do you wash your lettuce

[marmiteandminticecream]

if it looks ok do you just use it or do you wash it first and if so how do you dry it
drip dry or dab it with a towel
friend said i'm a minger because i don't wash it unless it looks dirty
what do you do

Yes wash all my fruit and veg.

Never washed fruit or veg. I'm 70.

we've had outbreaks of e-coli food poisoning on Romaine lettuce here so yes always wash!

You can buy a small salad spinner makes it easier

Never. I don't wash any fruit/veg. I don't fancy a watery soggy salad and I refuse to buy a salad spinner

I wash it with cold water then just give it a good shake. I prefer it to still be a bit damp.

The replies on this thread are unintentionally hilarious (if you assume it's a euphemism)

I always wash it. But I've also wondered if just rinsing with water will actually remove e-coli if it's on there?

You have reminded me that I can't find my salad spinner. I have now got one on order. No more soggy leaves :)

I wash it. It almost always has visible dirt on it and I think it tastes better when washed. Worth the minor hassle of washing and drying.

I don't wash any fruit or veg 😳

Nope. Don't wash any fruit or veg unless it's visibly dirty. Never been sick from it, nor has any of my family.

You realise water doesn't kill e-coli, right?

Wash, line colander with clean tea towel and Chuck in, gather up edges of tea towel and take lettuce bundle out and swing wildly in garden - our granny used to get us to do this as kids, I now suspect to get us out from under her feet for 5 minutes, but it does dry the lettuce and it is still fun in middle age (yes I ought to get out more/a life. Probably)

Of course, I'm not an animal!

*I mean, of course we are, as a species, literally animals but.......... whatever, wash your feckin' lettuce! It's got slug piss on it!! 😁

Does rinsing in water actually DO anything though? (Aka shower thread...)

A litigator I know who specialises in product/food liability informed me that the food product sold in supermarkets that is most likely to cause illness in consumers is.... lettuce.

You do know organic still uses pesticide right? Just less.

I can’t believe there’s people who don’t wash their fruit and veg 🤢🤢

How many grubby hands touch it who don’t wash their hands after they’ve sneezed, been to the toilet etc and then you just put it straight in your mouth.

I wash it and flap it about with my hands and then prop the leaves up so the water drips down.
I’ll pat it with kitchen roll if I’m in a rush.

😂😂

Onwards... its just never occured to me tbh. Unless it was actually had dirt on it.

Im nearly 50 and it hasnt harmed me or the kids so I suppose we'll carry on...

If you've ever been through the horror of biting a caterpillar in half, you will always rinse your lettuce first. They're gooey. 🐛

Yes. I've actually watched people put dirty hands, sneeze or cough over vegetables. Yuk. They get washed/spun. Same with bagged salad as it's washed in chlorine & there's constantly people posting about bugs, etc. found in the salad.

This ^

I soak it in salt water for about 5 mins (my mum did this, she said the salt killed any little bugs) then dry in a tea towel.

I don't wash any other fruit or veg though!