How to deal with a bruised strawberry? It's best to eat quickly, remove the bruised part, clean it and eat it directly. It usually doesn't matter.
Those soft parts are just due to collision, cell damage and cytoplasm overflow. At the same time, due to cell damage, the wound presents a special color. In any case, a bruised strawberry will only cause sensory discomfort. This "bad fruit" will not affect our health as long as it is eaten in a short time after the collision.
What should I do if I can't finish eating strawberries all over? 1. Make canned strawberries. First, wash the strawberries, wash them with clear water several times, and then drain the water. After draining water, put strawberries in boiling water 1-2 minutes. Don't cook strawberries until they are soft and not rotten. After that, pick up the strawberries, drain them, put them in a jar, and add hot sugar water. Don't be too sure, because there is no professional equipment at home, you can put them in a steamer or a steel pot like steamed bread to heat and exhaust. The last step is to seal the canned strawberries for about 7 minutes, and then soak them in water for a long time. Very full, not fragile, delicious, ready to eat.
2. Make strawberry preserves, wash strawberries and soak them with about 5% calcium salt and sulfite. The length of time depends on the maturity of strawberries. It should not be too short. The time is too short to harden the color protection. Too long time can easily lead to rough strawberry pulp and bad taste. The soaking time is generally about 6 hours. Take out the soaked strawberries and wash them with clear water. Here, all the solutions should be washed several times, and then put in sugar water 12 hours or so. Boil the soaked strawberries in concentrated sugar water. Be sure to pay attention to this step. Don't cook strawberries and don't have too much water. When the ratio of strawberry to water is about 6:4, we can take the strawberry out and drain the water. 4. Bake the drained strawberries in the oven. The oven temperature should not be too high. The preserved fruit will be hard and not too low. This baking time will be longer, which will affect the color of preserved fruit. Generally speaking, the temperature is controlled at about 55 degrees, and the strawberries are baked until they don't stick to your hands. In this way, the preserved strawberry is ready.
3. Making Strawberry Wine Many people know that grapes can be made into wine, and strawberries can also be made into wine. The steps are basically the same as grapes. Let's see. First, wash the strawberries and mash them. Put the mashed strawberries and strawberry juice together in a container, and add appropriate amount of sulfur dioxide. It depends. Under normal circumstances, generally add 2, the degree of alcohol fermentation is relatively low. You can add some sugar appropriately. The higher the purity of sugar, the better. Then we can seal the container and let it ferment. It is easy to get full. It is about 70% or 80% of the container capacity. We think that carbon dioxide will be produced during fermentation to avoid spillage. The fermentation time depends on the temperature, and the fifth fermentation at 20℃ usually lasts about 6 days. The lower the temperature, the longer the fermentation time. After fermentation, strawberries were separated from wine, and impurities in wine were removed. Wine is put in a sealed bottle or container and stored in a cellar or basement for more than 3 months. In this way, pure strawberry wine is ready.
4. Make dried strawberries. This is the easiest way. Wash the strawberries, drain them and bake them in the oven. What should be paid attention to here is to flatten the strawberries as much as possible, rather than pile them together. The advantage of spreading strawberries is that they can be heated evenly. The color of dried strawberries is also very uniform. The oven temperature should not be too high, and it should be controlled at about 50℃ and baked for about 3 hours. After taking out the strawberries, continue to air-dry them until they can't be squeezed out or crushed. This kind of dried strawberry tastes good. You can also try.
How to choose strawberry 1? First, you need to buy all red strawberries and bright appearance, including "strawberry butt". You can't buy strawberries just because their tips are red. Strawberries are not fully ripe, and the aroma is not strong. If it is not sweet enough, it will have astringency and affect the taste.
2. You can't buy squeezed strawberries. It's nice to see. Although you like strawberries, you can't buy strawberries squeezed in vats. You know, strawberries are very delicate fruits. You are particularly afraid of crowding. It goes bad and rots easily, so don't eat this strawberry.
3. Choose a size. Don't buy anything too big or too small. According to my experience of eating strawberries for so many years, medium-sized strawberries taste the best, especially those with the shape of "peach heart", which have good appearance and quality.
4. Strawberries that smell fresh and naturally mature will have a strong strawberry aroma. Combining the above three points, you can choose happily.