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imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.

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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
You couldn’t pay me to eat a banana that came from the ocean.

It better be washed at least

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ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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?

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- ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 things we find in the sand.
  
  Please do not eat things you find in the sand.
  
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- possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I wouldn’t eat carrots from the ocean either
  
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  - ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    What about tuna?
    
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    possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I wouldn’t eat tuna if it washed up on the beach
    
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- imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.
  
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  - ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Loads of people wash, peel, and eat raw carrots, though. It’s not unhygienic at all.
    
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    imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.
    
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- echodot@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Quite frankly it’s disgusting. That’s why I only eat food that has lots of healthy e numbers, MSG, and added sugar. As God intended.
  
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Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.

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