Get Rid of Worms in Strawberry

To remove worms from strawberries, you can use a salt, vinegar, or baking soda soak before rinsing them thoroughly.

When winter comes people love eating strawberries. People make cakes, ice creams, milkshakes, and juices, etc out of the strawberries. But there is one fact which we didn't know for so many years.

Farmers grow these beautiful strawberries after putting pesticides or chemicals to keep off the warms. Unfortunately, those chemicals aren't great to eat, which is why you should wash your berries before eating them.

For a very long time we wash the strawberries and eat. But in these strawberries there are worms which don't go away even just after washing. You may think that there are no worms because you wash it properly. But they are nearly invisible.

How to remove worms from the strawberries? I will tell you.

  1. Salt

  • Take a bowl and add 1 cup of water. That's where a salt soak comes in. 

  • add one tablespoon of salt and strawberries

  • Keep it about 15 min, then you can see if anything crawls out. 

  •  Wash it again properly with normal water. 

  • Then you can enjoy your strawberries.

  1. Vinegar

  • Add strawberries into 4 cups of water into a bowl. 

  • Add 1 cup of vinegar

  • Soak strawberries for 20min

  • And then woohoo all worms will come out.  

  • Rinse it again properly and enjoy….

  1. Baking Soda

  • Mix one teaspoon of baking soda with four cups of water and stir until dissolved.

  • Add the strawberries to the mixture 

  • Let the strawberries soak in the mixture for 10 to 15 minutes.

  • Rinse the berries clean and then they're ready to eat.

It is very simple to do as these ingredients are always at your home. So give it a try, eat fresh and stay healthy. Let us know in the comments if you have tried.

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