/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>8748636
no u.

the stuff we grow is no pesticide. not sure about stuff grown elsewhere.

you are right in that there are certain natural, non-synthetic pesticides approved by the feds for organic use in certain circumstances. but their use is strictly controlled so they tend to be used sparingly (assuming the company is reputable)

>>8751380
welcome back

idk, /ck/ is alright, there are worse boards

just make sure to filter out all the fast food/"For me, it's the" threads

>>8751379
forgot my name.
spent all day cleaning every floor drain in the plant today today
it's to make sure the plant is clean as fuck but damn its monotonous work

>>8748625
I guess I was talking more about store bought canned

>tfw can walk right past the vegetable isle at the store cuz I get more veg than I can eat for free

>>8748614
no prob
gotta sleep soon but I'll keep checking this thread and answering questions when I can

thanks for the interest

>>8748597
meh
I'm phoneposting here

>>8748539
indeed.
canned sucks ass. all the veg is flosting in that salty brine in the can...

fresh is ideal but frozen is good when you can't get fresh

>>8748536
heh sloppy joes.

when we're processing carrots, we have to shovel up all this carrot shavings off the floor, and I always joke we should market it as "vegan sloppy joes" because it looks like sloppy joe meat

>>8748482
1. my freezer is stuffer full of free peas carrots potatoes and green beans
2. I usually boil the peas carrots and green beans and mix with rice, or fry up the potatoes and sprinkle shredded cheddar on top
3. not much different, but we have to be very careful to not mix "conventional" product in with organic. sometimes you might get a little bit of organic mixed in with your conventional though. but organic has to be very strictly 100% organic.

also different sanitizers are used to clean the machines depending on if the run was conventional or organic. not quite sure why on that, but I'm sure its for a good reason.

>>8748483
so hostile.

all whiteys working here. no illegals

>>8748461
my favs are peas carrots and potatoes

I feel dumb eating corn by itself because corn is already in like every processed food product but it's ok I guess

also I would just like to say that vegans are retards, and this is coming from a guy that makes veggies for a living.

you have no idea how many insects, mice, frogs, snakes, various small animals are killed by vegetable production. it's a small animal genocide. caught in the combine harvester, caught in the processing equipment, etc.

none of that gets in your food of course. but animals died to bring you those veggies.

things die so you can eat.
deal with it or starve.

>>8748403
together we can end the spinach meme

>>8748416
veg

vedjh

ain't nobody got time to say vegetable

also steel toe boots are strongly recommended. company reimburses you for them up to a certain price

>>8748359
there are laws and regulations set by the FDA and USDA that food processors and manufacturers must follow. it's not optional. we get audited by the government often. for food safety of course.

but also worker safety. we have to wear earplugs every day and have an annual hearing test. the machines aren't super loud, but still can wreck your hearing being exposed to the noise unprotected every day for 8+ hours. also we wear hardhats. and lab coats in the packaging room.

>>8748387
we have to adjust the sensitivity for different vegetables/fruits

the metal detectors are also conveyor belts that automatically push out any possibly metal contaminated product off the belt

>>8748357
basically its
>rinse all the veg off
>apply soap (we got a hose that sprays soap foam)
>scrub the hell out of the stainless steel with brushes
>rinse the soap off
>test the equipment with the swab
>if it fails, rerinse and resoap and rescrub
>when it passes, apply sanitizer
>squeegee all the water off the floor into the drains and clean up the forklift wheel marks with the floor cleaner vehicle (we call it the zamboni, like the ice skating rink surfacing vehicle)
>clean and sanitize the drains too

>>8748328
the spinach we package was already inspected by some other place cuz we don't grow it or process it ourselves.

sometimes the spinach makes the metal detectors false alarm. lots of iron in spinach I suppose

>>8748326
we clean the fuck out of our machines. honestly I think the machines at work are cleaner than my own goddamn dishes at home haha

and yeah spinach isn't a common allergen, but we run soybeans too. soy is a MAJOR allergen. so whatever we run we just make it a habit to clean the fuck out of everything. we have tests where we swab the equipment and it gets put into a machine to test for residue and allergens, and if the test fails we re clean it and test again. if it fails again, we clean again, etc.

>>8748309
no problemo

>>8748291
well spinach fucking sucks.
we don't grow it, but we package it. and it sucks major ass. the little particles of spinach dust get everywhere and when you're cleaning the machines it's almost impossible to get every little bit. don't get me wrong, we do our best, but weeks after running spinach I'll find spinach dust on the floor somewhere.

maybe I should have added that in OP as another disclaimer...

>if you buy frozen spinach FUCK YOU AND GO TO HELL

as far as what we grow and process instead of just buying and packaging, green beans and edamame (soybeans in the shell) can be a pain in the ass.

>>8748242
well, I'm not sure what country you're from, but in the US, if the package doesn't say USDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC, that means they used pesticides, genetic modification, and all kinds of fuckery.

organic, you can't do any of that shit. which is why we have to inspect the veg and pick thistles out of the peas, and nightshade out of the soybeans. we can't use pesticides, so weeds will grow.

there are some things we package that aren't organic, but it won't say USDA ORGANIC on the package if it isn't legit organic.

we even have different sanitizing chemicals for the equipment depending on whether its organic or not.

>>8748226
better safe than sorry.

metal could be in the fields rusted off of a tractor or combine, a nail could come off the pallet the box of veg is on, a screw could come loose on one of the processing or packaging machines.

I'm sure you would not enjoy biting into metal.