Berries are delicious, but they're also kind of delicate. Raspberries in particular seem like they can mold before you even get them home from the store or market.
There's nothing more tragic than paying $4 for a pint of raspberries, only to look in the fridge the next
day and find that fuzzy mold growing on their insides.
When fresh berries start to hit the markets, here's how to keep them fresher longer and help prevent them going moldy.
Wash them with vinegar.
When you get your berries home, prepare a mixture of one part vinegar (white or apple cider) and ten parts water.
Dump the berries into the mixture and swirl around.
Drain, rinse if you want (though the mixture is so diluted you can't taste the vinegar,) and pop them into the fridge.
The vinegar kills any mold spores and other bacteria that might be on the surface of the fruit, and voila!
Raspberries will last a week or more, and strawberries go almost two weeks without getting soft or moldy.
So go forth and stock up on those pricey little gems, knowing they'll stay fresh as long as it takes you to eat them.
I thought this was a berry good idea . . .