You have to eat them in store before you leave, it’s the only way.
if you’re going to eat them within the week a quick rinse under the water should be fine.
if you need them to last longer, fill a large mixing bowl with water and vinegar. preferably a 15% mix with vinegar. let them sit and soak for about 10-30 minutes(dependant on how vinegary your wash is). pick the bad ones out qmd either eat or toss them. stir them around gently to agitate the dirt off them.
strain, and place on paper towels to dry. cover them! if you don’t cover them, bacteria and mold spores in the air will stick to them and only shorten your shelf life.
its best if you can refrigerate them immediately and is easier if you use a baking tray.
once dry, store them in a vented fruit container(helps with off gassing). the goal is to keep them dry, cold, and ventilated.
following these steps I’ve had them last 3-5 weeks before going bad.
I figured this one out. Rinse in cold water not hot, hot makes bacteria come out to prosper. Cold water hefty rise then close the container and tilt it all around to get excess water out. After that. Let them air dry for a while. Don’t put them back in the wet damp fridge. They now last about 2 weeks. Depending in original ripeness. Heat will ripen faster. Cold water preserves.
Unless you are setting your AC to 40 degrees, your fridge will be dryer than your kitchen. The reduction in temp condenses the moisture out of the air. Cold air has barely any ability to hold moisture. 70 degree air has roughly 3 times the capacity for moisture than 40 degree air.
If your fridge is damp, something is wrong with your fridge.
Agreed, fridge is not “wet and damp”. On the other hand, your berries will stay wet and damp much longer for the same reason, the cold air can’t hold much moisture so it evaporates much slower from the berries. So the message is the same, let them dry before putting them in the fridge.
This. It really helps. I consume a lot of berries.
Just buy them frozen, idiots
u need to boil them to not risk getting shit like salmonella lol
not for me