Here’s the easiest way to de-stem strawberries

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If you’re a strawberry lover like I am, you might be used to chopping off the stem of the strawberry before making it into your oatmeal topping, smoothie ingredient, or shortcake deliciousness. But with that technique, you’re sending a lot of the yummy fruit into the garbage or compost. Here’s a trick I learned to save as much strawberry guts as possible…

Using a drinking straw (reusable metal works great for this), just slide the straw up through the bottom of the strawberry until the stem pops off. It’s fast and you can pop stems off at an alarming rate. I do it in bulk for strawberries I plan to freeze. It’s much easier to hull strawberries before freezing, trust me.

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Catherine Clark loiters at her local library, makes art, watches movies en masse, plays video and tabletop games, poorly cooks healthy things, cuddles with her feline fur babies, and blogs at BijouxandBits.com.