Food Crocks

Before you store your produce in a food crock, it is extremely important that it is properly washed, especially since the food will more than likely go straight from the refrigerator to the buffet line in the front of the house. When you get your produce delivery, inspect the entire shipment to make sure there is not an overwhelming amount of insects or grime on them. This is a fairly good indication that this is not a good batch of veggies.

Once you have accepted the delivery, wash the produce at once. For leafy vegetables, such as lettuce or chard, discard the top layers and then wash each leaf individually. Don’t just run it under cold water, get in there and really scrub the leaves to make certain no microorganisms are left on the greens. For hard vegetables, such as beets or carrots, it is okay to take a scrub brush to them. The more you scrub, the cleaner and less likely to harmer your customers the food will be.