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29-12-2016, 12:37 PM
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How Can I Soften Hard Supermarket Strawberries?

I bought three punnets of strawberries (Egyptian) from Sainsburys yesterday and they are so hard!
Please would anyone know if it's possible to soften them?
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29-12-2016, 12:44 PM
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Re: How Can I Soften Hard Supermarket Strawberries?

It won't be easy Art! Perhaps they are not ripe, and if so, you could put them in a bowl with some bananas... apparently bananas speed up the ripening of other fruits.
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You could try putting a banana in with them. But the moral is don`t buy them again in future-stay seasonal.
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29-12-2016, 12:46 PM
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Re: How Can I Soften Hard Supermarket Strawberries?

I know what you mean Art, and it spoils them completely. I won't buy them out of our growing season because of this and the lack of flavour.
It's the same with some tomatoes too. Hard centres and thick skins and not much flavour.
I suppose they are bred that way to withstand the long transport, else they'd be a pulp before they arrived on the shelves..

I vaguely seem to think you can put them in brown paper bags to ripen them, but have never tried it.
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29-12-2016, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Older git ->
You could try putting a banana in with them. But the moral is don`t buy them again in future-stay seasonal.
Ok! Dad... l won't!

Thanks OG, I'll put a banana in with them!
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29-12-2016, 12:58 PM
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Re: How Can I Soften Hard Supermarket Strawberries?

Hi

You could try plying them with alcohol, that tends to soften things.
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29-12-2016, 12:59 PM
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Twink and Mups, Thank You for your advice. I have worked so hard all Christmas and the following days, yesterday was my first day out!
Yes, it is the wrong time of the year but I just fancied some strawberries and cream to treat myself with some champagne l got for Christmas!
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29-12-2016, 01:00 PM
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Re: How Can I Soften Hard Supermarket Strawberries?

Just a couple of seconds in a microwave will help but don't let them heat up or you will have cooked strawberries instead.
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Originally Posted by swimfeeders ->
Hi

You could try plying them with alcohol, that tends to soften things.
Swim, get outta town!
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29-12-2016, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Julie1962 ->
Just a couple of seconds in a microwave will help but don't let them heat up or you will have cooked strawberries instead.
Thanks Julie, l'll try that now!
I just did and after 30 seconds, they are a bit softer! Thank you again!
 
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