Home food practices

[Texzilla588 769]

I have a perfect daughter in law except for a few minor things. We have a continuing disagreement over storage of condiments. She refrigerates all of them. Including fast food packets.

 

So in our house this be what we have in the fridge:

 

Mayo and all salad dressings

Seafood cocktail sauce

Hoisin sauce

Oyster sauce

Coconut aminos

 

Not in fridge:

Ketchup

Mustard

Worchestershire

Hot sauce

Barbecue sauce

Soy sauce

Maple syrup

 

DiL has all of it in the fridge.

[BurntOrange&White 39690]

 

8 minutes ago, Texzilla588 said:

Mayo and all salad dressings

Seafood cocktail sauce

Hoisin sauce

Oyster sauce

Coconut aminos

 

Not in fridge:

Ketchup - Fridge

Mustard - fridge

Worcestershire- not

Hot sauce - depends on style, Louisiana no…. Others maybe fridge

Barbecue sauce - fridge

Soy sauce - not

Maple syrup - fridge

 

 

Also pic of daughter in law

Edited August 4 by BurntOrange&White

[miguelito 11220]

Nothing wrong with any of that, except the syrup might be more viscous out of the fridge.

[jimmyjazz 45568]

We keep most of that in the refrigerator.  Hot sauce (especially with high vinegar content) is pretty much infinitely stable at room temp.  I'm sure some of the things we refrigerate would be fine, but there's a difference between ketchup on the table at Mel's Diner, which will get used up in a day, and at the house, where it won't get used up for a couple of weeks.

[Woland 729]

I like your list except the BBQ sauce should stay in the fridge unless you want to analyze each bottle.

[Gil Bang 25901]

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1 hour ago, Texzilla588 said:

 

I have a perfect daughter in law except for a few minor things. We have a continuing disagreement over storage of condiments. She refrigerates all of them. Including fast food packets.

 

So in our house this be what we have in the fridge:

 

Mayo and all salad dressings

Seafood cocktail sauce

Hoisin sauce

Oyster sauce

Coconut aminos

 

Not in fridge:

Ketchup

Mustard

Worchestershire

Hot sauce

Barbecue sauce

Soy sauce

Maple syrup

 

DiL has all of it in the fridge.

 

You're a fucking savage, and I expect you to shit your pants on the regular.

We have a bottle of Heinz ketchup around, and it says "refrigerate after opening"

We also keep mustard.  The cheap grocery-yellow stuff, and "Bijan" brand.  Both say to refrigerate after opening.  

As to BBQ sauce, I have a bottle of Stubbs Original.  It also says to refrigerate after opening, but in a different manner..."stick in the fridge" or some such.

Soy sauce also says "refrigerate after opening".

Hot sauce?    I've got a bottle of Trader Joe's Sriracha, which says "refrigerate after opening" as well as their green sauce which says the same. 

Maple Syrup?  We've got a jug of "Kirkland" from Costco, which says "REFRIGERATE AFTER OPENING YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE MORON".

 

Your DIL is infinitely smarter than you.  You're lucky your son found a woman that's not an idiot, because your son was raised by fucking raccoons.

 

 

[Gil Bang 25901]

BTW: "mayo and all salad dressings"   

Vinegarette is probably the safest thing to leave out.

[Player 4575]

It’s not your fridge, and they’re not your condiments. Why do you care?

[52-80 19101]

If its fridged at the store its fridged at home. Unless if its opened. 
 

Highly acidic stuff shouldnt need it. 

[Incredulity 11563]

5 hours ago, 52-80 said:

If its fridged at the store its fridged at home. Unless if its opened. 
 

Highly acidic stuff shouldnt need it. 

Do I need to refrigerate partially consumed can of tuna?/JSimp

Edited August 4 by Incredulity

[Underdog 28458]

Zilla’d your own thread… impressive. 

[Jerry Callo 8667]

I refrigerate all but maple syrup - that stuff comes from an unrefrigerated tree.

[Texzilla588 769]

It’s not your fridge, and they’re not your condiments. Why do you care?

I don’t care at their house. She cares at my house.

[Texzilla588 769]

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You're a fucking savage, and I expect you to shit your pants on the regular.
We have a bottle of Heinz ketchup around, and it says "refrigerate after opening"
We also keep mustard.  The cheap grocery-yellow stuff, and "Bijan" brand.  Both say to refrigerate after opening.  
As to BBQ sauce, I have a bottle of Stubbs Original.  It also says to refrigerate after opening, but in a different manner..."stick in the fridge" or some such.
Soy sauce also says "refrigerate after opening".
Hot sauce?    I've got a bottle of Trader Joe's Sriracha, which says "refrigerate after opening" as well as their green sauce which says the same. 
Maple Syrup?  We've got a jug of "Kirkland" from Costco, which says "REFRIGERATE AFTER OPENING YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE MORON".
 
Your DIL is infinitely smarter than you.  You're lucky your son found a woman that's not an idiot, because your son was raised by fucking raccoons.
 
 

Fucking everything says refrigerate after opening because lawyers not food scientists run big food conglomerates.

Your food also has sell by and best by dates which have nothing to do with actual food spoilage; they are marketing cues to get you to throw it out and buy more. Enjoy your ice cold worchestershire sauce dipshit.

[Jerry Callo 8667]

If you put worchestershire in ice cube trays and freeze it, it will last longer. 

[Jerry Callo 8667]

I have a butter dish that I leave on the counter. 

[Underdog 28458]

22 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:

I have a butter dish that I leave on the counter. 

You Rebel. 

[Underdog 28458]

31 minutes ago, Texzilla588 said:

Fucking everything says refrigerate after opening because lawyers not food scientists run big food conglomerates.

Are you out of this?  
 

 

Edited August 4 by Underdog

[Tylerocks 2551]

Minus the syrup, I keep all that stuff in the fridge after opening.

[TornACL 7682]

11 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

Your DIL is infinitely smarter than you.  You're lucky your son found a woman that's not an idiot, because your son was raised by fucking raccoons.

This is the kind of poetry that keeps me coming back to Surly.

[Celery Man 20888]

I don’t know what coconut aminos are but I need them in my fridge

[ChickenSandwich 9798]

11 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

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You're a fucking savage, and I expect you to shit your pants on the regular.

We have a bottle of Heinz ketchup around, and it says "refrigerate after opening"

We also keep mustard.  The cheap grocery-yellow stuff, and "Bijan" brand.  Both say to refrigerate after opening.  

As to BBQ sauce, I have a bottle of Stubbs Original.  It also says to refrigerate after opening, but in a different manner..."stick in the fridge" or some such.

Soy sauce also says "refrigerate after opening".

Hot sauce?    I've got a bottle of Trader Joe's Sriracha, which says "refrigerate after opening" as well as their green sauce which says the same. 

Maple Syrup?  We've got a jug of "Kirkland" from Costco, which says "REFRIGERATE AFTER OPENING YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE MORON".

 

Your DIL is infinitely smarter than you.  You're lucky your son found a woman that's not an idiot, because your son was raised by fucking raccoons.

 

 

[Gil Bang 25901]

3 hours ago, Jerry Callo said:

I refrigerate all but maple syrup - that stuff comes from an unrefrigerated tree.

so you like moldy syrup on your pancakes.  got it.

 

 

 

Put it in the fucking fridge.  

[mooseoutfront 3642]

Having not owned a refrigerator for 14 years, the only thing we keep in the cooler is mayo. The rest of it is shelf stable imo. 
 

We cook 99% of our meals though, so we probably go through stuff faster than most people. 

[Sbbruin 21744]

If it says “refrigerate after opening” then that’s where it goes.

[Texzilla588 769]

Put your bananas and tomatoes in there while you’re at it.

[Texzilla588 769]

Minus the syrup, I keep all that stuff in the fridge after opening.

That’s he point of the thread is just seeing what different folks do. I really don’t care. Just curious.

It’s like folks whining about well done steaks and ketchup on hot dogs. I ain’t eating it so I could give a shit.

[jimmyjazz 45568]

12 minutes ago, Texzilla588 said:

I really don’t care.

I ain’t eating it so I could give a shit.

Hmmm . . .

[956 Worldwide 34469]

15 hours ago, Texzilla588 said:

 

I have a perfect daughter in law except for a few minor things. We have a continuing disagreement over storage of condiments. She refrigerates all of them. Including fast food packets.

 

So in our house this be what we have in the fridge:

 

Mayo and all salad dressings

Seafood cocktail sauce

Hoisin sauce

Oyster sauce

Coconut aminos

 

Not in fridge:

Ketchup

Mustard

Worchestershire

Hot sauce

Barbecue sauce

Soy sauce

Maple syrup

 

DiL has all of it in the fridge.

 

I put all of that save the maple in the fridge. I also keep a stick of butter under a covered butter plate so there’s some soft when I want it. We make pancakes pretty often and we get the real stuff in smaller jars,  I’ve never had mold on the maple syrup jar or syrup. 
 

I have space and it’s not going to hurt that stuff. 

[ChickenSandwich 9798]

Room temperature ketchup is far superior to cold ketchup. Kills the flavor. Don’t bother with the whataburger ketchup if serving cold. 

[956 Worldwide 34469]

1 minute ago, ChickenSandwich said:

Room temperature ketchup is far superior to cold ketchup. Kills the flavor. Don’t bother with the whataburger ketchup if serving cold. 

That’s true but also ketchup is by far my least used condiment. I rarely make fries and I trained my kids not to eat it on grilled burgers.  So it’s mostly for if company comes over for burgers or the rare occasion we fry up some potatoes.  Leaving it on a table in a diner is different than trying to store it and hope for the best right up to the expiry date.  I can’t remember the last time we used a full bottle. 

[Sbbruin 21744]

1 hour ago, Texzilla588 said:

Put your bananas and tomatoes in there while you’re at it.

Interesting trick.  If you have your bananas at just the right ripeness, put them in the fridge and they will stay that way for a couple of weeks.  The skin will brown but the banana will stay right where you want it.

[billfromlaketravis 11364]

What a weird thread. This is probably a generational question, but do y'all freeze your meat as soon as you buy it? My FIL lives on a ranch/farm near Midland and freezes everything except for milk, eggs, fruits and vegetables. 
 

My folks do the same. I usually stick meat in the fridge so I have to cook it within a few days. Otherwise, I’d be eating take out for lunch and dinner with a freezer full of meat. 
 

 

[jimmyjazz 45568]

I don't freeze meat unless it's been in my refrigerator for at least 3 days.  Why rush it?

[Underdog 28458]

Love cold tomato slices if just eating them alone, room temp for sandwiches. 

[Deej 76582]

3 hours ago, mooseoutfront said:

Having not owned a refrigerator for 14 years, the only thing we keep in the cooler is mayo. The rest of it is shelf stable imo. 
 

We cook 99% of our meals though, so we probably go through stuff faster than most people. 

 

1 hour ago, Sbbruin said:

Interesting trick.  If you have your bananas at just the right ripeness, put them in the fridge and they will stay that way for a couple of weeks.  The skin will brown but the banana will stay right where you want it.

I'm not falling for the ol' banana in the fridge trick.

[Gil Bang 25901]

4 hours ago, mooseoutfront said:

Having not owned a refrigerator for 14 years, the only thing we keep in the cooler is mayo. The rest of it is shelf stable imo. 
 

We cook 99% of our meals though, so we probably go through stuff faster than most people. 

And, what is the average temperature in your home? 

[Wiler77 1558]

19 hours ago, Texzilla588 said:

 

I have a perfect daughter in law except for a few minor things. We have a continuing disagreement over storage of condiments. She refrigerates all of them. Including fast food packets.

 

So in our house this be what we have in the fridge:

 

Mayo and all salad dressings

Seafood cocktail sauce

Hoisin sauce

Oyster sauce

Coconut aminos

 

Not in fridge:

Ketchup

Mustard

Worchestershire

Hot sauce

Barbecue sauce

Soy sauce

Maple syrup

 

DiL has all of it in the fridge.

 

What an odd thread. Most of the stuff you are bitching about lives in our fridge, too, but mainly because it takes us months to go through a bottle.  Exception is soy and Worchestershire, but those are typically marinades anyway. Also hot sauce, but there is so much vinegar and little sugar and they don't really go bad.

[Deej 76582]

2 hours ago, Wiler77 said:

What an odd thread. Most of the stuff you are bitching about lives in our fridge, too, but mainly because it takes us months to go through a bottle.  Exception is soy and Worchestershire, but those are typically marinades anyway. Also hot sauce, but there is so much vinegar and little sugar and they don't really go bad.

He's trying to say he dislikes his daughter-in-law without saying he dislikes his daughter-in-law. 

[mycox 582]

If it's safe enough for restaurants and diners to keep these items out in the open, then it safe enough for me to keep them in my pantry.

[mooseoutfront 3642]

4 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

And, what is the average temperature in your home? 

High 60’s to low 70’s 

[Gil Bang 25901]

year round?  If so, your place is warmer than mine in the winter.

[Gil Bang 25901]

4 minutes ago, mycox said:

If it's safe enough for restaurants and diners to keep these items out in the open, then it safe enough for me to keep them in my pantry.

do you think you use ketchup at the same rate as a burger joint?  Do you use hot sauce at the same rate as a Mexican joint?  How many customers per day eat at your table?  Is your syrup consumed at the same rate as IHOP?

[jimmyjazz 45568]

Vinegar has infinite shelf life.  It can get cloudy.  I'd say vinegar-heavy hot sauces, especially with big chile pepper content, they're pretty safe.

On a separate note, I think honey can't go bad on the shelf.  I think it's the most stable food product out there.

[956 Worldwide 34469]

Sealed honey will not go bad unless it’s contaminated with something.  They’ve found honey in archaeological sites that’s perfectly edible. 

[956 Worldwide 34469]

6 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

What a weird thread. This is probably a generational question, but do y'all freeze your meat as soon as you buy it? My FIL lives on a ranch/farm near Midland and freezes everything except for milk, eggs, fruits and vegetables. 
 

My folks do the same. I usually stick meat in the fridge so I have to cook it within a few days. Otherwise, I’d be eating take out for lunch and dinner with a freezer full of meat. 
 

 

I keep it in the fridge and freeze it if it’s close to expiry and I don’t have a plan to cook it. 

[burntorangebongos 10681]

Bee vomit just isn't my thing but that is a cool fact about honey, that it can stay edible indefinitely.

[mooseoutfront 3642]

1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

year round?  If so, your place is warmer than mine in the winter.

Pretty much.  Log walls are the shit  A pain in the ass to build with, but they keep you cool in the summer and warm in the winter 

[Gil Bang 25901]

54 minutes ago, burntorangebongos said:

Bee vomit just isn't my thing but that is a cool fact about honey, that it can stay edible indefinitely.

Fucking bees.  I understand their importance to the environment, and if I see one in my pool I fish them out immediately.  I've saved hundreds of them.   The other day I get out of the shower..it's hot here so the window is open, and it's a casement window with no screen. But, we have no real bug problem so WGAF?  .I  grab the towel off the hook, and there's a bee in the towel. Cocksucker stung me, on the finger.  Could have been worse. 

Edited August 5 by Gil Bang

[Gil Bang 25901]

how come your shitter isn't log walls?  And that's a serious question from an ignorant guy from San Diego.