• imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    7·
    3 hours ago

    First. As mentioned by MonkderVierte, not fine but a warning.

    Second. I’d really think thrice to pick up washed on the shore bananas, or just about anything edible. Basic hygiene to me. Many would disagree with me and say that one can rinse it off. But I don’t know, man. Guess I am a germophobe.

    Guess UK government is just trying to protect people from possible health risks. Cause, let’s fucking face it. Tons of people have issues with hygiene. You can’t expect everyone to at the very fucking least rinse these bananas, let alone rinse them well. Also, can you imagine any world government to proudly tell people “There’s bunch of bananas washed up on the shore. Go pick’em up! Free potassium snack!” ?

    Sad to see this many of fruit being wasted.

    • ramjambamalam@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      2 hours ago

      Second. I’d really think thrice to pick up washed on the shore bananas, or just about anything edible. Basic hygiene to me.

      What do you think of potatoes, then, which grow in a mixture of soil and manure? Or carrots?

      • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        32 minutes ago

        The beach is a nesting ground of vast biomes of creatures, singled-celled, through to vast arrays of worms, some parasitic, all the way up to burrowing arthropods like sand fleas and their many, many cousins. We don’t usually have problems with any of this stuff when we swim or hang out on the sand because… and I cannot stress this enough, we do not eat raw produce we find in the sand.

        Please do not eat raw produce you find in the sand.

      • imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        3·
        2 hours ago

        I mean, I peel them and wash them right after. Then I cook them in boiling water or fry on a pan. Not eat raw.

          • imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            1·
            56 minutes ago

            Yep. Lots of us do, me included. The only thing is that I peel them first and then wash them thoroughly before eating. I do not wash bananas. But I also do not buy bananas washed up on the shore.

    • Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3·
      2 hours ago

      You don’t need to rinse the bananas though… You just peel them and throw the peel away, whatever was on the peel does not need to touch anything close to your mouth at all.