What's the best way to store them for a few days and how long should they last? In a bag, open air, refrig, counter?
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19 years ago
What's the best way to store them for a few days and how long should they last? In a bag, open air, refrig, counter?
I clean and chop them into pieces, put them into a plastic covered container. and keep them in the frig for 3 or 4 days. If there is a sale on and I can get a lot, I chop them, add sugar, heat them up, can (hot water bath) them in pint jars.
Dwayne
Eat 'em fresh. They don't keep long. You can freeze them for cooking applications.
If you like them over cake or ice cream, you can also brandy them, or use various mixes of alcohol.
Last time I put up a quart of sliced ones, I added about 2" of blackberry wine to the bottom of the jar, then topped it off with everclear.
I clean and slice them to do this. They will keep practically forever in alcohol, and the alcohol picks up the strawberry flavor. These are especially good served over pound cake with a bit of whipped cream. ;-d
From:
Tips for Storing Strawberries
Penelope
Thanks to all. Sounds like they'll keep for a few days uncovered in the fridge unless you want 'em macerated or in sugar. The better half got some recently and left 'em on the counter with that plastic cover over the carton and they molded in about 2 days. This probably explains why.
Fridge with restricted ventilation like the fruit/vege compartment or loosely closed paper bag.
Depending on how ripe when you chill them, anywhere from 1-10 days.
sdb
If you buy them leave them in plastic, don't wash, put them in a cold place (not freeze), few days, if you wash them they won't be good next day.
ok, thanks all for the ideas. h
The strawberry man at the farmers market told me to put a paper towel in the bottom of a tuppperware type container. Place the strawberries on top and seal the lid. They stay nice for 5 days or so that way.
marcella
IMHO, I immediately clean and halve them, put some sugar on them and put them in small, one serving ziplock baggies, then freeze them. They are ready for any dessert, and go great on vanilla ice cream.
R>Sylvan Butler wrote:
Bu..bu..but you can buy frozen strawberries at the store any old time. It's the local fresh ones that are so ssssssucculent! No sugar needed.
Penelope
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