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JennGM
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Posted: July 15 2008 at 10:24am \| IP Logged

Being a smaller family, fruit moves more slowly around here. I haven't found an ideal way to keep fresh fruit (mostly berries) fresh.

I think our fridge is a hindrance, too.

For example, this week I have the makings for a fruit salad: strawberries, grapes, cherries, watermelon, and blueberries. If I make too much fruit salad, preparing the fruits (i.e., rinsing and cutting) makes them go bad even faster.

So then, the fruit that doesn't make it to the salad, what do you do with it? I want it easy to eat, pop in the mouth and go, so we can make fruit a fast food. But then again, rinsing makes them go bad faster? Or is that only strawberries?

Ideal containers? Fridge or counter?

Thanks for any suggestions!!!

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Posted: July 15 2008 at 10:50am \| IP Logged

I keep all of that in the fridge. Rinsing berries does seem to make them mold faster than storing unrinsed. But I have grapes and cherries washed and ready to go, just in bags or a covered bowl. Watermelon I cut in cubes or use an ice cream scoop and put it in a bowl as well...it takes too long to cut the whole thing up if I want it for lunch or something. I love when there is good fresh fruit, and we eat a lot of it!

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Posted: July 15 2008 at 11:02am \| IP Logged

An ice cream scoop for watermelon is such a great idea!

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Posted: July 15 2008 at 11:28am \| IP Logged

I keep pears, peaches, apples, bananas, oranges in a fruit bowl on the counter. If I notice that they are ripe, they go into the fridge to slow down the ripening process. The berries and cut melon are kept in the fridge. There are green bags you can buy to keep fruit fresh longer. I haven't used them, but I have heard positive things about them.

If I notice that they're starting to get too ripe, I freeze them or make a compote, sauce, juice or puree. Citrus juice gets frozen into ice cubes to be used in sauces and drinks throughout the year (a couple lime cubes are perfect when making guacamole.) Berries and bananas can be frozen whole for smoothies or muffins.

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Posted: July 15 2008 at 12:41pm \| IP Logged

Berries, if I can remember to do it right away, get rinsed in my salad spinner, very gently (not spun at all, just put in the water and bobbed up and down several times). Then onto a paper towel on a plate (in one layer) and onto the refrigerator shelf. They go really quickly here so I don't usually have to worry about spoilage.

One time, though, they must have (finally) gotten tired of blueberries, because one plate of them dried up in the refrigerator -- but I tell ya, those were the best dried fruit I ever ate!

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