I'm older than dirt, and speaking of dirt....a summertime treat when we were playing outdoors, on hot days we'd go into a particular backyard and pull plum tomatoes off the vine, give them a quick wipe on our short and enjoy them. No tomato has ever tasted as good since and guess what -- nobody died! No washing needed. The garden owners' daughter was in our group and we had her parents' permission to take whatever we wanted whenever we wanted.