From time to time, I will include a post on my blog which I have decided to call "Kitchen Toolbox" to share necessary tools in the kitchen for smart cooking. This is the first one.
The reason I think every kitchen should invest in a fruit and veggie scrubber is because you will use it everyday. There are many things we tend to eat with its skin. Such things include apples, pears, apricots and bell peppers. Even things we (usually) do not eat with its skin such as carrots, potatoes and avocados benefit from being scrubbed before pealing to reduce contamination. The variety in texture of fruit and vegetables ranging from wrinkly indents to invisible-to-the-eye creases require more than just an old fashioned way of washing and cleaning your products by running them under tap water and rubbing them with your hands.
When we consider the economics of how our food arrives to the point where we wash them, we can easily see that it travels through many hands, eventually ending up at the selection process of consumers. To cut to the chase- washing and scrubbing your fruits and vegetables with a scrubber will eliminate or reduce surface bacteria, pesticides, insectisides and dirt.
Click here for a list of fruit and veggie scrubbers on Amazon. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, ranging from brushes to gloves.
To be honest, I rarely use a veggie scrubber but maybe I should start because more recently I've been trying to eat the skins for most veggies and fruits. Most of the nutrition for a lot of food is in the skin, so it makes sense to scrub it and then eat, rather than peeling... I'm guess I'm adding this to my Christmas list :)
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