what am i doing wrong with my strawberrys?

fizzel81

at the moment i have a thing for strawberrys and when i buy them i pick them carefully however they are fine the day/eve i buy them yet the next morning when getting them out of the fridge they turn dark have funny coloured patches and are going mushy by the evening they are pretty much useless for eating with ice cream

any tips on how im storeing them wrong

Symbeaux1

If they were not in a fridge in the shop you bought them from, try leaving them out of the fridge, some fruit ripens quicker when stored in cold conditions, bananas go black very quickly.

exlibris

I pick them over and wash them as soon as I can after getting them home. I then put them in a pyrex bowl and sprinkle sugar over them. The sugar is a preservative and also produces strawberry juice.

HTH

Debt_Free_Chick

fizzel81 wrote:

at the moment i have a thing for strawberrys and when i buy them i pick them carefully however they are fine the day/eve i buy them yet the next morning when getting them out of the fridge they turn dark have funny coloured patches and are going mushy by the evening they are pretty much useless for eating with ice cream

any tips on how im storeing them wrong

Where are you buying them from? If not PYO then you have no idea how old they are. They could have been picked a week ago - if so, they'll perish no matter what you do.

Also, if they get knocked about, they will bruise and go mushy too, so you need to be very careful about getting them home. Don't put them in a bag with other things - carry them separately and perhaps put them on the seat of the car and not in the back with the rest of the shopping.

fizzel81

we buy them from either tesco or lidl have looked for a pyo in my area and cannot find one also dh has said no to pyo as im due in just over 2 weeks now

rkh001

I buy them at Tesco's or Sainsbury's (only English or Scottish ones) and I do the same as exlibris.

MommaCC

exlibris wrote:

I pick them over and wash them as soon as I can after getting them home. I then put them in a pyrex bowl and sprinkle sugar over them. The sugar is a preservative and also produces strawberry juice.

HTH

I do this too, but also add a little bit of lemon juice, then cover with cling film or lid and leave in the fridge.

This is a "must try", your strawberries will never have tasted better.

Alternatively you could store them in vodka / brandy / your preferred alcohol and leave for a few months - but don't let the kids at them!

Raksha

What temperature is your fridge? And where abouts in the fridge are you putting them? It may be simply too cold......

fizzel81

middle of the fridge its on number 4