You're Doing It All Wrong: How To Clean And Store Your Grapes

There's always the occasional person who not-so-sneakily eats a grape right in the grocery store or straight from the bag in the fridge, but, thanks to dirt and microbes, that's really not a great idea. Still, even if always wash your grapes before eating them, do you know how to do it correctly? If you're a grape fanatic, you're definitely going to want to save this Chowhound video because host (and bonafide fruit storage expert) Josh Donelson has a few handy tricks up his sleeve to make sure these bite-sized fruits are squeaky clean. It's not just as simple as rinsing; making sure you're actually removing harmful substances from your grapes requires a couple of extra steps once you get home from the store.

Even better, Josh's grape advice doesn't stop just at washing. He'll also go over how to actually store grapes long-term so you aren't tossing out half of the clusters after just a week. You'll get some bonus tips for extra treats you can use stored grapes for too, so consider this You're Doing it All Wrong feature a trifecta of key advice for you or any grape lover in your life. And, yes, green, red, or purple, the pointers offered here work on grapes of every color.