I live a risky life. In particular, this applies to my fruit-eating habits. The deal is this: I never wash the apples, oranges, mangoes, grapes, or any other fruit I wrangle from the grocery displays. For years, people have warned me about the dangers of eating unwashed fruit. These hazards have been explained in fairly generic, if not vague, terms: chemicals, bugs, dirt.
That’s not enough to shake me up.
Desiree, on the other hand, is
faithful to her fruit-washing commitment. Usually, this means running cold
water over the fruit and letting it dry on the countertop in some fashion.
Well, apparently her fruit cleaning
has gone industrial. The other day I found a pair of oranges drying alongside
the dishes. I can only assume they withstood the same washing rigors as our
pots and pans.
Now I’m wondering if I somehow missed
the arrival of a new human-boring bug or short-people-eating disease that shows
up on oranges.
At some point, I’ll ask Desiree about
this.
—Mitchell Hegman
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