"Doug Kanter" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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"Dee Randall" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Well, I got suckered into wax on my veggies again today. I have often bought the small yellow/orange/red peppers that Costco sells, rinse them off, leave them whole and just quickly 'fry them up.' I've noticed in the past few months that one has to choose carefully not to get an overdue package. I just opened the package for lunch and took out a couple of handfulls and my hands were full of more-like 'grease' than wax. It took a couple of good washings to get this off my hands. I sprayed them with vinegar and hope it will come off. If not, another veggie lost to the wind. These are not available at my closest market, so I've been happy to get them. I suppose there has been too much waste with the previous peppers, so I would imagine that spraying them with the grease/wax was their answer to lots of spoilage.
I used to use some sort of grapeseed drops (very expensive) which you had to drop into a container of water to set the veggies in. The bottles became so tedious and the exercise so tedious that when someone suggested that I try what they do, just spray with vinegar; I've been doing this. Apples I peel, but I don't like to peel off the pectin. It's nice when Fall is here and some are not sprayed.
Anyone have anything they do differently to get the wax off -- or do they just consider it safe. Dee Dee
Wax is the least of the problems living in or on our produce, due to the fact that the chemical industry owns enough legislators to do pretty much whatever it wants. But still, if you want to remove it, put a couple of drops of dish soap in a bowl with cold water and scrub the vegetables with a soft toothbrush or fingernail brush. Rinse, obviously. If this doesn't work, find another source for your peppers.
You bet! I decided when going to rinse the vinegar off that it resembled more motor oil than wax. I didn't feel good about them so I dumped the lot. Then I noticed my 6# bag of apples that I carefully chose over some others (price not considered) after eating two yesterday that several today were so Soft and mushy and had to throw two away. ANNNNDDD after taking my golden potatoes out of the bag (DH chose those) when arriving home, we bagged them up again to take back. Things are pretty bad when you get a bee in your bonnet and lug a 10# bag of potatoes back. I wanted their snap baby beans, too, but there was a bit of slime/rot in the package. Perhaps I won't take the potatoes back, but they're there at the entrance giving me pause enough to lay off Costco produce for some time to come. However, my lunch without the peppers was still good. Dee Dee
"Dee Randall" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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"Doug Kanter" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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"Dee Randall" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Well, I got suckered into wax on my veggies again today. I have often bought the small yellow/orange/red peppers that Costco sells, rinse them off, leave them whole and just quickly 'fry them up.' I've noticed in the past few months that one has to choose carefully not to get an overdue package. I just opened the package for lunch and took out a couple of handfulls and my hands were full of more-like 'grease' than wax. It took a couple of good washings to get this off my hands. I sprayed them with vinegar and hope it will come off. If not, another veggie lost to the wind. These are not available at my closest market, so I've been happy to get them. I suppose there has been too much waste with the previous peppers, so I would imagine that spraying them with the grease/wax was their answer to lots of spoilage.
I used to use some sort of grapeseed drops (very expensive) which you had to drop into a container of water to set the veggies in. The bottles became so tedious and the exercise so tedious that when someone suggested that I try what they do, just spray with vinegar; I've been doing this. Apples I peel, but I don't like to peel off the pectin. It's nice when Fall is here and some are not sprayed.
Anyone have anything they do differently to get the wax off -- or do they just consider it safe. Dee Dee
Wax is the least of the problems living in or on our produce, due to the fact that the chemical industry owns enough legislators to do pretty much whatever it wants. But still, if you want to remove it, put a couple of drops of dish soap in a bowl with cold water and scrub the vegetables with a soft toothbrush or fingernail brush. Rinse, obviously. If this doesn't work, find another source for your peppers.
You bet! I decided when going to rinse the vinegar off that it resembled more motor oil than wax. I didn't feel good about them so I dumped the lot. Then I noticed my 6# bag of apples that I carefully chose over some others (price not considered) after eating two yesterday that several today were so Soft and mushy and had to throw two away. ANNNNDDD after taking my golden potatoes out of the bag (DH chose those) when arriving home, we bagged them up again to take back. Things are pretty bad when you get a bee in your bonnet and lug a 10# bag of potatoes back. I wanted their snap baby beans, too, but there was a bit of slime/rot in the package. Perhaps I won't take the potatoes back, but they're there at the entrance giving me pause enough to lay off Costco produce for some time to come. However, my lunch without the peppers was still good. Dee Dee
It's called Wal Mart syndrome. The produce needs to be treated so it will resist the abuse heaped upon it by the idiots they hire. At a decent supermarket, someone will rotate the merchandise, so it won't sit around long enough to need wax. Not true of all produce, obviously, but some simply doesn't need it.
long enough to need wax. Not true of all produce, obviously, but some simply doesn't need it.
The only thing that really creeps me out is greasy cukes. Maybe no wax is going to become a selling point. I notice one of our upscale supers is advertising "unwaxed" fujis. First time I've ever seen that.
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Doug Kanter said:
long enough to need wax. Not true of all produce, obviously, but some simply doesn't need it.
The only thing that really creeps me out is greasy cukes. Maybe no wax is going to become a selling point. I notice one of our upscale supers is advertising "unwaxed" fujis. First time I've ever seen that.
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I oft wonder if there are any 'maggots' flourishing under the 1/8"+ wax covering rutabagas in most markets - or did the wax kill them off and there are only carcasses of maggots! Mind gone wild! Every now and then I will buy one when I just can't stand it any longer going without a rutabaga. Monday was the first time in 10 years I've seen edible good-looking parsnips in the market I shop. Dee Dee
The only thing that really creeps me out is greasy cukes. Maybe no wax is going to become a selling point. I notice one of our upscale supers is advertising "unwaxed" fujis. First time I've ever seen that.
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I oft wonder if there are any 'maggots' flourishing under the 1/8"+ wax covering rutabagas in most markets - or did the wax kill them off and there are only carcasses of maggots! Mind gone wild!
When I see the slimy-greasy cucumbers, I wonder why they don't use that dry waxy coating like on apples and oranges and stuff. What are people *doing* with cucumbers that they want them all slippery and greasy like that? I don't like to think about it too much.
"Dee Randall" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Doug Kanter said:
long enough to need wax. Not true of all produce, obviously, but some simply doesn't need it.
The only thing that really creeps me out is greasy cukes. Maybe no wax is going to become a selling point. I notice one of our upscale supers is advertising "unwaxed" fujis. First time I've ever seen that.
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I oft wonder if there are any 'maggots' flourishing under the 1/8"+ wax covering rutabagas in most markets - or did the wax kill them off and there are only carcasses of maggots! Mind gone wild! Every now and then I will buy one when I just can't stand it any longer going without a rutabaga. Monday was the first time in 10 years I've seen edible good-looking parsnips in the market I shop. Dee Dee
"notbob" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Doug Kanter said:
long enough to need wax. Not true of all produce, obviously, but some simply doesn't need it.
The only thing that really creeps me out is greasy cukes. Maybe no wax is going to become a selling point. I notice one of our upscale supers is advertising "unwaxed" fujis. First time I've ever seen that.
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I oft wonder if there are any 'maggots' flourishing under the 1/8"+ wax covering rutabagas in most markets - or did the wax kill them off and there are only carcasses of maggots! Mind gone wild! Every now and then I will buy one when I just can't stand it any longer going without a rutabaga. Monday was the first time in 10 years I've seen edible good-looking parsnips in the market I shop. Dee Dee
When we were in Prince Edward Island this past summer (Potatoes are their main crop) I found some large oval red skin potatoes that were extremely good. I just nuked them and we ate them with salt, pepper and butter. Since we were travelling in a camper van, I only bought enough for our supper that night. Next ones I bought were not as good. Now back in Ontario, the small red skin potatoes are badly blemished and yucky looking. All the cooking shows using this type of potato seem much better quality. I've given up finding any good ones.... 🙁 Sharon
"Doug Kanter" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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On 2005-10-12, Doug Kanter <[email hidden]> wrote:
> long enough to need wax. Not true of all produce, obviously, but some > simply > doesn't need it.
The only thing that really creeps me out is greasy cukes. Maybe no wax is going to become a selling point. I notice one of our upscale supers is advertising "unwaxed" fujis. First time I've ever seen that.
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I oft wonder if there are any 'maggots' flourishing under the 1/8"+ wax covering rutabagas in most markets - or did the wax kill them off and there are only carcasses of maggots! Mind gone wild! Every now and then I will buy one when I just can't stand it any longer going without a rutabaga. Monday was the first time in 10 years I've seen edible good-looking parsnips in the market I shop. Dee Dee
Maggots??? Not a gardener, I take it. :-)
Again, a bit of hyperbole again. I just can't help it. (:>} Dee Dee
