The Bite:
Use water and white vinegar - no lie. A few squirts on your fruits and veggies gets rid of the nasty stuff (like pesticide residue) that you don't want - no store-bought washes necessary. Sincerely yours, Ideal Bite.
What's the honest-to-goodness best way to wash your produce?
03.04.2009
Submitted by tmeronek on Wed, 03/04/2009 - 12:00am.
The Benefits:
- Brushing bugs under the rug. A diluted vinegar rinse kills 98% of bacteria on produce - researchers found it works even better than a scrub brush.
- Cash savings you can believe in. Water and vinegar rinses cost just pennies; the premade washes we found cost $4 and up.
- It's a simple truth: Buying plastic bottles of produce wash means having to recycle them too (not to mention the energy and materials needed to make and ship them in the first place) - you'll still need to buy bottles of vinegar, but you'll buy fewer of them.
Personally Speaking:
Some of us who happen to have white vinegar in our pantries actually have no idea how it got there. Now we've got a use for it…
Wanna Try:
- Mix water to white vinegar 3:1 in a spray bottle (if you've already got a bottle of the premade stuff, use it up and reuse the sprayer). Rinse with water after you spray. Yes, it's that easy.
Cocktail Fact
Rosalyn, SD, is home to the International Vinegar Museum.
Bang For The Bite
Homemade vinegar rinses: easy to make, cost almost nothin', and they avert unnecessary products - totally deserving of a solid four apples.
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