Is Chinatown produce safe to eat?

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Permalink Reply by Denise Thomas on February 11, 2009 at 12:10pm

No idea - good question though.

i always thought China Town smelled kinda funny - now I know it's Durian - and not rotting garbage like I thought!

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Permalink Reply by Susan Virginia on February 11, 2009 at 12:28pm

I don't shop there often because I don't recognize half the stuff there... but get a spritz bottle and a couple brushes, clean your stuff off with whatever you like to use (I use a tiny drop of bronners in the bottle but I know there are good produce washers out there) and clean it up well before you eat it.

I used to be very ortho and sensitive to food, but I got over it by just thinking good thoughts (this food will make me healthy, this is the best stuff I couold be eating right now) or saying a little prayer (my grammy's "We thank you for this food, bless it to the nourishment of our bodies") or just feeling confident and eating from a place of joy.

Believe it, achieve it goes both ways you know... think its crap, you make it crap. Think its blessed and it is!

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Permalink Reply by Ken on February 11, 2009 at 12:55pm

what City?

in NYC I would buy all kinds of in season fruits (plums, persimmons) at there most ripest like 10 for 1$. just quarter and eat without the peels. Should be ok. no more pesticide residue then anything else I imagine. Never really bought greens there as the quality isn't great even for conventional stuff.

The frozen durian is never great quality but still tastes good. Jakfruit I believe is flown over fresh. That is a treat.

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Permalink Reply by Sistina on February 11, 2009 at 1:01pm

I've asked at several local Asian supermarkets where the produce comes from and they didn't know. I'm concerned it's been irradiated. But, dang, the prices are so good!

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Permalink Reply by Ken on February 11, 2009 at 1:19pm

Sure, some fruits are indeed irradiated or heat treated. but they are the same ones that are in regular markets. Mango, most papaya, thai coconuts etc... If stone fruits are in season in the US, you think they are flying in plums from Asia? lol. the persimmons come from California usually.

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Permalink Reply by Sistina on February 11, 2009 at 1:26pm

Your lol is pretentious.

If it needs an explanation, I'm refering to the wide variety of produce found in Asian supermarkets that is never seen over at Fred Meijers or Safeway. The food is not labeled for the origin and the people who sell it don't even know where it's coming from.

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Permalink Reply by Ken on February 11, 2009 at 1:43pm

I don't see it as pretentious but yeah perhaps unfair. I think alot of people sweat the small stuff. If you are talking about exotic fruits that are imported (especially if they have large seeds)..like likelihood is that they will be treated as part of US importing policy. This is a standard thing and doesn't matter if something is labeled organic or what market it is found in. That is all I was implying. I apologize.

I don't have a source on hand but you can find a list of these fruits online i believe.

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Permalink Reply by Sistina on February 11, 2009 at 4:12pm

I don't think avoiding irradiated produce is neurotic. I find it intuitive and common sense.

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Permalink Reply by Kiani on February 11, 2009 at 5:29pm

I am afraid to go into a room where food is being irradiated not to mention trying to eat it.

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Permalink Reply by Kiani on February 11, 2009 at 5:28pm

Interesting. The USDA inspection office just told me last week that I couldn't ship any fresh fruit including Papayas. There must be something they didn't tell me or the fruit is steamed, irradiated, bathed in chemicals, or frozen at one point. I know Pineapples from Hawaii are shipped to the continental US too. If a fruit is treated in the ways mentioned above taht simply can't be just "washed off".

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Permalink Reply by Kiani on February 12, 2009 at 4:27pm

I am still trying to find that out. They told me that all fruit must be treated in some way. Freezing and drying and maybe pickling seemed to be best out of the many horrible suggestions they made. How are the Hawaiian Pineapples getting overseas? Are they steamed or irradiated?

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Permalink Reply by Kiani on February 12, 2009 at 6:41pm

I just got word that Pineapple is one of the few fruits that don't require any treatment before exporting from Hawaii. I am going to read a 28 page document now about the other fruits and veggies and what the requirements are for exporting them.

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