Best Way to Preserve Strawberries?

Hi, I actually wait and wash the ones that we eat, applying water to them softens them up. I have kept them in a container with holes from the store in my fruit crisper for two weeks. Spreading them out in there also gives them a bit longer, because they don't mush up against each other.

Tupperware has containers that keep your fruits and veggies fresh. I didn't believe it at first, but they work! My kids actually EAT strawberries, so I buy them all summer...and BOY, do they go bad quickly! I went to a party over the winter and won a container as a doorprize, and bought a set of three because there was a sale on them. They are simple rectangle containers with crevices at the bottom, and little vents on the sides. They have a guide written on the side for different fruits and veggies, and how many vents of the two you are to open or close. The downside of these containers are the price...but that's how Tupperware can be! They work though!

Hi! One thing that works well is to wash and dry them, then put them on a cookie sheet and feeze them. When they are firm, you can transfer them to a freezer bag (the cookie sheet thing just keeps them from sticking together). They will keep a few months in the freezer.
E.

You can preserve strawberries for a few months in the freezer by covering them in a simple syrup. (sugar/water) Look it up on the Food Network website under Alton Brown's show. He just had a episode recently on preserving summer fruits!

We've found that washing and drying them in paper towels immediately after buying them prevents them from molding for a longer period of time. A couple more days anyway.

Wash them, cut them at the top to remove the stem and put them in an air tight container without sugar. Putting sugar on them with turn them into a big pile of mush.

Don't cut the stems off until right before you eat.

My mom always cuts them up and adds sugar. They last longer that way. You put them in an air tight container.

H.

Hi, I just saw your question since I just joined the group, so sorry for the late reply. I happen to be a Tupperware consultant, and it's true: the FridgeSmart Containers really do work to extend the life of strawberries as well as all your fruits and vegetables! The FridgeSmart is designed with ridges on the bottom. That serves to keep the moisture from touching the fruit (which advances the molding process). All fruits and vegetables require different amounts of air to "breathe" and keep it fresh, so that is what the pair of vents are for, to allow the proper amount of ventilation. In the case of strawberries, they are low oxygen consumers, so the vents need to be closed. Using these containers it can keep strawberries fresh for possibly two weeks (as opposed to two days!). Instead of having to do all that work for the strawberries, just put them directly into the containers. Then wash them just before you want to use them. It's so much easier! I speak from personal experience on this one!

As far as the cost of Tupperware, I know it's not cheap, but definitely worth the investment when you think of all the money you would save by not throwing away all the strawberries and other food that goes bad quickly. So you have to think of it as an INVESTMENT, because in the longer term you will save money on food -- and you should know that Tupperware also has a lifetime guarantee on their products!

Of course, you should try to buy the FridgeSmarts when they go on sale if you're looking to get them cheaper. They are not currently on sale, but I can certainly let you know when they do go on sale if you like. You can feel free to check them out on my website: www.my.tupperware.com/camillajoe

Hope that's helpful!