Filtered boiled water for cooking ?

[Shell001]

Hi,

Just read you should use filtered water to boil baby fruit and vegetables for purees is this correct ?

In my weaning book - Gina ford whilst she explains preperation and cooking she states filtered water ...

I've never used anything other than tap water, for cooking. But I suppose it does filter out some of the crap in the water, tho my filter never has enough water in it to cook with as kids drink it faster than I can put it in

Is this your first ?

I thought filtered water was the same as bottled water - a no no at least far as bottles are concerned.

I never boiled when I made purees, I always steamed. And actually, I don't like filtered water at all - it always gave me a tummy upset (something to do with the filters). There's absolutely nothing wrong with water from the tap - it's clean and safe.

if your baby is around 6 months you can avoid purees and go straight to 'real' food www.babyledweaning.com

and there is no need AFAIK to use anything other than water out of the tap for boiling food for baby's puree!

steaming is a good idea

and of course there are foods like avocado and banana that don;t need any cooking, just mashing with a fork !

5.5 months so starting with rice and purees tomorrow pear so was checking if anyone else had filtered there water as ive not had my filter jug out for a good year and wasnt planning on needing for weaning until i read this book. But i thought like you say boiled water is as good as for removing bad bits .. i have a steamer too if you think its best to steam ? ...

Yes its my first ...

I would honestly just use ordinary tap water.. all this boiling and sterilising is just risking allergies later on. Unless the tap water is very bad in your area, then boiling will take the chlorine out to some extent..

Water is rubbish may steam pears and see how i get on saves the trouble ..

if the pears are ripe just mash 'em as they are

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and the water filter.

Goodness, why?

My thumping great big 11 and 8 year olds survived tap water for cooking

no it's not correct, it's bullshit.

Seriously, use your common sense. How many babies do you know who have been damaged by having their food cooked just like human beings? None. That's because they are human beings, and by the time they are old enough to wean their systems should be mature enough to deal with a fair bit of dirt, germs and impurities.

But doesn't boiling the water get rid of any germs......or am I being thick?

Yeah boiling helps get rid of impurities i was just puzzled to read it thats all ... used pears today in boiled water .. do you have to get a runny consistantly or jut smooth ?

Well, boiling water does get rid of germs but if you're cooking carrot or whatever, there's really no way round that. You're going to have to boil the water to cook the carrots...

Also, how on earth can boiling get rid of impurities? Apart from germs, that is.