Wanted to comment on this to help explain the results. A couple years ago I took up a hobby of growing mushrooms, during this hobby I got a great lesson on how the invisible things we don't see with our eyes exist, "plant" themselves, and grow. Unbeknownst to our own eyes there is CONSTANTLY spores all throughout the air traveling around, spores can be from mold, plants, fungus, or even resting life like bacteria, which comes from our own body and picked up by the various things we do. The spores LOVE humidity and usually warmer and nutrient dense "substrates" in the case of the raspberries the love the water and glucose that exist as the fruit. So the little spores land and start eating and drinking, as a result the new life flourishes in the form of mold. This is a great demonstration of showing how these spores are traveling through the air and a sealed container like the mason jar avoids these spores from landing on them, also in your case they were not touched which also adds to lowering the chance of mold spores finding their way on the surface and growing. Fascinating how it works. After finding this out, I also found that never touching cheese or bread with bare hands, rather using the bag itself to "'grab" what is needed or push out the product also avoids mold on those foods. Hope this helps, great experiment!
We started using glass jars for our blueberries and strawberries about a month ago, and I am shocked at the difference in freshness, quality, ease of access, and taste. I only wish we had discovered this 20 years ago!
You can do even better by drying the fruit slightly before storage, and by eliminating more air in the jar. And if you place a vacuum on the jars before sealing, much better yet. We use a pressure cooker and vacuum pump for this.
Right! I wish she would’ve tried strawberries. My berries last long but my strawberries are bad within a week. I’m going to buy some mason jars today for my strawberries. I just need to do something at this point. lol
1. Increase sample size. Better to have bought 4 or 6 packages to adjust for other variables. 2. Another way to increase control by adjusting for cross-package variables would be to split each package in half. Half staying in the package, half going in the jar. Altering top vs bottom layer split to control for that “layer” variables.
I’ve seen another video and that’s how I store all my fruit which includes blackberries, strawberries, blueberries and cantaloupe it works and I love it !!!! Last 1-2 weeks. O have did the test your doing and my blackberries didn’t last more than 4 days and I had mold so this is the only way . I’m going to try and store cherries today and see what happens . Thank you for your video ❤
I thought she washed them and placed on a towel. The raspberries she turn the cut side down so any liquid would drain out. Leave for 2-3 hrs maybe longer on these .Not bought any in my life . Need to recheck video. Think she put a paper napkins or paper towel botton of jar. Will check back on this onefor sure😊.😊😊
👍thanks for sharing your experiment. I believe that if you was them with a solution of water and vinegar and let them dry off you will get better results even with the plastic.
I'm just wondering, how long they have been transporting, that as soon as I put my in the fridge, it's like that week they are done. how is the timing to perfect, well not for the consumer
In the UK, we have a phone app called 2 good 2 go. We can pick up "magic bags" at the end of the day from local supermarkets and takeaways etc for just 2 or 3 pounds. It's always a surprise when you get them home and see what's inside. Tonight I got 8 packs of blue berries and 4 loaves of bread and some English crumpets. Bread is in the freezer, but I had no idea what to do with the blue berries. I found this video and hey presto, 2 full jars of blue berries in my fridge. At least that gives me time to decide what to do with them next. 😊 So thankyou for this xxx
You did not wash your fruit; That being said you used one of the driest berries to do experiment with. Hopefully will work with clean washed fruit. I always clean with the vinegar water solution clean plus preserves no matter which way you use it, Will try your glass jar have heard it worked but only with very dry fruit. Hope so thank you for the info.
That brand has two versions, one with a green label which means it’s organic and the yellow you have probably has some kind of preservative so that’s why they last so long.
I started using the jar method, with strawberries, raspberries and blueberries, as well as celery. After 2 weeks, there seems to be a lot of pressure has built up. The seal part of the lid pops off with significant force. Any ideas why?
I just washed my rasberries, and drying in the frig. I will try this in a small mason jar. My question is: who keeps their raspberries in the frig so long. Don't they get eater pretty quickly? I won't wait a week to eat them.
I find waiting to wash them when eaten or take the time to dry them first or they get soggy or new fav, paper towel the jar with as little touching contamination as possible. But also want to know if there are any fruits or veggies that shouldnt be canning jar'd (needing to breath i assume) and why don't they come in a jar and cleaned. That being said im bad with follow threw but great with ideas so if someone motivated or with funding "can" take the idea to buisness i know it would be popular then for the good karma start a horoscope jars with your fortune behind each jars lable business and dont forget to bring me in on it plz😅
Also wondering if since the fruit hadn’t been touch daily or how ever often usually used if that had anything to do with you being amazed they stayed fresher longer in the plastic. No idea. Just wondering.
@@creationsbydx Does it have to be a ball or mason jar? or will any glass jar suffice. I have empty pickle, olive and sauce jars . would it be ok to use those?
