Well, for me, it’s neither.
I am a huge fan of the reusable bags you see in the stores these days.
Thanks to a blurb on some news show, I recently realized that these bags need to be washed every now and then because they harbor a massive array of nasty germs.
Duh.
Think about what we put in these bags…chicken, ground beef, produce, and a host of other stuff…things that have been handled by a multitude of people and been crawled on by a number of bugs.
Ewwww…
So, I took the advice to heart, pulled the cardboard bottoms out of the bags, and threw them in the washing machine. I even used hot water to sterilize them.
Then, I hung them to dry…
So, consider this my PSA of the week.
Not to come across as a germaphobe, but wash your bags. It’s an easy way to cut down on the nasty stuff out there.
Plus, nobody wants to bite into an apple that’s been sitting in salmonella gunk.
Ewww…
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Good idea…..do I or don’t I try to wash my knitted plastic bags? I usually make sure produce and meat are bagged in the store bags first, but they probably should be washed……
I heard that the other day, too. Guess I need to wash mine. Looks like you have about as many as I have!
Good idea except that the printed stuff on the bags comes off in the wash. I think I’ll just swish mine around in the sink and then into a hot dryer.