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How To Clean Apples Naturally. You just picked these beautiful amazing apples from nature, so how should you clean them? We show you below!
How To Clean Apples Naturally
5 Ways Without Chemicals
Ok, so when we first wrote this we were using these recipes to clean apples without chemicals. Since, we have been using them for all sorts of produce. Especially those yucky, waxy cucumbers and bell peppers. So this post is no longer just How To Clean Apples Naturally… it is how to clean all hard skinned product naturally!
Clarification* I don’t consider the items below chemicals. Some of you may. The article is meant to give you ideas that do not use harsh chemicals. If you are worried about dish soap, don’t use it.
How To Clean Apples Naturally
As for apples, We pick about 2 bushels of apples each September to make pies, applesauce and jelly. It can take a long time to clean every apple, so I had researched different ways to wash them. Here are my favorite chemical free, all natural ways to clean apples and any hard skinned produce.
Lemon Juice
4 cups of hot water
3 tablespoons baking soda
1/4 cup of lemon juice (bottled or fresh squeezed)
Mix together , dip each apple in using your hand to rub the film off, rinse with cold water and dry.
Vinegar
1 tablespoon Heinz White Vinegar, Plastic, 64 oz
1 tablespoon baking soda
4 cups of hot water
Let it sit until major fizzing stops, dip your apple, use your hand to wash. Rinse with cold water and dry.
Hydrogen Peroxide
Make your own veggie wash:
fill a clean spray bottle with half hydrogen peroxide, half water.
Mist your apples, rub clean, rinse and dry.
Dawn Dish Soap
Dawn is safe enough to clean a yucky, greasy film off of little animals!
1 drop of Dawn Dish Soap
half sink full of hot water
Swish it around, add your apples , rub clean with your hands. Rinse with cold water and dry.
The Old Fashioned Way
If none of the above suit you, rub the apple on your shirt until shiny! Hey, it is chemical free.
I did the vinegar one this past week. It works great.
I’m getting ready to do a bunch of things with apples, including a homebrew. So this is a pretty interesting post in that there are things I never thought to do. I usually go with the old rub it on the shirt, but the lemon juice seems interesting.
This is great to know because there are bushels and bushels out by my grandparent’s place. We definitely have lots of apples to clean!
vinegar has always worked for us, thanks for the tips.
great tips – never really thought about washing and all the chemicals.
I’m glad you posted this. I go the chemical free route too.
Getting ready for fall baking. This will come in handy. Thank you so much.
I was only aware of three ways.
I’ve heard of the vinegar but not the hydrogen peroxide. Thank you for sharing.
Love this…we eat tons of apples at our house!!
This will definitely be helpful the next time we go pick apples at an orchard! thanks!!
I never knew there were that many ways to clean apples! I’ll have to try them out sometime!
I’ve always just given my apples a quick rinse. I will try this method in the futer 🙂
I like the hydrogen peroxide! Quick and easy!
Thanks. .I make candy apples and I’m bubble free…
Excuse me, but the shirt method is gross.
You clearly missed the point. It was a joke. Whether you think it is gross or not, people have been shining apples on their shirts foreverrrrrrrrrrr. I only approved your negative comment to point that out.
Such negativity will not be tolerated on this blog. Anything further will just be trashed.
Have a great day! 🙂