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Blackberries mouldering too quickly - how to handle?

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  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Never heard about soaking them in salt water and  have never done this.
    Never had maggots (that I have found).
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    bertrand-mabel said:
    Never heard about soaking them in salt water and  have never done this.
    Never had maggots (that I have found).
    The idea of the salt water is to make the maggots crawl out of the fruit! It does work, but actually there can be surprisingly few. My mum always did this, also taught me to peel mushrooms before use as well. It wasn’t until I was at college that a friend convinced me that shop bought mushrooms didn’t need peeling. Thinking back, I suspect that as a youngster, my mother would probably only have eaten wild gathered mushrooms, and peeling them was maybe the best way to confirm that they were edible varieties.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Peeling mushrooms to see if they’re an edible variety is a myth  … I remember hearing it as a child …. but many non edible ones peel too 🤢 




    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It's a bit like the old motto Shirley Conran had - 'Life's too short to stuff a mushroom'

    Life's too short to peel them an' all.... :D
    and to wash blackberries to check for maggots.....
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • SkandiSkandi Posts: 1,723
    If you wash soft fruit you need to use it immediately. those ones in the supermarket? they are not washed.
    To stop mould you need to keep things dry and cold, so unwashed and into the fridge, not wet sitting on a warm kitchen counter.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I've just had a handful [brambles] with some cereal for my lunch. Yum.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Check them for beasties as you pick them.  Freezing will kill any you miss.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    When he picks soft fruit in the garden,my old man lays them out in a dish,in case anything craws out. Then fridge or open freeze
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