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QUESTION (AND PRIZE): WHICH VEGGIE IS JUST AS CLEAN AS WATERMELON?

Like last week’s entry about food safety, this question was also asked last year. I’m giving it another go ‘round but I’m  upping the ante. I’ll choose one correct comment from this entry to receive one of the watermelon key chain thingies I’m giving away as this month’s prize.

Studies have shown that watermelon, because of its smooth, thick skin, is one of the naturally cleanest produce items available and has the lowest number of detectable residues. Watermelon actually shares this squeaky clean distinction with one vegetable. Guess which one by leaving a comment.

Comments

  1. Kim says:
    June 15, 2010 at 9:39 am

    The onion has almost no detectable residues.

  2. Ellen says:
    June 15, 2010 at 5:52 pm

    Which veggie? I’m going to guess “Cucumber”.

  3. Melanie M. Lazarus, MPH says:
    June 16, 2010 at 12:03 pm

    The Environmental Working Group says there’s a “clean 15″ with onion at the top of the list. So I vote for onion too. But here are the other ones for those interested:
    onion
    avocado
    sweet corn
    pineapple
    mango
    asparagus
    sweet peas
    kiw
    cabbage
    eggplant
    papaya
    watermelon
    broccoli
    tomato
    sweet potato

  4. The Watermelon Guy says:
    June 17, 2010 at 10:38 am

    Keep the guesses coming! I’ll choose one correct answer next week.

    Speaking of cucumbers, have you ever realized how similar cucumbers and watermelons are? Maybe not in taste, but in appearance they’re almost twins (although one is a much larger, rounder twin).

  5. Marnie B says:
    June 20, 2010 at 2:35 pm

    I’d guess squash because it also has a hard shell, & I’ll also say onions since it’s at the top of the list.

  6. adrian says:
    June 21, 2010 at 2:50 am

    I am going to say pumpkin

  7. marlys pierce says:
    June 25, 2010 at 1:06 am

    thick smooth bell pepper is my guess.
    they are waxy and you can even shine them!
    Okay,please send the cool watermelon key chain

  8. The Watermelon Guy says:
    June 25, 2010 at 1:31 pm

    Okay, bear with me. I KNOW I saw the definitive answer to this question online somewhere, but now I can’t find it. But I will… I promise!

  9. virtualsarah says:
    June 28, 2010 at 5:19 pm

    im going with onions.

  10. Eva says:
    June 29, 2010 at 4:13 pm

    I would say the cucumber

  11. chris says:
    June 29, 2010 at 8:28 pm

    Butternut squash , pumpkin or hard shelled squash, or a cuke. And cukes look real good for this becauser they stand up to pickling real real well. garlic dill salt hot pepper flakes Plus cukes or the white of a watermellon rind with water will make a nice kosher pickle in 3 days (warm weather ) or 10-15 in basement.

  12. Rebecca says:
    June 29, 2010 at 10:15 pm

    I think it’s pumpkin!

  13. Kim M. says:
    July 3, 2010 at 8:39 am

    I vote for onion too!

  14. John says:
    July 4, 2010 at 6:54 am

    i think tomatos. theyre cool.

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