[tomwed]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

I just eat them.

What about Sticker Shock Syndrome?

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by refeik

I like to wash my fruit immediately after purchase, not being sure how many hands have touched the fruit I just purchased. My fruit then sits on the counter with torn skin spots the exact size of the sticker.

Originally Posted by golf2140

Peal them off just before you eat them. Problem solved !!!!!

I think refreik's problem is that she has to wash UNDER the stickers as soon as she purchases the fruit.
I like dewilson's approach, eat the sticker.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

I think refreik's problem is that she has to wash UNDER the stickers as soon as she purchases the fruit.
I like dewilson's approach, eat the sticker.

I think Refeik is a guy. Not that it matters...Maybe a girl. He/she said that for 38 years they worked resurfacing highways and roads.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Fresh produce can have been anywhere and is the cause of a number of food borne illnesses, from being watered with dirty water and who knows where the pickers paws have been...... but if your immune system isn't challenged than you should be o.k.

I do understand. It gives me pause too.

Don't they spray the fruit every morning in the supermarket to keep it looking freash? I don't like the stickers either, but I bet the have important information on the little sticker. May finger are too shaker to type from iPad anymore, I have to edit cause it just insert different word it I don't hit the right key? I know

[CWGUY]

10 Little Known Facts About Fruit Stickers..... check out number 1 - should make OP very happy

10 Little Known Facts About Fruit Stickers - YouTube

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by CWGUY

10 Little Known Facts About Fruit Stickers..... check out number 1 - should make OP very happy

10 Little Known Facts About Fruit Stickers - YouTube

That was amazing, thank-you.

[BK001]

Originally Posted by CWGUY

10 Little Known Facts About Fruit Stickers..... check out number 1 - should make OP very happy

10 Little Known Facts About Fruit Stickers - YouTube

I personally never gave much thought to the labels but very interesting video.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by CWGUY

10 Little Known Facts About Fruit Stickers..... check out number 1 - should make OP very happy

10 Little Known Facts About Fruit Stickers - YouTube

dewilson was right all along -- stickers are edible!

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Seriously though - if the existence of the glue bothers you so much, just wash the fruit as if it didn't have the glue on it (don't scrub so hard, peaches are delicate, sheesh). And then grab a vegetable peeler and peel the offending square millimeter off.

[courtyard]

For me the stickers are very important...
The codes that start with the number 9 mean they are grown organically.
The codes that start with a number 4 are sprayed with toxic pesticide.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by courtyard

For me the stickers are very important...
The codes that start with the number 9 mean they are grown organically.
The codes that start with a number 4 are sprayed with toxic pesticide.

That isn't true.

If they start with a 9, it means they are organic - and might be sprayed with insecticides that have been approved for organic farming. It also means that the farm upwind of them MIGHT have sprayed, and some of those toxins MIGHT be on the organic farmer's fruits anyway. But the organic farm didn't use any non-approved insecticides.

If they don't start with a 9, it means they have not gotten organic certification. They might - or might not - be using any toxic insecticides, or they might be using the insecticides approved for organic farming. The ONLY thing it means, is that they don't have the organic certification itself.

[kaydee]

Gently peel off before getting them wet. If stickers get wet the backing can not be removed without damaging the skin

[Two Bills]

Most of us are in our dotage, and have made it this far eating a lot worse than todays pesticides, let alone other peoples hands touching the fruit.
I have survived the good old days of DDT with everything, and many years of military cooking, which I may add should make any immune system totally impervious to any bug todays soft fruit can throw at you!
I am with the 'just eat it brigade.'

[aninjamom]

Originally Posted by refeik

Evidently I did something wrong when I posted this issue yesterday. Let me try again because this really bums me out. I hate those little sticky doo dads that wholesalers put on fruit and vegetables, especially fruit with thin skins. Who knows how many hands have handled my newly purchased fruit. I wash them almost immediately. Of course those sticky things have to be removed and this is where I take issue. Right now my peaches, plums and nectarenes sit on my counter, each with a piece of skin missing the size of a sticker.

Why don't you just wash the fruit, sticker and all, and wait to peel it off when you are going to eat it? No holey fruit that way.

[NotGolfer]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

Most of us are in our dotage, and have made it this far eating a lot worse than todays pesticides, let alone other peoples hands touching the fruit.
I have survived the good old days of DDT with everything, and many years of military cooking, which I may add should make any immune system totally impervious to any bug todays soft fruit can throw at you!
I am with the 'just eat it brigade.'

I used to eat veggies right straight out of the dirt in the garden (ie radishes, carrots) while I was playing! YUM!! My dad used DDT on folage on our acreage and I ran barefoot much of the summer. Why fuss?? It's a 1st world problem.....