse even triple washed greens ( or so I have read countless times in my health mags for whatever that matters/means).

    I personally do it because they have a highish chance of having bacteria on them and and I am a real freak about food poisoning. But I rinse all my fruits and veggies, even bananas and watermelons... so I'm probably the wrong person to ask lol.
  • MaggieGirl135
    MaggieGirl135 Posts: 1,030 Member
    Nope. Just call me wild and crazy!
  • Momepro
    Momepro Posts: 1,509 Member
    Can't hurt, but I seldom bother.
  • shandy82165
    shandy82165 Posts: 184 Member
    I sometimes do, moreso because I don't like the dry taste/mouthfeel that bagged lettuce can sometimes have.
  • harmonyashlyn5
    harmonyashlyn5 Posts: 26 Member
    Im too lazy, I just but the pre-washed organic spinach
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    I barely wash anything especially if I'm going to peel it. I'll rinse stuff but pre-washed? Sorted.
  • HeidiCooksSupper
    HeidiCooksSupper Posts: 3,839 Member
    I only eat it cooked* and there are instructions on the bag for cooking it in the bag -- so, nope.

    *I can't digest spinach unless it's cooked and wrung out. Trust me, the alternative has repeatedly proven unpleasant.
  • ahoy_m8
    ahoy_m8 Posts: 3,053 Member
    Used to eat from the bag. Got very sick once and suspected the spinach. I have no idea if that was it or not, but meal timing suggest a home made meal (vs. restaurant). Ever since, I wash.

    Later, I did hear a NPR interview about what's allowed in "triple washed" greens & how they do it. The expert said she rinses.
  • ritzvin
    ritzvin Posts: 2,860 Member
    No. [1] I figure they have a better method in place that gets more than I would rinse off (I would assume they probably use a weak chlorine/other disinfecting solution and some sort of agitator, and have to document some sort of procedure, employee training). [2] If I bought pre-washed, I paid the extra $$$$ for a reason. [3] I was probably too cheap to buy the pre-washed anyway. Blessed be the salad spinner.
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    Momepro wrote: »
    Can't hurt, but I seldom bother.
    Same.
  • OliveGirl128
    OliveGirl128 Posts: 801 Member
    Most of my spinach comes from a local farm, where it literally comes out of the ground and onto their store shelf, (my daughter works there and she's usually the one who picks it lol), so I do a quick rinse before eating and then call it good.
  • dutchandkiwi
    dutchandkiwi Posts: 1,389 Member
    Nope
  • jennybearlv
    jennybearlv Posts: 1,519 Member
    crazyravr wrote: »
    Nope. I bought it in a box washed for a reason. Otherwise might as well buy the bunch and then wash it.

    This would be why I never spend more for washed or cut food. The extra minute to wash and chop a bunch of spinach. Is not worth three dollars. Plus food starts going bad much quicker when washed or cut.
  • jennybearlv
    jennybearlv Posts: 1,519 Member
    I also almost forgot about the time management didn't think they needed to wash the spinach when I was working in a restaurant. A customer found a caterpillar in his spinach and that policy changed. If washing spinach doesn't flush out caterpillars I don't know what it is really cleaning.
  • laurenebargar
    laurenebargar Posts: 3,081 Member
    YUPPPPP. found a huge bug in a bag of spinach I bought once... after I was halfway through my salad.

    Needless to say it gets triple washed by me as well, and now I'm super weird about Salads and actually rarely eat them. Hopefully Ill get over it though because I used to love salad :(
  • ritzvin
    ritzvin Posts: 2,860 Member
    The collander in my salad spinner would have kept in a caterpillar or other large bug too though..so not terribly unexpected. Stuff that is water soluble, small enough to be physically filtered out (with the water), or possibly magnetic will likely be removed, but everything else is likely there to stay (after presumably being disinfected, and hopefully not decaying for too long on the shelf).
  • chelllsea124
    chelllsea124 Posts: 336 Member
    Aint nobody got time fo dat
  • Meganthedogmom
    Meganthedogmom Posts: 1,639 Member
    edited July 2017
    chelseahatch24 wrote: »
    Aint nobody got time fo dat

    Right?

    I rarely wash anything. Fresh fruit, okay sure. But if it's a bag of lettuce or spinach...??? Get the hell outta here with that.
    My boyfriend always wants me to wash vegetables before I cook them. WHY??? I will be boiling all the germs off of them! A rinse in the sink won't do s***!
  • DamieBird
    DamieBird Posts: 651 Member
    LadyLilion wrote: »
    MelanieCN77 wrote: »
    laurenebargar wrote: »
    YUPPPPP. found a huge bug in a bag of spinach I bought once... after I was halfway through my salad.

    But was the bug clean?

    And whole? I don't mind finding a bug in my food. I do mind finding half a bug.

    But . . . protein ;)?

    Seriously, though - I rarely wash fruits/veggies. If there's obvious dirt on them, sure. Most veggies are getting peeled, anyway - why would I use two steps? Fruits - meh. I probably should rinse the berries and things that don't have peels, but I'm lazy. I've literally never washed bagged lettuce/ spinach, but I will rinse bunches of romaine and soak leeks.
  • leosmith66
    leosmith66 Posts: 69 Member
    It's funny. Right after I posted this I washed a 1lb box of triple-washed organic spinach in my sink like I always do. There was a rather large root attached to one leaf, so I'm glad I did it. Thats one nice thing about washing in the sink - it's a chance to toss out the bad things. Also, I just wanted to point out that there have been studies that show rinsing gets more bacteria off than any other single way of washing.
  • scarlett_k
    scarlett_k Posts: 812 Member
    I rarely wash any veg. Not dead yet...
  • kazminchu
    kazminchu Posts: 250 Member
    I only started washing spinach recently because I got bored of crunching bits of soil between my teeth. Otherwise I don't wash anything, waaaay too lazy for that. Also I figure a bit of a workout is good for the immune system. I also eat microwaved rice and chicken, and floor food (5 second rule obvs). I have literally never had food poisoning in my adult life.
  • kristikitter
    kristikitter Posts: 602 Member
    laurenebargar wrote: »
    YUPPPPP. found a huge bug in a bag of spinach I bought once... after I was halfway through my salad.

    Needless to say it gets triple washed by me as well, and now I'm super weird about Salads and actually rarely eat them. Hopefully Ill get over it though because I used to love salad :(

    Time for a story. I found a clot of hair(!!!!!!) in my bagged spinach once... BUT NOT ONLY THAT. Oh no. Turns out, as I discovered a little later that day, at the nape of my neck, there was a missing hank of hair. So, somehow, the ONLY way these two variables are connected is the idea that my *kitten* housemate managed to cut off some of my hair whilst I was asleep and tossed it in my salad!

    This idea seems kind of far-fetched until you realise she was batshit crazy, believed that you had to keep taps running to keep the 'water clean' (right ok), and, er, how else do you explain missing hair plus hair in the salad..?


    Needless to say I always rinse my pre-washed salad now because the idea of finding ANYTHING in there just sets me off.
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