Advice please on best way to store these.

house_cat · ‎03-09-2010

I love dried blueberries in my morning oatmeal. I also use them for baking scones and other things. In general, they are very expensive and lately I haven't been able to find them at all. So I ordered this huge bag from Amazon. It was $26 and it's a heck of a lot of blueberries. I know it will take me a long time to use them all and I don't want to see them get stale or moldy. I'd love advice on the best way to store them once I open the package.

Thank you.

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Jo1313 · ‎02-02-2021

@house_cat wrote:
I love dried blueberries in my morning oatmeal. I also use them for baking scones and other things. In general, they are very expensive and lately I haven't been able to find them at all. So I ordered this huge bag from Amazon. It was $26 and it's a heck of a lot of blueberries. I know it will take me a long time to use them all and I don't want to see them get stale or moldy. I'd love advice on the best way to store them once I open the package.
Thank you.

I buy dried cherries in large pkgs.

After opening them I reeal them in original bag and keep them in the refrigerator drawer.

I take out what I want and leave on the counter till they get to room temperature..I don't like them really cold.

I have a partial bag that is about a yr. old and it's past "use my date"..They are fine.

goldensrbest · ‎03-10-2010

@house_cat I wonder how you like them?

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LindaSal · ‎05-15-2014

@house_cat I do the same for DH. I buy him large bags of certain dried fuits as he eats them often. What I do is even if it's a "resealable" bag I also put that bag in a large ziploc for extra protection and refrigerate. They last quite awhile and stay fresh.

Eileen in Virginia · ‎08-25-2010

I buy dried cherries from Amazon in a huge quantity. I divide them into 2-cup packs, shrink wrap them in quart-sized Food Saver bags and freeze them until I need them. When I defrost a package, I transfer the cherries to a Lock & Lock container and keep it in the pantry so it's handy when I need them.

shoptilyadropagain · ‎03-19-2014

I buy Craisins to put on salads and will store them in the freezer if I don't think I'll be needing them for awhile. They come in a bag with a zip lock seal but I then throw that bag in an actual Zip-Lock Bag and put them in the freezer. If I need them after they're frozen, I open the bag(s) and throw some on my salad. They're pretty much thawed out by the time I'm ready to eat the salad.

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Still Raining · ‎03-30-2014

If the seal on the original bag seems airtight, I put them in the refrigerator after opening. Or else in an "air tight" container in the refrigerator. They do keep well.