The other night, I bought a punnet of baby plums (Angelino Sultanas) imported from Turkey from the night market. In the darkness of the night, I could not see that the plums were coated in a layer of white stuff. The next day, I got a shock when I opened up the punnet of plums. Each and every plum had a thick layer of white coating on the skin. The whitish coating could be wax and pesticides.  I washed the plums with water but the coating of white stuff remained stubbornly on the skin.  Then I remembered I have a bottle of Harvest Pure fruit and veggie wash!  With just half a small cap of the solution mixed with water ( I switched to Acidic Water mode on my Panasonic water filter), I could see the skin of the plums turn from white to dark purple almost instantly. After a 5-minute soak in the fruit and veggie wash solution, the skin of the baby plums were sparkling clean! Before serving them to the girls, I briefly soaked the plums with acidic water again and then rinsed the plums with running tap water for a final wash.  All in, the plums were soaked and washed for 15-20 minutes. Yep, I admit I am a clean hypochondriac freak!

My girls enjoying their baby plums, with skin intact too. Each of them gobbled up 2-3 plums in one sitting and they all had a very easy time on the throne that day!