Cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon · Berry
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Cranberries are hard, intensely tart red berries from a low North American wetland shrub. Too sour and bitter to eat raw by the handful, they become holiday sauce, sweetened dried "craisins" and deep-red juice.
Picking a good onedrag
Pale, rock hardDull, soft, weeping
Even redBuy itThis one keeps two months in the fridge and holds its shape in a sauce, relish or bake.
ColourEven bright red, skin glossy
The squeezeHard, springs back from the thumb
Stem endScar small and dry, crown intact
Smell in the bagClean, faintly sharp on opening
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Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 9× longer than the counter.
90-95%
Humidity
Vented, never sealed wet
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