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Do you always bag your produce?The last few times I've been at the market I've seen people just putting their produce directly into their basket without putting them into produce bags first. I was shocked when I realized that I had never seen someone do that before. Like 'This isn't weird, why does this seem weird?' I *am* super paranoid when it comes to 'food safety' so I guess it never occurred to me that you can just do that and save a bag.
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I usually only bag greens: herbs, lettuce, spinach, etc. or things that are wet. I don't see the point of bagging onions, fruit, winter squash, potatoes, or anything kept away from the produce misting.
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I never waste plastic on my produce. I'm going to rinse it before I eat it, produce doesn't get cooties from touching other produce, and I bag my own groceries, so it's not going to get crushed because of bad bagging.
Of course, as a former grocery cashier and bagger, I think I have overthought a lot of the supermarket procedure.
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If you're so paranoid about food safety then surely you wash all of your produce.
I put multiple potatoes or whatever in a bag to keep them from rolling around everywhere, or lettuce that is dripping wet, but what is the point of a bag for one bulb of garlic or one squash?
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Not if I am buying only one. Bags are for multiples. All produce is dirty and putting it in a bag won't change that.
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The plastic bags are for the convenience of the CHECKER, not for any health & safety reasons. Keeps the food together so the apples aren't rolling around all over. Absolutely NOT necessary for any other reason...I try bring my own from home (if I use them at all) or use a reusable net bag (you can wash 'em!).
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I rarely do unless it is a bunch of something that I want to keep together, like radishes or carrots.
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I typically won't bag my produce unless it is particularly wet/muddy and I want to protect everything else in my basket.
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I bag small things that I'm buying in quantity. Brussels sprouts. Mushrooms. Green beans. I don't bag things like sweet potatoes or squashes, and I rarely bag avocados, tomatoes, citrus fruits. I just don't want more bags to dispose of, plus plastic makes some produce spoil faster.
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I don't bag things that I will be removing the outside of, like an onion or pomegranate. Everything else I bag because I value convenience far more than polar bears.
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I'll bag produce to hold onto it. When I worked briefly at a supermarket, I too saw for the first time people putting raw produce right on the belt, and they didn't care if I just threw it in the bag as-is.
I think, more than keeping it safe, individual bags help with storage by keeping all of a particular fruit/vegetable in one place... you wouldn't want, say, a bunch of Brussels sprouts or grapes trickling down your cart inbetween your other groceries and onto the floor while you're shopping.
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Unless it's impossible (like with green beans), I take it home loose and at home I put it in those green bags, the ones you buy but that make the stuff last about 4 times longer. No kidding they really work.
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