In my experience working at Walmart in Fresh and a local grocery store, Driscolls is often moldy in the truck it arrived at the store in before it even gets to the shelf.
Pro Tip: Never buy "fresh produce" of any kind from Walmart. Find a grocery store that has good produce and only buy there. It's worth the extra money.
Fresh berries are hard to ship. And raspberries are probably among the hardest to ship 1000mile/kilometers and expect them to last. And most commercial varieties of berries taste have no flavor anyway.
As much as I'd like better produce, I'm not driving another 1.5 hours round trip to get to the store with the better produce. Not everyone has easy options.
Hey, I understand. I need to a 100+ mile round trip just to buy groceries. I still don't buy fresh produce from Walmart because it doesn't last long enough between the 3 or 4 weeks between shopping for groceries.
So if I can't buy it from a good grocery store or grow it myself, I do without. I cannot afford the wastage.
The farms producing the berries are local; There is no excuse for Driscoll's fruit to be moldy before it even gets to the store here when not one other producer has this problem. It isn't traveling even 50 miles, let alone 1000. It is not a Walmart problem. It's a Driscoll's problem.
Raspberries are very delicate. I've got maybe a very short 1/4 acre of wild raspberries growing about my yard. And I can tell you that when picked, you can start to see them degrade within an hour or two after picking. Often in less time.
Now I don't know how many raspberries Driscoll picks every day. But by the time they get from the field and get sorted, washed, packed and boxed, and into proper cold storage that might take a good half day or maybe a full day. And then maybe the next day the wholesale grocer comes and gets their order and brings them to their warehouse where they sit in cold storage for another day or two before getting onto the grocery store shelf. It could be nearly a week after you have picked them before you buy them.
I was talking about the packaging, not the brand. However setting my VPN exit node to a US location and looking up pictures of the product, most results do indeed have the same English-French labelling, funny.
I love fruit on my cereal, but that doesn't take a ton per bowl. I've gotten to the point where I only buy blueberries because they last pretty well. I'm happy when I have people over and make a fruit salad because then there's usually some leftover other kinds of berries.
Never buy fresh berries that you aren't going to eat the same day or the day after. Frozen berries are easy to thaw well and are more than good enough for most things.
Fiber also slows down how quickly you use the sugar. For every gram of fiber you can “subtract” one gram of sugar. A lot of modern fruit has been bread to be high sugar low fiber like clementines and bananas but there’s still lots of healthy fruits
if you're going to eat them within the week a quick rinse under the water should be fine.
if you need them to last longer, fill a large mixing bowl with water and vinegar. preferably a 15% mix with vinegar. let them sit and soak for about 10-30 minutes(dependant on how vinegary your wash is). pick the bad ones out qmd either eat or toss them. stir them around gently to agitate the dirt off them.
strain, and place on paper towels to dry. cover them! if you don't cover them, bacteria and mold spores in the air will stick to them and only shorten your shelf life.
its best if you can refrigerate them immediately and is easier if you use a baking tray.
once dry, store them in a vented fruit container(helps with off gassing). the goal is to keep them dry, cold, and ventilated.
following these steps I've had them last 3-5 weeks before going bad.
Where do u live that they are that cheap? Here in germany they are like 3 bucks. That's why I buy only frozen. I can get like 3 times the amount for the same price.
Trying to dox myself less these days, but an agricultural corridor of the US where labor is very cheap so vegetable prices are the one thing that aren't inflating out of control
I figured this one out. Rinse in cold water not hot, hot makes bacteria come out to prosper. Cold water hefty rise then close the container and tilt it all around to get excess water out. After that. Let them air dry for a while. Don't put them back in the wet damp fridge. They now last about 2 weeks. Depending in original ripeness. Heat will ripen faster. Cold water preserves.
Unless you are setting your AC to 40 degrees, your fridge will be dryer than your kitchen. The reduction in temp condenses the moisture out of the air. Cold air has barely any ability to hold moisture. 70 degree air has roughly 3 times the capacity for moisture than 40 degree air.
If your fridge is damp, something is wrong with your fridge.
Agreed, fridge is not "wet and damp". On the other hand, your berries will stay wet and damp much longer for the same reason, the cold air can't hold much moisture so it evaporates much slower from the berries. So the message is the same, let them dry before putting them in the fridge.
Damn, I don't think I knew this. I guess I kind of thought that the temperature killed any bacteria/parasites, but apparently it only makes them go dormant.
62 Comments
TomMasz@lemmy.world · 72 pts · 34d
You have to eat them in store before you leave, it's the only way.
ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml · 40 pts · 34d
find the only package in the store that isnt moldy
wash those fuckers with water and a small amount of vinegar
dry them COMPLETELY (good luck)
you may have bought yourself a couple days
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 23 pts · 34d
In my experience working at Walmart in Fresh and a local grocery store, Driscolls is often moldy in the truck it arrived at the store in before it even gets to the shelf.
Bluewing@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 34d
Pro Tip: Never buy "fresh produce" of any kind from Walmart. Find a grocery store that has good produce and only buy there. It's worth the extra money.
Fresh berries are hard to ship. And raspberries are probably among the hardest to ship 1000mile/kilometers and expect them to last. And most commercial varieties of berries taste have no flavor anyway.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 34d
As much as I'd like better produce, I'm not driving another 1.5 hours round trip to get to the store with the better produce. Not everyone has easy options.
I get frozen berries, and they're always fine.
Bluewing@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 34d
Hey, I understand. I need to a 100+ mile round trip just to buy groceries. I still don't buy fresh produce from Walmart because it doesn't last long enough between the 3 or 4 weeks between shopping for groceries.
So if I can't buy it from a good grocery store or grow it myself, I do without. I cannot afford the wastage.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 33d
The farms producing the berries are local; There is no excuse for Driscoll's fruit to be moldy before it even gets to the store here when not one other producer has this problem. It isn't traveling even 50 miles, let alone 1000. It is not a Walmart problem. It's a Driscoll's problem.
Bluewing@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 33d
Raspberries are very delicate. I've got maybe a very short 1/4 acre of wild raspberries growing about my yard. And I can tell you that when picked, you can start to see them degrade within an hour or two after picking. Often in less time.
Now I don't know how many raspberries Driscoll picks every day. But by the time they get from the field and get sorted, washed, packed and boxed, and into proper cold storage that might take a good half day or maybe a full day. And then maybe the next day the wholesale grocer comes and gets their order and brings them to their warehouse where they sit in cold storage for another day or two before getting onto the grocery store shelf. It could be nearly a week after you have picked them before you buy them.
Supply chain delay can be a beeotch.
yucandu@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 34d
sniff sniff
THE MILK IS ABOUT TO GO BAD.
sniff
And there it goes...
TheOneAndOnly@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 34d
Dang it Bobby!!
Katana314@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 34d
I started getting oat/almond milk for this reason. Less land/CO2 usage, and they last longer.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 1 pts · 34d
Bravo, I'm one of the few people who probably got that reference. Well done.
Jerb322@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 34d
Got some from a neighbor the other day..... Left them on the counter..... fuck.
observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 34d
Funny how my brain recognizes Canadian packaging before I consciously register the bilingual labelling.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 34d
Pretty sure we have this exact same packaging in the US.
bridgeburner@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 34d
I've seen this brand in germany as well. Guess they are international.
observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 34d
I was talking about the packaging, not the brand. However setting my VPN exit node to a US location and looking up pictures of the product, most results do indeed have the same English-French labelling, funny.
rbos@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 34d
Probably not with French on it.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 34d
Nope, I’m pretty sure it’s the exact same thing. Look more closely.
Packaged in Watsonville California even. lol
rbos@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 34d
Lotta products packaged in the USA and shipped up.
Thry try harder to hide it lately..
Hazel@piefed.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 34d
Buy frozen :)
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 34d
I love fruit on my cereal, but that doesn't take a ton per bowl. I've gotten to the point where I only buy blueberries because they last pretty well. I'm happy when I have people over and make a fruit salad because then there's usually some leftover other kinds of berries.
lesnout27@feddit.org · 2 pts · 34d
Besides frozen fruit, freeze dried fruit is also nice for cereal as a non rotting alternative
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 33d
Yeah, I often get cereal with died fruit in it, but it's not the same as fresh by a longshot.
joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 34d
Just had some on my yogurt, this package doesn't stand a chance
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 34d
That sounds good. That might be my lunch today.
joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 34d
Have a berry nice lunch :)
M137@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 34d
Never buy fresh berries that you aren't going to eat the same day or the day after. Frozen berries are easy to thaw well and are more than good enough for most things.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 33d
Or buy them freeze dried. Almost the same nutritional values as fresh.
nullspace@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 33d
Yeah, I buy it frozen too. Blender don't give a shit how thawed it is.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 34d
I learned to make jam just so they wouldn't be a complete waste.
expatriado@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 34d
be a fatty like me and box be empty before arriving home
dan1101@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 34d
Wonder if you could get fat if your diet was mostly fruit?
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 34d
Probably? It's high in sugar. But it's also got lots of fiber so you probably just shit it all right back out
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 34d
Fiber also slows down how quickly you use the sugar. For every gram of fiber you can “subtract” one gram of sugar. A lot of modern fruit has been bread to be high sugar low fiber like clementines and bananas but there’s still lots of healthy fruits
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 34d
In the U.S., we bread and deep-fry everything.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 33d
if you're going to eat them within the week a quick rinse under the water should be fine.
if you need them to last longer, fill a large mixing bowl with water and vinegar. preferably a 15% mix with vinegar. let them sit and soak for about 10-30 minutes(dependant on how vinegary your wash is). pick the bad ones out qmd either eat or toss them. stir them around gently to agitate the dirt off them.
strain, and place on paper towels to dry. cover them! if you don't cover them, bacteria and mold spores in the air will stick to them and only shorten your shelf life.
its best if you can refrigerate them immediately and is easier if you use a baking tray.
once dry, store them in a vented fruit container(helps with off gassing). the goal is to keep them dry, cold, and ventilated.
following these steps I've had them last 3-5 weeks before going bad.
daannii@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 34d
48 hrs. Tops.
Magister@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 34d
I eat a container like this in a few minutes, this is so good :)
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 34d
You cost 25¢ a box and I eat you like chips. Gimme that fucking moldy fruit
bridgeburner@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 34d
Where do u live that they are that cheap? Here in germany they are like 3 bucks. That's why I buy only frozen. I can get like 3 times the amount for the same price.
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 34d
Trying to dox myself less these days, but an agricultural corridor of the US where labor is very cheap so vegetable prices are the one thing that aren't inflating out of control
hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 34d
Blackberries on sale $0.50 a package here in Michigan right now
5765313496@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 34d
Not in my fridge! I just threw them out an hour ago.
OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 34d
I figured this one out. Rinse in cold water not hot, hot makes bacteria come out to prosper. Cold water hefty rise then close the container and tilt it all around to get excess water out. After that. Let them air dry for a while. Don't put them back in the wet damp fridge. They now last about 2 weeks. Depending in original ripeness. Heat will ripen faster. Cold water preserves.
Kewlio250@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 33d
Unless you are setting your AC to 40 degrees, your fridge will be dryer than your kitchen. The reduction in temp condenses the moisture out of the air. Cold air has barely any ability to hold moisture. 70 degree air has roughly 3 times the capacity for moisture than 40 degree air.
If your fridge is damp, something is wrong with your fridge.
bearoftheisle@europe.pub · 2 pts · 33d
Agreed, fridge is not "wet and damp". On the other hand, your berries will stay wet and damp much longer for the same reason, the cold air can't hold much moisture so it evaporates much slower from the berries. So the message is the same, let them dry before putting them in the fridge.
OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 32d
This. It really helps. I consume a lot of berries.
thenextguy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 34d
Put them in an airtight container. Works for me with strawberries at least.
sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 34d
This hits a little too close to home.
Tiger666@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 34d
They rot while you bring them home somehow.
boaratio@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 34d
Blackberries are fine, yet raspberries rot right away.
Montagge@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 34d
Mine are hardly even blooming!
Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 33d
Just buy them frozen, idiots
billwashere@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 33d
I just freeze them when I get them. I’m just making smoothies so it doesn’t matter much.
kuiskaaja@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 32d
u need to boil them to not risk getting shit like salmonella lol
not for me
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 32d
Damn, I don't think I knew this. I guess I kind of thought that the temperature killed any bacteria/parasites, but apparently it only makes them go dormant.
Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 32d
Holy shit TIL. Does a microwave work?
uberdroog@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 34d
Add to coffee ice cream, eat....profit?
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 34d
Coulis
minorkeys@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 34d
Clean and dry them and they last notably longer.
DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 32d
This is more disturbing to me than gore vids.