Finding good strawberries?

The darker the more close they are to rotting. Look for nice evenly red berries. Your problem is that Strawberry season in the USA is in the Spring, so whatever you pick up now will probably be imported. If the berries are too sour, just slice them up, add some sugar and leave in the fridge for an hour or so. They may soften a bit, but will also absorb the sweetness of the sugar.

Strawberries are totally out of season now. You will not be able to find quality ones until next April at the earliest.

Darker generally means they are sweeter, but also close to going bad.

Growing your own is probably the best option; they can do well in pots if treated correctly...but keep in mind birds and squirrels love them just as much as we do. If you do this, get plants NOW so they can set roots and go dormant in winter and be nice and productive in the spring.

At most grocery stores, you can find a brand called Driscoll's strawberries. These come in a plastic container with a closable lid, as opposed to an open basket. These are the biggest, sweetest strawberries I have ever had and never got a bad batch.

And yes, the color indicates ripeness. Look for berries that are darker red, and not pale or even greenish still. Strawberries do not continue to ripen once they're picked. So, you can't pick them green and expect them to turn red. Also, look for rotten berries and do not get a package with rotten berries in it. When one berry starts to rot, it gives off a gas called ethylene, which accelerates rotting in the other berries.

Those huge gloriously red strawberries just suck, sorry. They are grown for size and color not flavor. They are picked so far in advance somewhere, maybe Ethiopia, and put on a boat to get here, they turn red but were picked well before ripe so they will survive the trip; they really just taste like a ball of berry pulp.

I know exactly what you mean. Store bought strawberries just don't taste good (at least not to me). I love strawberries so im dissapointed every time i buy some, which is often. What i finally did was i planted my own strawberries and they are absolutely delicious. I never buy strawberries anymore.