John Myers
Especially now in spring, when the berry season starts again in this country, juicy strawberries lure us to the stalls and bewitch us with their beautiful red color. With the right washing and cleaning, the strawberries become a quickly prepared and healthy snack.
Wash and trim strawberries
Since strawberries from the supermarket have often been treated with numerous pesticides, you should definitely wash them before eating. The berries from your own garden must also be freed from sand and soil. But you should only do this right before you enjoy it. Because unwashed, the sweet berries last longer and don’t get moldy as quickly as when they’re freshly washed. That’s why you should keep them covered and unwashed in the fridge.
Instructions
In the following instructions we will show you how to wash and clean the strawberries properly:
- Rinse strawberries carefully with a hand shower; alternatively, swish back and forth in a bowl of cold water
- Drain in a sieve or on kitchen paper
- Cut out the green sepals with a sharp knife
Make sure that the water jet from the tap is not too strong. This could damage the fruit. In addition, the typical sweet aroma of the berry suffers from a jet that is too hard.
Tip: If you want to freeze the berries or cover them with chocolate, you should also dry them with kitchen paper. You should also always remove the sepals after washing so that the strawberries don’t become soaked with water.
Wash strawberries in salt water?
Anyone who spends the day on social media platforms such as TikTok or Instagram will have stumbled across this strange idea, willy-nilly. In a clip that went viral, you can see small white larvae crawling out of the strawberries. The berries were previously placed in salt water for half an hour. The animals are the larvae of the fruit fly. It is quite natural for fruit fly larvae to be found in our fruit. If you are now wondering whether you always have to soak your strawberries in salt water: no. The larvae are not dangerous. The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment says that even normal drinking water can remove unwanted substances and microorganisms. In addition, salt water spoils the typical taste of sweet berry, according to numerous nutritional researchers.
Are you still looking for delicious recipe ideas with strawberries? Then take a look at our delicious strawberry dumplings or our fluffy strawberry roll with quark.
