23 September 2023 , 12:27
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Popular as a standalone snack but also in desserts, smoothies, cocktails and everything in between, strawberries are a much-loved fruit for many reasons and very few things are as quintessentially British as strawberries with cream at Wimbledon or scones with strawberry jam and clotted cream at afternoon tea. In fact, according to Wimbeldon.com, over 1.92 million strawberries are picked and eaten at the tennis tournament.
The sweet and flavourful fruit is versatile and popular but one thing many fans of the fruit will agree with is that they have an annoyingly short shelf life. Supermarket strawberries are notoriously delicate - starting to turn mouldy often after just a few days, leaving the fruit to become food waste all too quickly.
Strawberries are notorious for rotting quickly after purchase (Stock photo) (Getty Images/iStockphoto)With the cost-of-living crisis causing all of us to think more carefully about food waste and food prices, it is important to know how to make the best of your produce and to limit as much food waste as possible. According to a hack shared on the Mrs Hinch Cleaning Tips and Tricks Facebook page, there is one game-changing thing that you can do to extend the shelf life of your strawberries and keep them fresher than you ever have before.
Taking to Facebook, the Mrs Hinch fan wrote: "Does anyone put strawberries in a glass jar? Saw this post elsewhere, they last forever." The strawberry-saving method is very simple as the Hinch fan explains in her post - you just have to transfer unwashed strawberries into an airtight glass jar or food container after you have taken them home.
Sharing a picture of her strawberries after trying the hack and explaining further, the Mrs Hinch fan added: "These ones, no word of a lie, are over three weeks old from the superstore. I'm lucky if I get them to last five days before they start to turn when I buy them from there. I don't know who else knows this trick but if you don't, you're welcome.”
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Other users of the Facebook group backed up the claim with one writing: "Game changer! I had given up buying strawberries because they never lasted before I tried this," while another added: "Honest to god they last weeks this way," and one other user who swears by it wrote: "Been doing this for around a year they last such a long time."
Convinced by the success stories, Facebook users were keen to try the hack themselves with one commenting: "That's great advice, I buy them every two days and even then, some of them have turned bad! I'll try that, great tip."
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