13/05/2024
It's strawberry season! Just do this!! It works great!
Method 6: Mason jar
About this method: Fresh, whole strawberries are sealed inside glass Mason jars with metal lids and bands and then refrigerated.
How to do it: Check through your strawberries to remove any that have mushy spots or mold. Place your unwashed strawberries in a glass mason jar, and stack them loosely so that they aren’t squishing each other. Tightly fasten the metal lid and band on the jar, then put it in the fridge. This method works best with whole strawberries.
The verdict: We love it!
This is our favorite of the six methods. If you don’t see any difference between the before and after photos of this method, it’s not a trick. After seven days, the strawberries looked as fresh as they did on day one: plump and firm with fresh-looking leaves. It was so satisfying to find our strawberries looking and tasting this perfect after a week in the fridge. Because no air gets into the sealed mason jars, the fruit resists decaying. There’s just enough natural moisture trapped inside to keep the berries firm and the leaves vibrant.
When we opened the jar, it made the same pssshh sound that you hear when opening a soda. That’s the escaping ethylene gas produced by the strawberries. It’s important that the strawberries go into jars unwashed and that any iffy berries are removed so they don’t affect the rest.
