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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!
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.
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.
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
take strawberry, coat in sour cream, dip in brown sugar, eat. strawberries gone in an hour. <3
I usually skip the 2nd and the 3rd steps. But yeah, they don't usually last enough to go bad.
Take strawberries, open tub of vanilla ice cream, complain about being fat later. 👌
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.