Saving berries from Moulding

The key to preventing moldy berries...
 
Berries are delicious, but they're also kind of delicate.  
Raspberries in particular seem like they can mould before you even get
them home from the market.  


There's nothing more tragic than paying $4 for a pint of local
raspberries,  only to look in the fridge the next day and find that fuzzy mould

growing on their insides.
 
Well, with fresh berries just starting to hit farmers markets, we can
tell you that how to keep them fresh!   


Here’s a tip I’m sharing on how to prevent them from getting there
in the first place:
 
Wash them with vinegar.  
When you get your berries home, prepare a mixture of
one part vinegar (white or apple cider probably work best) and ten
parts water.   


Dump the berries into the mixture and swirl around.
Drain, rinse if you want (though the mixture is so diluted you can't
taste the vinegar,) and pop in the fridge.   


The vinegar kills any mould spores and other bacteria that might be on
the surface of the fruit, and voila!   


Raspberries will last a week or more, and strawberries go almost two
weeks without getting mouldy and soft.   


So go forth and stock up on those pricey little gems, knowing they'll
stay fresh as long as it takes you to eat them