GiGi
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For your veggies and fruit........., etc.
Keep Your Kitchen and Vegetables Clean
A food scientist at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, worked out the recipe for a sanitizing solution. All you need is three percent hydrogen peroxide, the same strength available at the drug store for gargling or disinfecting wounds, plain white or apple cider vinegar, and a pair of brand new clean sprayers like the kind you use to dampen laundry before ironing.
If you're cleaning vegetables or fruit, just spritz them well with both the vinegar and the hydrogen peroxide, then rinse them off under running water. It doesn't matter which you use first -- you can spray with the vinegar then the hydrogen peroxide, or with the hydrogen peroxide followed by the vinegar. You won't get any lingering taste of vinegar or hydrogen peroxide, and neither is toxic to you if a small amount remains on the produce.
The paired sprays work exceptionally well in sanitizing counters and other food preparation surfaces including wood cutting boards. In tests run at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, pairing the two mists killed virtually all Salmonella, Shigella, or E. coli bacteria on heavily contaminated food and surfaces when used in this fashion. It makes this spray combination more effective at killing these potentially lethal bacteria than chlorine bleach or any commercially available kitchen cleaner.
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sammy
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Interesting, i'll have to try it! Thanks Gigi
I usually use a produce wash that I purchased from Trader Joes. I also scrub and rinse the produce well. I figure the friction of the scrubbing and the running water might help more than the wash alone.
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