A mum has shared a simple storage trick that allegedly keeps strawberries fresh for weeks, helping households curb their food waste as they enter the New Year.
Even when efforts are made to buy the freshest produce on the shelves, it’s not uncommon for households to discard food sooner than they’d like.
One of the downfalls of purchasing berries in bulk is the speed at which they perish, meaning they often go bad before anyone’s had a chance to eat them.
Fortunately, one woman claims to have found a method to keep strawberries fresh for longer, helping them last up to two weeks. The money-saving tip is easy to implement, according to @tinytonics, who carried out a demonstration on TikTok.
Surprised that she hadn’t heard of the trick before, the savvy shopper said:” Who was going to tell me that if you store strawberries in jars, you don’t have to sacrifice half of them to strawberry gods?”
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“They last. They don’t go bad. They stay good. You don’t have to throw half of them away. I wasted so many strawberries because no one told me.”
“Nobody told me,” commented one viewer. “Currently week-old strawberries straight from my glass jar, so so fresh still. I learnt from this app.”
Others volunteered an alternative solution, suggesting: “Just rinse them in vinegar and water solution and they last more than two weeks.”
Another person echoed this advice, writing: “Bowl of water, glug of vinegar. Soak for 10 min, rinse the berries, air fry on a dish towel. THEN jar them!”
The key to understanding why strawberries last longer in jars lies in the interaction between fruit, air and humidity.
Excessive exposure to air increases the rate of the spoiling process, which the glass jars prevent by limiting exposure to aid.
The isolated environment of glass jars thereby creates a micro-environment that reduces oxygen levels and increases carbon dioxide.
Those who try their hand at the hack are advised to keep an eye on their berries to ensure they don’t start fermenting.
