Guest guest Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 Hi, I wondered how many people peel apples, washed potatoes and washed carrots etc. I know some apples are waxed and some are not and nearly all apples and much fruit is most probably sprayed. Yet I remember people saying the vitamins in many fruit and veg lie just under the skin? So I scrape carrots most times and peel clean potatoes though I see them unpeeled in delicatessen pre-prepared potato salad. I know some Vietnamese people who soak their vegetables in salt water for an hour or so prior to eating to get the sprays/toxins out(this is just something they say they do and I don't know if it works or not). So even with organic fruit, how many people peel their apples rather than Wash them and eat them with the skin on? Just wondering about this.. Marguerite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 - bunny >I wondered how many people peel apples, washed potatoes and washed >carrots etc. >I know some apples are waxed and some are not and nearly all apples and >much fruit is most probably sprayed. Yet I remember people saying the >vitamins in many fruit and veg lie just under the skin? So I scrape carrots most >times and peel clean potatoes though I see them unpeeled in delicatessen >pre-prepared potato salad. So even with organic fruit, how many people peel their apples rather >than Wash them and eat them with the skin on? <snipped> If you check out some of the Health food stores here, some of them you will have a product you can use to wash your fruit and vegies with in order to take the toxins and wax off the skin. Personally I haven't peeled or scraped anything for years, I simply wash them... Pete... http://www.primalvision.net " There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost " - Martha Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 hi marguerite, i've been using this method to clean my fruits and veggies and have been very happy with it. http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/home/1052 i wash everything well, even if i'm going to peel it. i almost always peel carrots...just a preference. i always peel cucumbers unless i have grown them myself. i usually peel potatoes, depending on the recipe. i will peel apples before i give them to my son, but i usually leave the peel on for myself. i try to buy organic when possible. i've found organics at a local grocery store at affordable prices (organic potatoes are the same price as conventional potatoes, org. carrots are only 50 cents more per pound). i believe that organic produce can be a better value even though it costs more than conventional produce.....you are getting more vitamins and minerals (and less pesticides and other icky stuff)for your money. susie --- bunny <rabbit wrote: > I wondered how many people peel apples, washed > potatoes and washed carrots etc. > I know some apples are waxed and some are not and > nearly all apples and much > fruit is most probably sprayed. Yet I remember > people saying the vitamins > in many fruit and veg lie just under the skin? So I > scrape carrots most times > and peel clean potatoes though I see them unpeeled > in delicatessen pre-prepared > potato salad. > So even with organic fruit, how many people peel > their apples rather than > Wash them and eat them with the skin on? Send holiday email and support a worthy cause. Do good. http://celebrity.mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 99% never peel anything (other that oranges, etc.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2004 Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 The last thing I read on the subject, from an official type source which I can't remember, said that only in potatos is it true that most of the nutrition is in the skin. I don't peel much. Thick dirty looking skin on potatos, but not new potatos. Just lazy. I do wash things well as I can, mostly. There are a few commercial products available in the stores and on the web (I use Fit) but lots of people advise using diluted vinegar; some have other washes in addition, like another bottle with diluted hydrogen peroxide, or diluted salt water. I don't use soap just because I never feel like I've gotten it all off, although I've never been able to taste it. Of course, sometimes i just eat the thing without washing it. Tomatos right fresh out of the compost. Oh boy! As for gassing bananas, lots of fruits are picked green and gassed when they get here; if they picked them ripe they'd either get smushed and/or get overripe by the time they get here. The gas itself is ethylene, which is more or less natural, ripening fruit emits it itself to get the other fruit on the plant in sync; the main problem is that although it turns the fruit from unripe to ripe, it doesn' develop the same degree of flavor or nutrition it would have if it were ripened on the plant. Compare a store tomato to a garden one. But that's the switch from local small agriculture to big global agribiz for you. Like the poster said, buy small and local whenever possible. (That doesn't mean they're organic, though; ask nicely). , " bunny " <rabbit@i...> wrote: > Hi, > > I wondered how many people peel apples, washed potatoes and washed > carrots etc. > I know some apples are waxed and some are not and nearly all apples and > much > fruit is most probably sprayed. Yet I remember people saying the > vitamins > in many fruit and veg lie just under the skin? So I scrape carrots most > times > and peel clean potatoes though I see them unpeeled in delicatessen > pre-prepared > potato salad. I know some Vietnamese people who soak their vegetables in > salt water for an hour or so prior to eating to get the sprays/toxins > out(this is just something they say they do and I don't know if it works > or not). > So even with organic fruit, how many people peel their apples rather > than > Wash them and eat them with the skin on? > > Just wondering about this.. > > Marguerite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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