Berries are delicious, but they're also kind of delicate. Raspberries in particular seem like they can mold before you even get them home from the market. There's nothing more tragic than paying big money for a pint of local raspberries, only to look in the fridge the next day and find that fuzzy mold growing on their insides. How to keep them fresh? Well, here's a tip that my boss shared to me and I'm sharing it to you now on how to prevent berries from getting moldy.
Wash them with vinegar! When you get your berries home, prepare a mixture of one part vinegar (white or apple cider probably work best) and ten parts water. Dump the berries into the mixture and swirl around. Drain, rinse if you want (though the mixture is so diluted you can't taste the vinegar), and pop in the fridge. The vinegar kills any molds spores and other bacteria that might be on the surface of the fruit, and viola! Raspberries will last a week or more, and strawberries go almost two weeks without getting moldy and soft. So, go forth and stock up those pricey little gems, knowing they'll stay fresh as long as it takes you to eat them. Well, I guess I'm gonna try it for Cherries probably it would work too. ;)