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Post by smalltowngirlie on Jun 14, 2016 23:03:59 GMT
How do you keep fruit fresh for days? We are leaving Saturday for a week long vacation in a cabin. I am doing the grocery shopping on Thursday and would love to get some fresh fruit, especially berries. The tough part is the last few containers of berries I have picked up have gone bad in 2-3 days. That means by Sunday my fruit would be bad.
Do the "green bags" or "green containers" really make a difference?
Thanks for any input.
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Post by Belle on Jun 15, 2016 0:07:17 GMT
Blueberries usually last pretty well. I have just discovered that if I wash my strawberries and wrap them up in a damp dish cloth they stay fresh for an extra day in the fridge. I have never tried any special bags or containers.
Melon might be the way to go in lieu of berries if you want them around more than a day or two.
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Post by Scrapper100 on Jun 15, 2016 1:40:07 GMT
I don't have good luck either. I bought blueberries lat week and two days later they were moldy. I was not happy. I wish I knew the trick. In the past I have been able to keep them a week.
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Post by AmandaA on Jun 15, 2016 3:52:01 GMT
Berries typically last longer if you wait to wash them until just before eating. I have had mixed results with green bags. There is another product on Amazon, called fresh paper, that I have thought about trying.
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Post by Merge on Jun 15, 2016 3:57:46 GMT
I've always read that you shouldn't wash berries until right before you eat them. And they need to be kept in a dry (not humid) environment. But overall, I think they just don't keep that well.
I have a "fruit hierarchy" this time of year - after I shop, we eat the berries first, then the peaches/nectarines plums (which probably needed a couple of days to ripen anyway), and then the apples, grapes and melons. All based on how long each fruit keeps.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jun 15, 2016 4:22:44 GMT
As soon as I bring strawberries home I put them in 3 large glass mayo jars. (You can't find them anymore, they are all plastic.) My berries stay good for up to a week this way.
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Post by perumbula on Jun 15, 2016 4:50:03 GMT
Last time I had berries they were fresh from my mother's garden. I washed them in a vinegar/water solution and stored them in an open container in my fridge. They lasted several days longer than usual that way.
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Post by LeaP on Jun 15, 2016 4:59:19 GMT
I have a "fruit hierarchy" this time of year - after I shop, we eat the berries first, then the peaches/nectarines plums (which probably needed a couple of days to ripen anyway), and then the apples, grapes and melons. All based on how long each fruit keeps. Me too! Apples and melons keep nicely in the fridge, but berries need to be eaten fast. <- a fact lost on my two daughters. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2016 5:17:59 GMT
Different types of fruit have different shelf lives. Berries typically go bad pretty quick so I plan to eat them soon after buying. Bananas can be bought green and allowed most of the week to ripen. Pears, peaches, nectarines, plums will keep well for several days. Grapes, apples, pineapples, melons, and oranges will keep even longer.
Lots of fruit will keep for close to a week or more, just not the berries.
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