How To Make Strawberries Last Longer

By srumbel

In a post I did last March, I mentioned a tip from Food Lush on rinsing strawberries in vinegar water before storing them, to help kill bacteria, so they would continue to be edible for a longer period of time. So I decided to put it to the test myself.

from joyfulhomemaking.com

Ingredients

• (1 part vinegar to 10 parts water)
• strawberries

Preparation

Step 1

I rinsed some in a mixture of vinegar water (1 part vinegar to 10 parts water), and some in plain water.

I let them drain before packing them back up and putting them in the produce drawer in the refrigerator, along with one container of strawberries that I did not rinse in anything.

I must say, I’ve never had strawberries last this long, even the ones I did nothing too. I gave up waiting for them to mold on day 11.

My conclusion with my little experiment was that rinsing them before storing them, absolutely makes a difference, just make sure you drain them on a towel to get the moisture off. Rinsing them in vinegar water, or even regular water, made them stay much fresher than doing nothing at all!