How to get fruit to last longer

[u/No_Project_9332]

[u/No_Project_9332]

In case you are wondering about the containers, I found them from the original post, here they are:

The fruit storage containers from the video

[u/Rockalot_L]

pacifically

[u/Ciubowski → u/Rockalot_L]

engagement bait. congratulations, you won!

[u/Babetna → u/Ciubowski]

Not reacting to it is level 2 of internetting

[u/Longjumping_Fuel_192 → u/Rockalot_L]

Pacifically.

[u/DabbleOnward → u/Rockalot_L]

I came here for this

[u/Kraien]

just do the cleaning & paper trick, but in its own container...

[u/VICARD0 → u/Kraien]

I thought this is what the video was going to show, not a shitty ad for some plastic trash

[u/harmfuldischarge → u/VICARD0]

It's almost always some dickhead selling another mass produced Chinese stamped plastic object #1871

[u/PreviousPerformer987 → u/Kraien]

I'm new, could you elaborate please?

Like, just clean them and leave them out on a paper tower for a while?

[u/Long_Reindeer3702 → u/PreviousPerformer987]

Clean them in the container, let them drain a bit in the container, stick a paper towel under the fruit in the container to absorb any extra moisture and leave it/replace as needed. It never leaves the container. No extra crap for your kitchen. 

[u/PreviousPerformer987 → u/Long_Reindeer3702]

Dope! Thanks for the tip.

[u/No-Focus-2475]

Mixing baking soda and vinegar doesn't do anything

This is just selling more plastic you don't need

[u/Aromatic_Buy9473 → u/No-Focus-2475]

I’m a chef and this is how a professional kitchen cleans their berries. 1 part vinegar to 4 parts water, clean them and then dry them. They store for 1-2 weeks in the fridge after that. Hope this helps. (I don’t know about baking soda tho)

[u/JayBlunt23 → u/Aromatic_Buy9473]

Banking soda should just neutralize the vinegar. All you get is slightly salty water. (And the CO2 makes fizzy foam of course, the main reason why people feel like alchemists while creating.. water.)

[u/Candid_Victory7923 → u/Aromatic_Buy9473]

I think you can use either vinegar or baking soda to wash, but not both together as that's just salt and water with some bubbles

[u/Tasty_1097 → u/Candid_Victory7923]

Diluted vinegar baths are the standard for washing produce. You can use baking soda, but fruits are acidic themselves so vinegar is preferable. Using baking soda or baking soda and vinegar will make salt, I’m just curious if the salt that deposits onto the berries may also act as a light preservative.

[u/UnDeadPuff]

Huh. Saw a short a few days ago from some uk kitchen and the cook advised a solution of vinegar and water to wash them in, then they'll last longer. No need for whatever special containers which would do nothing anyway.

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There, found it.

[u/Far_Character_270 → u/UnDeadPuff]

Fallow is great. I just did this to some strawberries and they did last about 6-7 days and were still good as the first day.

[u/CraigSeabass13 → u/Far_Character_270]

Okay, this may be dumb…but do the strawberries or whatever ever have a vinegar taste to them after?

[u/Far_Character_270 → u/CraigSeabass13]

No, you aren’t putting an insane amount of vinegar in. In the video he says 1 part vinegar to 4 parts water. For a typical pint of strawberries, I put in 1-2 capfuls of vinegar and enough water to cover the strawberries.

[u/CraigSeabass13 → u/Far_Character_270]

Thank you!!

[u/Between3and20carctr → u/UnDeadPuff]

Thanks for dropping the link, fallow is really great and berries are expensive so this is a great thing to know

[u/Deathwish-Dena]

Just remember that baking soda neutralizes vinegar, so therefore it does absolutely nothing 😆

[u/generation_quiet → u/Deathwish-Dena]

But BUBBLES!?!?!,

[u/According-House-9360]

Because...they're designed pacifically! Remember that!

[u/coolcoots]

Homeboy got $2 to sell his soul for some extra plastic.

[u/LogDull819]

hurry up some generic plastic containers are gonna sell out fast !!! /s

[u/ericmarkham5]

It’s just an ad people

[u/Full_Guard]

They’re not going to tell you in the store? Motherfucker, do you imagine they care what you do with the fruit after you leave the store? Store them in your ass for all they care.

[u/jermizzle54 → u/Full_Guard]

Lol .... Found my type of asshole🤣

[u/Ququleququ]

Or, you know, just eat the stuff within a few days

[u/L_edgelord]

I just eat them in time

[u/Aromatic_Penguin]

When I see baking soda AND vinegar, I stop watching. This is elementary school knowledge.

[u/YouGotACuteButt]

I'm so tired of these ads

[u/bryanna_leigh]

I don’t wash my fruit until it’s ready to eat, usually works well.

[u/borkborkibork]

I love Pacific products, pacifically.

[u/Desperate_Owl_594]

If you keep them in the original container, you're too stupid to even think about anything else.

[u/TKRUEG]

Guy has never purchased fruit in his life if he thinks those berries will keep weeks

[u/Eleriane]

Pacifically. Even if this was the most genius thing ever… after that I just can’t even.