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> The key to preventing moldy berries...wish I'd known it 50 years ago !!
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> Berries are delicious, but they're also kind of delicate. Raspberries in
> particular seem like they can mold before you even get them home from the
> market. There's nothing more tragic than paying $4 for a pint of local
> raspberries, only to look in the fridge the next day and find that fuzzy
> mold growing on their insides.
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> Well, with fresh berries just starting to hit farmers markets, we can
> tell you that how to keep them fresh! Here’s a tip I’m sharing on how to
> prevent them from getting there in the first place:
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> Wash them with vinegar.
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> When you get your berries home, prepare a mixture of one part vinegar
> (white or apple cider probably work best) and ten parts water. Dump the
> berries into the mixture and swirl around. Drain, rinse if you want (though
> the mixture is so diluted you can't taste the vinegar,) and pop in the
> fridge. The vinegar kills any mold spores and other bacteria that might be on
> the surface of the fruit, and voila! Raspberries will last a week or more,
> and strawberries go almost two weeks without getting moldy and soft. So
> go forth and stock up on those pricey little gems, knowing they'll stay
> fresh as long as it takes you to eat them.