You have to eat them in store before you leave, it's the only way.
this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2026
704 points (98.9% liked)
memes
22489 readers
2903 users here now
Community rules
1. Be civil
No trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour
2. No politics
This is non-politics community. For political memes please go to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world
3. No recent reposts
Check for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month
4. No bots
No bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins
5. No Spam/Ads/AI Slop
No advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live. We also consider AI slop to be spam in this community and is subject to removal.
A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment
Sister communities
- !tenforward@lemmy.world : Star Trek memes, chat and shitposts
- !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world : Lemmy Shitposts, anything and everything goes.
- !linuxmemes@lemmy.world : Linux themed memes
- !comicstrips@lemmy.world : for those who love comic stories.
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
-
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
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.
I get frozen berries, and they're always fine.
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.
load more comments
(1 replies)
sniff sniff
THE MILK IS ABOUT TO GO BAD.
sniff
And there it goes...
Dang it Bobby!!
I started getting oat/almond milk for this reason. Less land/CO2 usage, and they last longer.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Got some from a neighbor the other day..... Left them on the counter..... fuck.
Funny how my brain recognizes Canadian packaging before I consciously register the bilingual labelling.
Pretty sure we have this exact same packaging in the US.
I've seen this brand in germany as well. Guess they are international.
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.
load more comments
(3 replies)
Buy frozen :)
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.
load more comments
(2 replies)
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.
load more comments
(2 replies)
Just had some on my yogurt, this package doesn't stand a chance
That sounds good. That might be my lunch today.
Have a berry nice lunch :)
I learned to make jam just so they wouldn't be a complete waste.
be a fatty like me and box be empty before arriving home
Wonder if you could get fat if your diet was mostly fruit?
Probably? It's high in sugar. But it's also got lots of fiber so you probably just shit it all right back out
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
In the U.S., we bread and deep-fry everything.
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.
48 hrs. Tops.
I eat a container like this in a few minutes, this is so good :)
You cost 25¢ a box and I eat you like chips. Gimme that fucking moldy fruit
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
Blackberries on sale $0.50 a package here in Michigan right now
Not in my fridge! I just threw them out an hour ago.
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.
This. It really helps. I consume a lot of berries.
Blackberries are fine, yet raspberries rot right away.
They rot while you bring them home somehow.
Put them in an airtight container. Works for me with strawberries at least.
This hits a little too close to home.
Clean and dry them and they last notably longer.
Add to coffee ice cream, eat....profit?
view more: next ›