Cheap Tricks: Wash Your Produce

I watched a couple of little kids climbing the apple bin at a grocery store once. Their little hands had touched everything from snotty noses to picking stuff off the floor. A few seconds later, an old man had picked through the same apples. Someone else waited patiently until it was his turn to fondle the fruits.

In the end, I decided not to get apples that day.

Much to Greg's annoyance, I wash EVERYTHING, even if it's from my garden. Granted no human hands, other than mine ever touch the produce from my garden, but you can't stop bugs or birds from landing on them. Not to mention, my new enemy, the deer.

Greg thinks I'm being overly cautious, but I say better safe than sorry. I even wipe the tops of any can I open.

How about you?