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  • From: "Kate Halstead" <rockyprairie AT earthlink.net>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] tomato storage
  • Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:07:20 -0700

Apparently only tomatoes have this problem.

-----Original Message-----
From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Danielle
Conger
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 12:26 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] tomato storage

Kate Halstead wrote:
> Just a note on hydro-cooling tomatoes, especially in light of recent
> paranoias regarding food safety. If there is temperature differential
> of more than 10 degrees between the water and the tomatoes, they will
> actually suck in water (and anything in it...salmonella, etc.) in
> through the stem end. Unfortunately, it's much safer to cool them the
> old-fashioned way ( in a cooler) and then wash them if it's necessary.
> I learned this in a recent farm food safety seminar.

Does this hold true for other vegetables as well?

--
~~Danielle
Touch the Earth Farm

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