View Full Version : Who put the nutella in the fridge seriously....
Suicidal Steve
29-01-10, 09:57
I have just witness something absurd. Someone has only gone and placed Nutella spread in the fridge. I mean Hello? This is Chocolate here!
Now to business. We all seem to put some kind of spread in the fridge for future consumption but certain people just place it in the cupboard. For example: Tomato Ketchup.
Such an innocent yet popular sauce people just simply flood their egg and chips with it. People either put it in the fridge or leave it in the cupboard.
So my main question is: What products do you refridgerate and what products do you keep in the cupboards
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Firstly, I hate ketchup.
However, it really depends what's in it. Ketchup contains enough vinegar to be kept at room temperature. To be honest, I believe mayonnaise does too, so despite the high dairy content, that should be fine too. Marmite is fine, preserves like jam contain pectin so they're fine too.
I tend to keep most creamy salad dressings in the fridge. Ceasar sauce and 1000 island don't last very long anyway, and as a plus, they taste better cold.
Chutneys are preserves and can be left out too.
Eggs in England can be left out of the fridge, but in America, law requires them to be washed, which actually removes a natural coating that protects them from bacteria, meaning they have have to be stored in the Fridge.
TBH, more space in my fridge is taken up by spices, which lose flavour more in direct sunlight and room temperature over time.
I don't even keep salted butter in the fridge.
charmed699
29-01-10, 10:17
When you mean products would that classify to just about anything down to vegetables? Would the question be referring to condiments such as mustard, jam, mayonnaise, etc? :p
Suicidal Steve
29-01-10, 10:20
Ah yes, just the stuff you put in your larder ^_^
Oh, it's a good tip to keep onions in the fridge. The gas produced that makes you cry (I think it's sulphur dioxide) is produced when the cell walls of the onion are crushed, but if the onion is cold, it will produce less.
If you have a super-sharp knife it will slice rather than crush too, so you're alright then. A good indication of knife sharpness perhaps.
I believe mayonnaise does too, so despite the high dairy content, that should be fine too.
There's no dairy in mayo, eggs are animal byproducts :p
The gas produced that makes you cry (I think it's sulphur dioxide) is produced when the cell walls of the onion are crushed, but if the onion is cold, it will produce less.
I've got goggles now, no more mascara and eyeliner dripping everywhere :D
Suicidal Steve
29-01-10, 10:37
Am I strange that I put my sweets in the fridge? All kinds really like Jelly Babies, boiled sweets etc
There's no dairy in mayo, eggs are animal byproducts :p
I've got goggles now, no more mascara and eyeliner dripping everywhere :D
I used my snowboard goggles back in the day too!
And you're right about the eggs, I always thought eggs were dairy but it was pointed out on the TV or Radio a couple of weeks ago that they weren't.. guess it's supermarket placement?
If you ever find yourself in the market for a knew knife Ten, give me a shout; when researching for my kitchen I learned more than any one person needs to know about knives.
Steve; chocolate is good in the fridge; try slicing a cold mars bar into individual chocolates; not only are they less cloying, but they go much further too :)
Suicidal Steve
29-01-10, 10:47
Ooh good tip about the mars bar....What knife would you recommend to cut it? XD
charmed699
29-01-10, 10:54
It is hard to go into much details since I don't really think much about it. Well I always put the mayonnaise in the fridge... :D
Doesn't make sense for eggs to be dairy as it is not a byproduct of milk right?Lately I have taken to buying these Tofu bars from sainsburys and make my own Wagamama's sti fried vegetable heaven rice delight at home!And I do put my tofu in the fridge... :p
I keep pretty much all sauces in the fridge and leave it out at room temperature for a while before using them. Chocolate will also go in the fridge in the summer on really hot days :cool:
My dream is to have a big fridge freezer with an ice dispenser and a fully stocked array of sodas in my fridge. Although soda is bad for you...
I've added to my resolutions with 'sit straighter', 'buy more orange juice' and the original 'be luckier'.
I got no fridge! (but nutella in the fridge is like ... :pit: noooooo... definately noooooooo, preparing to pave the road.)
draconacticus
29-01-10, 12:04
Put your shoes in the fridge, slip them on on a hot day and it's all "oooooooooooooooo" :)
Put your shoes in the fridge, slip them on on a hot day and it's all "oooooooooooooooo" :)
Yeah, and even your cheese will smell worse.
I like to make a nice jug of iced lemonade on a hot day.
Carbonox_Ratchet
29-01-10, 12:18
Peanut butter does NOT go in the fridge. If you do, and then try to spread it on bread, the bread will literally tear apart due to the solidity of the peanut butter. One of the most annoying things in the world.
draconacticus
29-01-10, 12:24
Yeah, and even your cheese will smell worse.
I like to make a nice jug of iced lemonade on a hot day.
Large freezer bags ftw. Cool feet and non foot-related cheese odour. What more could a man ask for?
Special Recipie from my Gramps (simplified):
Take Goutweed-Bloom (http://www.hasensprung.ch/osshop/catalog/images/holunder.jpg), lay it into water, put in sugar and lemon, seal the vessel from air, wait til the liquid is yellowish - filter away all the nasty particles from it - bottling it - taste it (or sooner) ... and be happy! Thats a drink for the fridge!
Ryu Kazama
29-01-10, 13:35
Ketchup stays in a cupboard. Hate cold ketchup. Actually, ketchup barelys stays in a cupboard just because I use it for nearly everything....standard fries, egg, Asian food etc etc. Heck, I get sad if I go to a dinner at someone's house and there's no ketchup. In that case I try to avoid eating things I would usually have with ketchup. All other sauces I don't care for so I don't really care where they go either. All I need is ketchup. Mmm!
Put your shoes in the fridge, slip them on on a hot day and it's all "oooooooooooooooo" :)
Nooo! Minty feet cooling spray in the fridge, spray minty cold cooling mintiness on feet whenever you fancy it :p
"The refridgerator, a place full of misunderstandings" it means actually ref(erence)ridg(get rid of things - a.k.a. ridgetting) (mod)erator - sotosay, a weird collection of words that make no sense, ... well, in some cases weird things grow in fridges... :chin:yeah, yeah, better keep the ketchup out.
draconacticus
29-01-10, 14:21
Nooo! Minty feet cooling spray in the fridge, spray minty cold cooling mintiness on feet whenever you fancy it :p
i c wut u did thar.
But trainers have a larger thermal mass, thus cold trainers will keep your tootsies cooler for longer.
Also, I'm pretty sure there is chewing gum stuck to the bottom of my trainers, they are probably slightly minty.
i c wut u did thar.
But trainers have a larger thermal mass, thus cold trainers will keep your tootsies cooler for longer.
Also, I'm pretty sure there is chewing gum stuck to the bottom of my trainers, they are probably slightly minty.
It's the opposite of putting your socks on the radiator.
wouldn't mint-weaved fridged socks do too?
deadmensboots
29-01-10, 14:42
Refrigerating sauces/spreads(except butter, margarine and mayonnaise) is something I shall not abide. Were such things being used upon cold food then I could understand it. But why cook something only for it to go cold preemptively as a result of using cold sauce?
Speaking of nutella, you have to mine under and leave some unbroken flat surface on the top. Any other way, and you're doing it wrong.
draconacticus
29-01-10, 15:19
Speaking of nutella, you have to mine under and leave some unbroken flat surface on the top. Any other way, and you're doing it wrong.
I concur. Chocolate spread should always have "a bit of flat" until the very last go or it ruins the whole experience. I believe it was William Shakespeare who first pioneered this technique and he very much favoured a conicle excavation underneath the surface of the Nutella.