How to Store Strawberries

Published on Monday, June 23, 2008, by CHOW Video Team / Edit Post

How to Store Strawberries

CHOW contributor Daniel Duane shares his trick for keeping farmers’ market strawberries fresh.

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  • thank you 'rworange'
    ur tips always work as they are practical, and tested
    and fool proof

  • Rworange and Ruth,

    CHOW's small video team (there are 3 of us) are the people who do all of the videos on this site. I've commented on tips before that we are very open to new ideas and even filming new people. Our first Chowhound tips (from a Chowhound like you) are about to go up later today. If you're in the Bay Area and have a great tip to share, let me know and we may film you here at the...+READ

    Rworange and Ruth,

    CHOW's small video team (there are 3 of us) are the people who do all of the videos on this site. I've commented on tips before that we are very open to new ideas and even filming new people. Our first Chowhound tips (from a Chowhound like you) are about to go up later today. If you're in the Bay Area and have a great tip to share, let me know and we may film you here at the office: Meredith.Arthur@chow.com. We want a variety of voices and backgrounds. And thanks for your passionate responses.

    Meredith-COLLAPSE

  • Oh, rworange -- you didn't just learn the tip on chowhound, you did controlled testing against other methods and types of containers, and using different kinds of produce.

    I'm sure Daniel is one of the good guys. It's the people who are putting together these silly tips who need to put a little more thought into the tips they're choosing and who their audience is. If they'd bothered to look on...+READ

    Oh, rworange -- you didn't just learn the tip on chowhound, you did controlled testing against other methods and types of containers, and using different kinds of produce.

    I'm sure Daniel is one of the good guys. It's the people who are putting together these silly tips who need to put a little more thought into the tips they're choosing and who their audience is. If they'd bothered to look on their very own site they would have seen the extensive discussion of the virtues of the glass jar method, which everyone who has tried it agrees is easier and more effective than any other method.-COLLAPSE

  • Oh, Ruth

    Daniel is one of the good guys. Love his Tasting Notes. Hope he gives the glass jar tip a try. Until I read that tip four years ago on Chowhound, I did pretty much the same thing ... only I put a dry paper towel in a tupperware container, placed dry strawberries on top, and put the cover on. This will allow strawberries to last up to a week and is a little more space-saving.

    ...+READ

    Oh, Ruth

    Daniel is one of the good guys. Love his Tasting Notes. Hope he gives the glass jar tip a try. Until I read that tip four years ago on Chowhound, I did pretty much the same thing ... only I put a dry paper towel in a tupperware container, placed dry strawberries on top, and put the cover on. This will allow strawberries to last up to a week and is a little more space-saving.

    However, it was more labor-intensive and not as long-lasting as berries in glass bottles.-COLLAPSE

  • Note, btw, that I'm not saying this tip doesn't work, but who has room in their fridge for a roasting pan like that and if you've really bought *too many* strawberries (i.e. one of those three-pint boxes) are they even going to fit spaced out like that in a roasting pan? What do you do then? Try to fit TWO roasting pans in your fridge? The glass jar method works amazingly. I save big glass jars...+READ

    Note, btw, that I'm not saying this tip doesn't work, but who has room in their fridge for a roasting pan like that and if you've really bought *too many* strawberries (i.e. one of those three-pint boxes) are they even going to fit spaced out like that in a roasting pan? What do you do then? Try to fit TWO roasting pans in your fridge? The glass jar method works amazingly. I save big glass jars that fit in the fridge door and hold at least two baskets. I save wide-mouth 12-ounce jam jars for the raspberries.-COLLAPSE

  • I nominate that we put rworange in charge of chowtips. Maybe then we can actually get some ones that make sense and/or aren't aimed at 20-somethings who've never actually been in a kitchen.

  • Seriously ...use glass jars ... strawberries won't just last for days, they will last a minimum of two weeks.

    Also, it revives super fragile berries like raspberries. White raspberries from the farmers market that barely make it home will last a week in a glass jar.

    Here's an old Chow Digest report about it with other produce that lasts weeks in glass jars like grapes.
    ...+READ

    Seriously ...use glass jars ... strawberries won't just last for days, they will last a minimum of two weeks.

    Also, it revives super fragile berries like raspberries. White raspberries from the farmers market that barely make it home will last a week in a glass jar.

    Here's an old Chow Digest report about it with other produce that lasts weeks in glass jars like grapes.
    http://www.chow.com/digest/799-COLLAPSE

  • I wish I had enough room in my fridge to lay a pint of strawberries out flat in a roasting pan!

  • Someone on CHOW posted that you can store unwashed strawberries in a dry mason jar (lid on) and they stay fresh. I tried it with a single strawberry a couple weeks ago and the berry stayed fresh for a week. I haven't tried piling a bunch of berries in a jar together, though.