Do you buy the £1 fruit punnets....

victory

Just been into town, saw the strawberries £1.50 large punnet or £1 small, thought they look nice, loads of £1 bowls of all different fruit and veg outside a fruit and veg shop, started walking towards them and a fly landed on the strawberries, yuck...

Then the council sit on centre of town cleaning machine started up creating a whirl of dust.....

Then a man walked past the fruit and sneezed and coughed right by them....

Then a little girl who had been playing in the muddy rain puddles walked up to a punnet and took one much to the annoyance of the greengrocer....

After seeing all that I decided no thanks and bought the strawberries from a supermarket:D

I know you can wash them when you get home but :eek:

Can't be healthy fruit and veg exposed to all that surely?

Treevo

You do understand that fruit grows from the earth, right?

Claree__x

I tend to wash my fruit before eating so no issues really?

chewynut

And gets sprayed with fertilizer, which is...?

aridjis

Funny you should say that, the tomatoes outside the greengrocers looked lovely today, but they were on a stand outside the shop which is right on a main road, and I think of all the fumes from the lorries and the traffic, all the lead and so on, and it puts me off. Obviously you'd wash the fruit before you use it, but even so it's a bit off-putting.

LEJC

tinned fruit...thats the way to go!

lika_86

victory wrote: »

a fly landed on the strawberries, yuck...

I think this probably happens in strawberry fields too. Damn nature!

onlyroz

Fruit and veg are grown in poo. A few flies and a bit of spit won't make any difference if you wash them before you eat them.

busiscoming2

Yes I have done.

I very rarely wash any fruit and veg as I am led to believe that in order to clean them properly you need to use a bleach/sterilising solution. Water just won't do. I do rinse any mud off though

pesky85

I doubt the greengrocer fruit is exposed to any less dirt / bacteria than the supermarket fruit (prior to packaging). I will always opt for greengrocers first. More eco friendly (less food miles, less or no packaging), cheaper, and supporting a local business!

gingin_2

Yes I do but it's £3 a punnet here but they are delicious and much nicer than the supermarket.

I'm still standing and of very robust health. I wash them if I am at home but if they are a snack when we are out then I don't bother, I just brush off the bugs . My inlaws who are ridiculously over the top about health and hygene are the ones who are beset with multiple allergies, I swear it has something to do with MIL and SIL's obsession with cleanliness and germs. Growing up we were encouraged by my grandparents to pick and eat fruit and veg from their source and I'm sure we ate many times without washing our hands, or the items first