Cleaning produce in a not-so-developed country

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I am looking for advice on travel. I intend to keep up my raw diet

while I travel. I hope to be able to get lots of good produce and

make

smoothies and many other things that I do at home.

 

I have these concerns-how do you REALLY make sure your fruits and

veggies are clean when:

 

a/ you don't know what in the world has been used for fertilizer and

what is in the dirt that may still be on the produce, not to mention

the hygeine standards of the workers (I realize that our produce must

have the same concern, but you do get used to certain 'germs'. Those

in another country will be different)

 

b/ you don't know how clean the tap water is to wash the

dirt/fertilizer/possible pesticides off. Would I have to boil

gallons

of water in order to make sure my stuff is rinsed thoroughly?

 

I don't want to lug gallons of anything onto a plane for cleaning my

stuff and don't know what I will be able to get in that line wherever

I

am.

 

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[Guest guest]

My organic market sells a small spray bottle of veggie cleaner spray that you

could easily pack. It also comes in a concentrate.

 

Susan

 

 

[Guest guest]

*They* use a solution of Clorox in water in countries I have been in,

when they want to be sure that the food is " clean " .

Margaret

rawfood , " MrandMrsM " <tdbmgroups wrote:

>

> Hi,

> I am looking for advice on travel. I intend to keep up my raw diet

> while I travel. I hope to be able to get lots of good produce and

> make

> smoothies and many other things that I do at home.

>

> I have these concerns-how do you REALLY make sure your fruits and

> veggies are clean when:

>

> a/ you don't know what in the world has been used for fertilizer and

> what is in the dirt that may still be on the produce, not to mention

> the hygeine standards of the workers (I realize that our produce must

> have the same concern, but you do get used to certain 'germs'. Those

> in another country will be different)

>

> b/ you don't know how clean the tap water is to wash the

> dirt/fertilizer/possible pesticides off. Would I have to boil

> gallons

> of water in order to make sure my stuff is rinsed thoroughly?

>

> I don't want to lug gallons of anything onto a plane for cleaning my

> stuff and don't know what I will be able to get in that line wherever

> I

> am.

>

> Are you sure you want to send this message?

>