Knowing how to store strawberries can keep them fresh for up to a week, reducing waste and emotional distress. The key is to mitigate moisture. Jesse Szewczyk from The Kitchn found that soaking strawberries in a vinegar solution followed by drying them and storing in a lined container is effective. An easier method involves rinsing the berries under cold water and discarding bad ones. If stored in their original container but not sealed tight, the berries can maintain freshness by allowing air circulation and preventing bacteria growth.
Knowing how to store strawberries properly will benefit your produce and emotional well-being in equal measure. After all, the window between scoring a carton of fresh strawberries from the farmers market and watching them don a jacket of fuzzy mold in real-time is notoriously, tragically short.
The easiest and most effective method is: washing strawberries under cold water in a colander, discarding any bad berries past their prime, and storing the [clean berries] back in the original container they came in.
Mitigating excess moisture is the most important step in keeping berries fresh. Jesse found it most effective to soak the berries in a solution of 1 part white vinegar to 3 parts water.
If your berries came in one of those fibrous, open-top green pints, transfer them to a container with the lid loosely placed on top, not sealed. This keeps them from drying out.
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