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Buying fresh strawberries
(lemmy.world)
i ate two strawberries please charge me for them
We went to a farm and picked fresh stawberries last month. My partner baked a pie to keep them from spoiling.
or we grow beards!
I heard that you could give your strawberries a vinegar wash to keep them fresh. I was skeptical but I literally just tried this for the first time a week ago today.
I just checked my fridge and the strawberries are still fresh and not moldy or squishy. So yeah, give it a shot!
take strawberry, coat in sour cream, dip in brown sugar, eat. strawberries gone in an hour. <3
We keep a 1:3 around for everything. Grapes, counter cleanup, cat puke on the hardwood floor at 3am.
Can confirm. Done it for years and it adds a ton of time to your strawberries. Doesn't even take a lot of vinegar. Like a 1 to 6 ratio. Let em soak for like 5 minutes and you're gtg.
Yup all berries. I was told by a trained chef, 10%, but I'm sure if u use 1:3 like the person below, you'll be fine.
I'll have to try that, I am tired of spoilage.
What ratio of vinegar to water?
Edit: for those curious it’s 1:3 vinegar to water. It works as vinegar has some anti microbial properties so it kills germs.
3 parts water to 1 part vinegar. Soak them for about 10 minutes, then rinse them off and put in a separate container.
I've heard people say they just soak the entire plastic container, but I didn't try that.
Thanks for the response. I’ll definitely be trying my this and it seems from my cursory searches that it is a thing, not that I doubted you.
Been doing this with strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries for the last year or so. Works pretty well!
Raspberries can't handle it, though. Just immediately went to mush, though they didn't mold
One time, when I was working the Fresh department at Walmart, our truck of produce for stocking arrived and all the Driscoll branded fruits were already moldy. IDK how widespread that brand is, but fuck Driscoll.
Damn O'Driscolls
Look at the paper thingy lining the bottom. That thingy should be clean and unmarked. Strawberries ripen after being picked so you don't want to select the ripest berries unless you want to eat them quickly.
Like with most produce it is about knowing how to select them. In many cases there is a national group/council for whatever fruit, nut ir veg you are thinking about and they have guides as to how to best pick things and what season to expect the best produce.
i just get em at the farm. they don't got a paper thing there.
still only last a day, but y'know.
If you guys think strawberries are troublemakers? You should check raspberries. They start making moonshine after just few hours at room temperature...
Fucking finger berry bastards
I have to avoid certain supermarkets because they only sell pre-moldy strawbs.
I got strawberries yesterday and they're already a lil mushy. I'm so pissed
This is why when I'm canning strawberries I buy them the day before canning cause otherwise half will be "haha fuck you"
I feel seen
I kind of like strawberries when they go a little overripe.
this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2025
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