Learn effective tips and tricks to prevent moldy fruit and keep it fresh for longer. Discover the best ways to store and maintain the quality of your fruits to enjoy delicious and healthy snacks.
If you do receive a fruit pack from us, and there is one or more that is moldy, stay calm! The mold is not contagious and it's only on the surface of the other fruit in the pack. Do not discard all of the fruit. Remove the undamaged fruit and wash in a mild soapy water solution. After drying rinse in a mild vinegar/water (1 oz. vinegar to 1/2 gal. water) solution to kill any mold spores that may still be present. You can then peel and eat or refrigerate for later!
This is a guide about preventing mold on fresh berries. It is so disappointing to buy fresh berries only to have them mold before you can use them all.
The French have a reputation for being radin, and my hosts at their house in the country, balked when I wanted to toss away this fruit, saying, "We can make a fruit salad from it!" Um, I don't think so.
Artist Kathleen Ryan‘s life-sized moldy fruit sculptures are made using over 10,000 glass beads, semi-precious stones and pearls, each of which are attached by steel pins into polystyrene foam bases. They also represent a serious,…