Friday, October 19, 2012

Keeping berries from molding

While keeping berries fresh is something we'd all like, keeping as many berries fresh as possible is even MORE important when you don't have a lot of food choices and those berries are essentially your sweet bastion against the boring food world.



So, check out this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/dining/26curi.html?_r=0

Essentially, what it says is this:
To keep the mold from developing, try a very quick heat bath.
Strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries: 30 seconds at 125 degrees (water bath) would do it.
Blueberries (with thicker skins): 30 seconds at 140 degrees (water bath).

The article's author simply immersed and swished the berries in the hot water bath without removing them from the plastic basket - just dunked the whole thing.

Sounds like something to try out!

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