My daughter’s 4th birthday party is coming up in a couple weeks. I found some cute veggie and fruit tray ideas on interest I’d like to make, but I don’t want to be scrambling and stressing the morning of her party. If I cut and prep the produce the day before the party, will it still be fresh the day of? Can the fruit trays be left uncovered in the fridge, or should I cover them with foil/saran wrap? Just want to have them as fresh as possible for her party.
This is the fruit tray I’d like to replicate. The strawberries and grapes would be cut
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My mom cuts pineapple and keeps it sealed tight and it stays fresh for a decent amount of time.. but not weeks
Yes, one day before is fine. And yes, cover it with saran.
The fruits in the picture should last a day just fine. I would definitely cover the trays, both for freshness and sanitation. I would’t use bananas or apples, as they will turn brown. Strawberries should be fine as long as they don’t have sugar added (it will macerate them, causing juices to leak out).
Edited: I just noticed the pineapple. It may turn slightly brown. You could always add it the day of.
Strawberries a couple of days, pineapple a few days longer.
Blueberries and grapes far longer. Pineapple juice will cause fruit to soften prematurely.
the grapes should be the ground and the blueberries should be the sky 🙁
Unwrapped a couple days, but forever if you coat it in epoxy
A day. Maybe two if you are lucky.
Day before is fine, just cover it well. If you use apple slices, make a mixture of water and lemon and spray it on the meat of the slices (If you have a way to, you can just wipe some lemon juice on them too). And if you plan to add bananas, do those just before its time to serve since they won’t last overnight
Day before is fine but definitely check all your berries closely for mold. I’ve bought berries and literally had them turn overnight in my fridge.
Do pineapple day of, spray the rest with water lemon mixture the night before and wrap in foil
2 days before the slime sets in, 3 if you are lucky.
You could do the cutting the night before and put it all away in little bins, then arrange it out on the day.
When I saw it with just the title
I thought you were making a joke
Like how long can fruits…..?
As long as a dinosaur 😂😂😂😆🤣
I too don’t understand why is this funny to me 😆lol
It’s such a cute idea in theory, but I always wanna know what stuff like this looks like an hour into the party after people have gotten to it. Like, there’s only a handful of people who first arrive that will get to see it in its full glory. The remaining guests who pour in later are just left thinking “why are all these random fruits floating around on a baking tray?”
Or, you have the opposite problem of no one wanting to eat it because they don’t wanna mess it up.
Anyway, it’s super cute and I’m a downer, I’ll show myself out.
off topic, but it looks great!
Keep all the fruits separate, especially pineapple. Each fruit has its own enzymes to assist with its digestion. Pineapple has bromelain. It will dissolve the other fruit. It is stronger because pineapple has more fiber. This is great for making fruit cocktail, not so great for what you are wanting to do. It will take low fiber fruit like watermelon and turn it to mush over the course of 2 days. Grapes will hold up fine to it if the skin is in tact. One thing about grapes though, depending on the age group, can be a choking hazard. Nothing wrong with pre-cutting the fruit days in advance, just don’t combine it until 6 hours prior.
If I’m there 13 minutes
I keep my berries and any other cut up fruit in mason jars in my fridge and they usually last up to two weeks!