Post by Master Kim on Oct 12, 2014 21:09:37 GMT -5
Every morning I eat the same breakfast: two hard-boiled eggs followed by a Honeycrisp apple. Day in, day out. Do you get in this sort of food rut too? Before the eggs-apples thing it was veggie sausage patties. Before that it was oatmeal. I went through a dalliance with a high-fiber cereal, but I got sort of, ah, winded by the side effects.
Anyway. Point is, an apple a day. I'm keeping the doctor away, right? Except maybe not so much, because I never bother washing my apple before consuming it.
I know, I know. I can picture your expression as you absorb this little confession. It's like the time I asked my husband what he washed his hair with, and he answered, "That dandruff stuff. Pert." Then I asked him what he washed his face with, and he was like, "Um, Pert." There was a brief horrified pause, and we just stared at each other with equal measures of confusion and disapproval, which is exactly how I imagine you're looking at me now.
Which is to say, I'm sure you don't understand how a person could deliberately—and repeatedly—choose to not wash one's fruit. Well, for one thing, I can't lie: There's a laziness factor. But there's also a part of me that looks at what appears to be a perfectly clean, shiny apple and figures whatever microscopic thing that's clinging to its surface can't really be that hazardous.
This point of view, obviously, is wrong. The FDA makes it perfectly clear that all produce should be washed and goes so far as to reinforce its message with a stern poster that's apparently supposed to be printed and hung in the kitchen for idiots like myself. It reads, simply, WASH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES BEFORE EATING....
www.takepart.com/article/2014/03/06/is-washing-produce-enough-to-avoid-pesticides?cmpid=foodinc-fb
Anyway. Point is, an apple a day. I'm keeping the doctor away, right? Except maybe not so much, because I never bother washing my apple before consuming it.
I know, I know. I can picture your expression as you absorb this little confession. It's like the time I asked my husband what he washed his hair with, and he answered, "That dandruff stuff. Pert." Then I asked him what he washed his face with, and he was like, "Um, Pert." There was a brief horrified pause, and we just stared at each other with equal measures of confusion and disapproval, which is exactly how I imagine you're looking at me now.
Which is to say, I'm sure you don't understand how a person could deliberately—and repeatedly—choose to not wash one's fruit. Well, for one thing, I can't lie: There's a laziness factor. But there's also a part of me that looks at what appears to be a perfectly clean, shiny apple and figures whatever microscopic thing that's clinging to its surface can't really be that hazardous.
This point of view, obviously, is wrong. The FDA makes it perfectly clear that all produce should be washed and goes so far as to reinforce its message with a stern poster that's apparently supposed to be printed and hung in the kitchen for idiots like myself. It reads, simply, WASH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES BEFORE EATING....
www.takepart.com/article/2014/03/06/is-washing-produce-enough-to-avoid-pesticides?cmpid=foodinc-fb