Title: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Grand Design on November 16, 2008, 04:00:30 PM (http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/4214/picture005yw4.jpg)
Fridge Porn is great. (http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/4967/picture002eb9.jpg) You are what you eat. Who the Hell are you? Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: climbjtree on November 16, 2008, 04:11:13 PM Natty Light, huh?
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Grand Design on November 16, 2008, 04:19:19 PM The Nat is a buffer between the stronger brews in football season. I think there's a single Bass left which will now be imbibed.
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Signe on November 16, 2008, 05:08:39 PM Triscuits in the fridge? Do you have bugs or something? Or do you just like cold crackers?
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Grand Design on November 16, 2008, 05:49:27 PM Ideally, you want the cheese and crackers to be the same temperature. That is dill Havarti and garlic Triscuits - yum. And, yes, I live in a sub-tropical area where insects are both a daily battle and a culinary delicacy.
I expected more fridge porn and less scrutiny of my diet, but thems the breaks, I s'pose. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: rattran on November 16, 2008, 06:31:23 PM No pictures, but I currently have Danish blue cheese, soy sauce, chili garlic rooster sauce, blackberries, 3 tortillas, a pot of mustard, half a pound of peccorino romano, and a pint of half and half. And 3 (now 2) Duck-Rabbit brewery Brown Ales.
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Grand Design on November 16, 2008, 06:42:07 PM That sounds like a mean sandwich.
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: MuffinMan on November 16, 2008, 06:48:59 PM (http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/1629/picture002sb5.jpg)
Bedroom fridge :awesome_for_real: Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Signe on November 16, 2008, 08:26:31 PM A lush with heartburn!
Grand Design has tidiest fridge I've ever seen. Sorry about your bugs! You need to pick up orange juice, by the way. I have about a half pound of left over chuck roast. Lots of apples. Gueyere, Cheddar, Locatelli, Romano, Finlandia Swiss and sharp Provolone cheeses. Some Genoa salami. A pound of pork tenderloin for tomorrow's dinner. Seltzer. Swiss Chard, broccoli rabe, spinach, various sorts of peppers, green beans. The usual milk, eggs, butter, sour cream, various herbs, etc. Righ's Victory Festbier and ginger beer. Freezer has pork chops & ribs, chicken titties, frozen Korma & curry, frozen fried clams, lemon water ice, frozen bread dough, and some cloth cat toys that I dip in water and freeze for kitty play time. Oh, and an eye mask to soothe my achy breaky eyes. And that's my fridge. The End. (http://www.sheknows.com/graphics/emoticons/fridge.gif) Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Bunk on November 16, 2008, 09:22:34 PM This looks fun...
Sorry if it's a huge pic. (http://www.bunkphotos.com/pictures/_MG_8892.JPG) A few notes - two of the cartons of milk and two of the bottles of whipped cream are old and need to be chucked. Also, I am almost out of maple syrup. Why the hell do I have so much whipped cream? Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Viin on November 16, 2008, 09:24:56 PM What's up with the liters instead of cans?
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: schild on November 16, 2008, 09:30:51 PM Leftovers? Fuck a leftover. Pic coming later. Caution: One of the roommates has a "sauce" problem.
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Bunk on November 16, 2008, 09:35:53 PM What's up with the liters instead of cans? Most of the Coke is left by friends visiting. They are somewhat poor my friends, and Coke is much cheaper in two litres than in cans. Also, cans usually end up in the crisper, cause there sure as hell aren't any veggies in there. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: FatuousTwat on November 17, 2008, 03:50:28 AM I have so much shit in there, I'm sure I can't name it all. Milk, juice(cranberry, limeade), condiments, lunchmeat, cheese, salad dressing, some leftover Suddenly Salad, a leftover cheeseburger patty, jam, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, pomegranate tea, tomato, pepper, onion, lettuce, iced tea. Freezer has hamburger, chicken breasts, shrimp, fish, canned juice (pinapple starfruit Hawaiians Own), some frozen pizzas, tortellini, ravioli. I think that is it.
The second fridge in the garage contains my collection of soda (I think I have 10 different 12-packs... Pepsi, Cherry Pepsi, 7-UP, Orange Mt. Dew, Mt. Dew, Squirt, Ginger Ale, Root Beer, Cream Soda, Orange Soda). I'd like to mention that I am glad I'm not seeing any peanut butter in anyone's fridge, I know some people who do that and it bothers me. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Signe on November 17, 2008, 04:11:47 AM Bunk, do you have any actual food in your fridge?
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Grand Design on November 17, 2008, 04:39:07 AM I see Golden Dragon Oyster Sauce. That must count as food and not beverage. It can't be a condiment because it would fuck up anything you put it on.
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: K9 on November 17, 2008, 05:36:09 AM That can-dispening rack thing is pretty cool, never seen one of those before.
I'll post a pic when I get home. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: schild on November 17, 2008, 05:41:57 AM I'd like to mention that I am glad I'm not seeing any peanut butter in anyone's fridge, I know some people who do that and it bothers me. I get all sorts of bothered when people put fucking hot sauce in the fridge. Peanut butter I can "get" if they really just want it cold. Cold creamy peanut butter makes for a great sandwich, but like, people who think it needs to be in the fridge to stay "fresh" or something can join the "hot sauce goes in the fridge" people on the first bus to the camps. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Grand Design on November 17, 2008, 05:50:56 AM I'll have to take a pic of my various hot sauces later. And they are left on the counter to age. An old bottle of hot sauce is a nice find - you know it will be extra thick and spicy.
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Bunk on November 17, 2008, 05:54:14 AM Bunk, do you have any actual food in your fridge? Hmm, um, there's a container of dolmades, a chorizo sausage that may be bad by now, and eggs count as food. Generally, most of my meat is in the freezer, because I don't eat it fast enough to keep in the fridge. I keep vegies like onions and peppers, but anything that would be a main course veggie uses gets used the day its bought. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: schild on November 17, 2008, 06:03:50 AM I'll have to take a pic of my various hot sauces later. And they are left on the counter to age. An old bottle of hot sauce is a nice find - you know it will be extra thick and spicy. Hot sauce doesn't last long around me. I sort of over use them. No one makes food spicy enough anymore. Speaking of, I need to find me a Burmese restaurant in Austin. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: trias_e on November 17, 2008, 06:25:39 AM Can we hijack this thread and turn it into a hot sauce thread? I need recommendations. I like hot to insanely hot.
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Signe on November 17, 2008, 06:38:12 AM Bunk, do you have any actual food in your fridge? Hmm, um, there's a container of dolmades, a chorizo sausage that may be bad by now, and eggs count as food. Generally, most of my meat is in the freezer, because I don't eat it fast enough to keep in the fridge. I keep vegies like onions and peppers, but anything that would be a main course veggie uses gets used the day its bought. Oh good. I was worried. I forgot I had a container of lamb stew I made last week in the freezer. I was thinking maybe I'd mail it to you. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Sky on November 17, 2008, 06:44:16 AM Bunk, do you have any actual food in your fridge? Keeping food in the fridge is so odd. It's fresh in the supermarket's fridge, they pay to keep it fresh, if it gets nasty, they throw it out!The fiancee keeps some yogurt and cheese in mine, but there's only beer, water, soda and a few sauces and condiments otherwise. She's also got some frozen microwave food, but I only keep cold packs and frozen veggies in the freeze (edit: oh yeah, and a deer tenderloin the neighbor gave me). Definitely no freezer pics, she cleaned it out just after I moved in and I promptly put some sodas in there to chill and they exploded all over her nice cleaning job... I got into the habit of shopping fresh a long time ago, but it drives my fiancee crazy. I stop at the store on the way home pretty much every day, no idea what I'm going to make until I get there and see what looks good. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Cyrrex on November 17, 2008, 06:47:54 AM I'd like to mention that I am glad I'm not seeing any peanut butter in anyone's fridge, I know some people who do that and it bothers me. I get all sorts of bothered when people put fucking hot sauce in the fridge. Peanut butter I can "get" if they really just want it cold. Cold creamy peanut butter makes for a great sandwich, but like, people who think it needs to be in the fridge to stay "fresh" or something can join the "hot sauce goes in the fridge" people on the first bus to the camps. I suppose I need a ticket for that bus...it's not that I wouldn't want to keep sauce at room temperature (tastes better, to be sure), but rather that I'd have a fear of keeping any tomato-based product out of the fridge. It really doesn't spoil, or are you simply eating it so fucking fast that it doesn't have time to do so? What about salsas and other sauces that have other veggie bits in them? No way I'd store them out of the fridge once opened. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Nebu on November 17, 2008, 06:57:18 AM All I can say is ... you guys own some cheap ass refrigerators.
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: apocrypha on November 17, 2008, 09:10:53 AM Can we hijack this thread and turn it into a hot sauce thread? I need recommendations. I like hot to insanely hot. Have you tried Dave's Insanity Sauce? I've also become partial to Chinese chilli bean paste, can get some great ones in my local Asian supermarkets.All I can say is ... you guys own some cheap ass refrigerators. But aren't they all nice and clean? Was gonna take a pic of ours but I'm ashamed of how grimy it is :uhrr:Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: trias_e on November 17, 2008, 09:14:17 AM Quote Have you tried Dave's Insanity Sauce? I've also become partial to Chinese chilli bean paste, can get some great ones in my local Asian supermarkets. Dave's insanity sauce is great stuff. Definitely my favorite of the uber-hot variety that I've tried. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: voodoolily on November 17, 2008, 09:17:49 AM Bunk has canned unicorn! :ye_gods:
This is an old meme that swept the food blogger community awhile back. (http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/erinalexa00/Anne%20Taintor/37081.jpg) Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Johny Cee on November 17, 2008, 09:32:09 AM Right now, I have a 2 gallon jug of homebrew mead in my fridge from a buddy waaaay into a homebrewing kick. Actually pretty tasty, but the stuff was 12% alcohol the last time the guy tested it so I'm rationing to half a glass a night if I have any.
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Grand Design on November 17, 2008, 10:08:29 AM Hot sauce doesn't last long around me. I sort of over use them. No one makes food spicy enough anymore. I rarely ever use salt on food, since hot sauce provides salinity and spice. I like to keep a variety and mix things up, but regular Tabasco is the finest sauce made. For wings and marinating, its Crystal - cheap, abundant and almost spicy enough. Yesterday, I tried Louisiana Wing Sauce to make some quick wings (no marinating, no grilling - right into the oven,) and they were surprisingly good and damned spicy. Can we hijack this thread and turn it into a hot sauce thread? I need recommendations. I like hot to insanely hot. No. I expect more fridge porn, you bastards. I posted this a while back, but this unholy concoction (http://elyucatecohotsauce.net/) was responsible for several days of intestinal distress. The fourth sauce on that page was the guilty party. To give you an idea - regular Tabasco, which is quite spicy, ranges from 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units. That devil sauce is 8,910. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: schild on November 17, 2008, 10:10:05 AM If you think Louisiana Wing Sauce is spicy, you and I are in different leagues of spicy :| It's terribly mild. I do agree with the spirit of the post though. We should make a hot sauce thread though. ^_^
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Grand Design on November 17, 2008, 10:12:32 AM Well, I also threw paprika, cayenne, chili and black pepper on them. They turned out much spicier than I thought they would, given the lack of marinating, but by no means ungodly hot.
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: schild on November 17, 2008, 10:24:11 AM You can get hot sauces now that are made with the ghost chili. They're...horrible. Habanero based hot sauces are kinda my baseline. I adore tabasco on just about everything, but I prefer things hotter. The two I have in my cupboard right now are probably 8-10k scovilles but if I had constant access to things a little hotter (11-13k) I'd probably put it on shit fairly often.
I have access to this line at a restaurant near me (http://firegirl.com/hs1109.html) and it's not especially hot but the habanero is nice and they manage to be on the sweeter side of spicy. The fruit based Dave's stuff is hotter than most sweet ones, but they're pretty great. My favorite "mild" hot sauce is Bee Sting. Well, it's my favorite to put on top of something hotter. It has a fantastic honey flavor with a bit of bite. There's so many good hot sauces it's hard to keep track. Also, there's some really terrible one. The hot sauce industry has seen some folks trying some weird shit lately. I need to get into the city more during the day on weekdays to get myself more stuff from Tears of Joy (store on 6th street that's just hot sauces). El Yucateco just tastes like chemicals to me :( Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: voodoolily on November 17, 2008, 11:58:51 AM I think Yucateco is sweet-hot, great for dipping pickled chiles into.
Secret Aardvark is my new fave. (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K4-6QLdjGDY/R-fc1k1wkKI/AAAAAAAAAIo/RyIRATqDElA/s1600/aardvark.jpg) Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Sky on November 17, 2008, 12:33:13 PM I buy local stuff. Dinosaur BBQ's line is kick-ass. I usually go for their Wango Tango, which is a hot bbq sauce. Their rub is also :heart: , even though I usually mix my own rubs these days. I also use Hoffman's german mustard, and slightly less local Nathan's mustard. I've also got a jar of horseradish that is just not supplying the proper kick, I was making roast beef sandwiches last week and even with about 1 1/2tb horseradish, no nose at all. I was bummed, I like a german mustard + a real sharp horseradish.
This really should be the sauce thread, seperated from the fridge porn thread, even if the fridge porn is kinda lacking :) Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Signe on November 17, 2008, 01:31:02 PM Shopping every day here would kill me. I hate shopping of any sort. A LOT. I use my freezer and wish it had more space. When I live in Britain, I don't mind so much. I'll shop in outdoor markets, go to the butcher, etc. But not every day. I'd die inside a week.
Also - Lingham's (http://www.lingham.com/products_us.htm) chili sauce - any variety. It's incredible. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: IainC on November 17, 2008, 02:23:49 PM My fridge is kind of bare at the moment. I need to go shopping, we're down to emergency rations. Mostly it's full of cheese and the 5 gajillion different kinds of sauce my wife likes to drench everything with.
(http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/5089/p1000922kn9.th.jpg) (http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000922kn9.jpg)(http://img517.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif) (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php) Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: rattran on November 17, 2008, 03:12:42 PM Just out of curiosity, does anyone else have a fridge without an attached freezer?
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: JWIV on November 17, 2008, 03:24:34 PM Beer Fridge (I need to defrost it, but I keep putting it off)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3045/3039637550_74b42cc655.jpg) Real Fridge (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/3039639918_54000c5fa9.jpg) Bonus Hot Sauce and other hot stuff! The unlabeled little container is homemade horseradish that has a badass kick and is sold at the local farmer's market. (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3166/3038808799_cc5d50bed5.jpg) Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Murgos on November 17, 2008, 04:01:40 PM (http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/5377/2578largebv4.jpg)
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Jain Zar on November 17, 2008, 04:03:12 PM Its not showing a couple condiments and some frozen peas, but this is my fridge, the fridge of a dieting guy who lives alone:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3242/3038889773_4099f2403a_b.jpg) Not too special. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Murgos on November 17, 2008, 04:04:44 PM French fries, bread and frozen dinners? :ye_gods:
How's that working? Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Cyrrex on November 17, 2008, 04:10:05 PM And does your gum really need to be cold? Really?
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Viin on November 17, 2008, 04:33:35 PM Dang, some packed and not-so-packaged fridges.
I was trying to take a pic of my fridge with my iPhone, but it way too dark - then I had the bright (haha?) idea of replacing the lightbulb that had been burnt out for several years. Wholly crap, I can actually see what some of this stuff is now! (http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/42220/fridge.jpg) Stupid milk carton started leaking after I got home so I had to put milk into Tupperware containers. You can see our last bottle of vanilla mead chillin' in the back. Just out of curiosity, does anyone else have a fridge without an attached freezer? I've very very rarely seen fridges without freezers. Most of the ones I've seen are industrial fridges meant for restaurant kitchens. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Grand Design on November 17, 2008, 04:48:09 PM Beer Fridge (I need to defrost it, but I keep putting it off) As a lush, I am thoroughly impressed. I would reach new lows in catassing if I bought one of those. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: rattran on November 17, 2008, 04:52:30 PM I've very very rarely seen fridges without freezers. Most of the ones I've seen are industrial fridges meant for restaurant kitchens. I have one, and would never go back. It has plenty of room, is energy efficient, and having a full size freezer lets us do things like keep and entire deer (in little flash frozen packages) 20 pounds of various fish and still have room for pizza and Jaegermeister. The beer fridge is only a half-height fridge (no freezer)upstairs by the computer room and bedroom. It doesn't save many trips though, as the bathroom is downstairs. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Jain Zar on November 17, 2008, 05:53:05 PM French fries, bread and frozen dinners? :ye_gods: How's that working? I like cold gum. Keeps it better. Being on a diet since December 06 makes me hungry and some cool gum gives me something to chomp on when I have hunger pangs. Which is constantly. The fries are baked (I don't actually fry anything. If its not baked in an oven or popped in a microwave I generally don't eat it. I am very picky on the TV dinners. They have to be under a certain caloric content (350 or less), and have no trans fat. Which usually means sliced beef, sliced turkey, and a couple others. But this is my general food intake on a day: Breakfast (roughly 4-6pm. I start getting a little dizzy or queasy if I go any longer) A small amount of fries, and either baked poultry or fish. Half a can of vegetables, and 2 slices of light bread. (Roughly 600 calories.) Lunch (roughly 11-1230 pm/am) Packet of instant grits, oatmeal, or a cup or two of Cup a Soup plus 2 slices light bread. (roughly 200 calories) Dinner (roughly 3-430 am) 2 more slices light bread, plus either a tv dinner, cup ramen, soup cup, hormel meal thingie, and 2 Vitamin C drops. (roughly 450 calories) 1250 or so main calories, plus leaving some estimated space for the few calories in ketchup, steak sauce, the powdered creamer for my coffee, sugar for my coffee, the small amount in gum, ect. Ive lost around 60 pounds, but either the Zoloft or my metabolism has hit the point where I am slowly going back above 165. Thus I cut out around 1500+ calories a week from my diet, and have started getting more exercise and keeping track of it on my penguin calendar with little smiley faces and uplifting comments. I really fucking miss my after work Neco Wafers. But going on the Zoloft made me jump 3 pounds in a little over a month's time so I gotta do something. From being the same weight for 6 months to that is bad juju. Ill be more miserable and not take the fucking Zoloft if that's what it takes. I really want to be around 150 or so. I don't really have much personal self control over myself with food, so I need to actively keep track of what i eat, and keep the food in the house as things I generally cannot snack on. Hell, if I go to the movies I have to plan it before hand and eat a very tiny dinner so I can actually have some popcorn or nachos. No booze at all, and if I must have soda, its caffeine and diet. Course stress might have something to do with the gain too. When you have this sort of conversation with someone who you thought was a friend: ----------------------------------------------- Me: By being the way I am being you mean sticking up for myself and no longer putting up with your particular brand of quirks? There is a reason I am on Zoloft now. Him: > And if you attribute your zoloft to me, that just funny. ------------------------------------------------ Yeah. And that's one of the less douchey things he has said to me in the past. Decaf coffee is like my only vice foodwise. (This kinda got over detailed didn't it?) Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Grand Design on November 17, 2008, 06:04:45 PM I've been trying to get back into a better diet, and the carbs are the first thing that go. Bread is luxury and potatoes are for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I tend to cook up a ton of stir fry with chicken and frozen vegetables and go nuts. You can eat until you're blue in the face and you will burn it right up. Anything with a low carb / high fiber ratio works. Of course, I'm hungry every three hours.
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Signe on November 17, 2008, 06:08:47 PM I don't like cold bread. I have a bread box. Why does everyone keep their bread in the fridge? Does everyone have pest problems? Cold gum sounds nice! Like frozen grapes.
Good luck with your diet, Jain! It sounds like you're doing really well. I'm completely confused by your snippet of conversation with someone but I get confused with the conversations I have so I'm sure it's me. Is everyone here on Zoloft? I swear I've seen nearly everyone post something about Zoloft! Maybe we should start a "what's in your medicine cabinet thread"? Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Grand Design on November 17, 2008, 06:20:33 PM Maybe we should start a "what's in your medicine cabinet thread"? Working on it. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Viin on November 17, 2008, 06:36:27 PM I don't like cold bread. I have a bread box. Why does everyone keep their bread in the fridge? I don't have a bread box, though I think I should get one. I keep it in the fridge to keep it fresh-ish, otherwise it'll only last a week at most. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Jain Zar on November 17, 2008, 08:36:05 PM Yeah same here, especially in the summer. It will go moldy fast.
Plus some stuff like corn bread or biscuits are equally yummy straight out of the oven right after baking it, or chilled. Its a testament of how I am fighting on my diet that I don't eat them all right out of the oven. Bisquick Biscuits are damned tasty! Just mix with some water, put on foil on cookie sheet, and whammo. The cornbread mix I use is similar, cept it goes in muffin pans. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Xuri on November 18, 2008, 12:17:44 AM Quote from: Viin I don't have a bread box, though I think I should get one. I keep it in the fridge to keep it fresh-ish, otherwise it'll only last a week at most. People actually keep a single bread for more than a week? *astounded*In my fridge I have butter, Norwegian brown cheese, a carton of some "exotic" fruit-juice that went out of date 4 months ago, and an empty jar of strawberry jam. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: apocrypha on November 18, 2008, 01:41:40 AM Bread in the fridge is wrong unless you don't eat it fast enough to stop it going furry. I used to wish they sold half loaves that were the same cross-sectional size as full loaves but only half as long. Nowadays we use a breadbin and get through bread way fast enough :awesome_for_real:
Our fridge is a freezerless one, it's great. Needs defrosting far less often and has lots more space. Stand-alone freezer in the cupboard under the stairs is v useful though :) Anyway, here's our fridge atm: (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3241/3040823906_fe6f84321d.jpg) (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3241/3040823906_f3b7f8307b_o.jpg) Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: FatuousTwat on November 18, 2008, 02:45:00 AM Edit: I should probably move this to the medicine cabinet thread... Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: IainC on November 18, 2008, 03:44:19 AM Quote from: Viin I don't have a bread box, though I think I should get one. I keep it in the fridge to keep it fresh-ish, otherwise it'll only last a week at most. People actually keep a single bread for more than a week? *astounded*In my fridge I have butter, Norwegian brown cheese, a carton of some "exotic" fruit-juice that went out of date 4 months ago, and an empty jar of strawberry jam. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: apocrypha on November 18, 2008, 04:35:25 AM Isn't French bread made with no fat or something? I seem to remember that's why it goes stale so fast. Gotta say one of my favourite foods is bread that's only just cool enough to eat after coming out of the oven, with lots of butter, yum.
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: schild on November 18, 2008, 04:36:13 AM Isn't French bread made with no fat or something? I don't understand this sentence. What do you mean "no fat?" A baguette (for example) is water, yeast, and flour afaik, were you expecting rendered duck fat or something. :headscratch: Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: apocrypha on November 18, 2008, 04:47:23 AM Lots of bread recipes have fats in them - milk is common in white bread, olive oil is common in a lot of Mediterranean breads, etc.
However, maybe it's not that that's different about French bread? I dunno, I just seem to remember that there's some reason French bread in particular goes stale very quickly. Edit: OK, looked it up, it's because they're not allowed to put any preservatives in their bread. Faulty memory fixed with wikipedia :awesome_for_real: Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Trippy on November 18, 2008, 04:54:27 AM Surface area to volume ratio, "airiness" (density) of the crumb, and permability of the crust will determine how quickly the bread will go stale (assuming no bizarre ingredients to "preserve freshness"). A thin French baguette will go stale very quickly. A dense Italian country bread (e.g. Pugliese) not as quickly.
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Cyrrex on November 18, 2008, 05:08:24 AM Quote Surface area to volume ratio, "airiness" (density) of the crumb, and permability of the crust will determine how quickly the bread will go stale (assuming no bizarre ingredients to "preserve freshness"). Well, duh :uhrr:. Everyone knows this. About bread. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Trippy on November 18, 2008, 05:14:06 AM Apparently not :awesome_for_real:
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: apocrypha on November 18, 2008, 06:01:03 AM Surface area to volume ratio, "airiness" (density) of the crumb, and permability of the crust will determine how quickly the bread will go stale (assuming no bizarre ingredients to "preserve freshness"). A thin French baguette will go stale very quickly. A dense Italian country bread (e.g. Pugliese) not as quickly. Well, yes, for sure. But see my post above about preservatives. And Italian breads have olive oil in them which will slow down the water evaporation too, thus delaying staleness :) Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Signe on November 18, 2008, 06:19:37 AM When I make or buy sandwich rolls or bread or some sort of sliced bread, I put it in the freezer and take out a couple of sliced to thaw if someone wants a sandwich. Bread freezes amazingly well. It will even retain it's crispy crust if you thaw it properly. You can even refreezes it if you're careful and don't let it get damp. As for any other breads I might bake or buy, it goes in to the bread box and once it starts getting stale, it becomes breadcrumbs. Like Iain, I don't even like slightly stale, dried up, old, soggy, etc. bread, though I don't think it's because of spending time in France. I think it's just a peculiarity with me. Righ is a wee bit more tolerant than I am. Since there's only two of us, I only bake/buy small breads or freeze the left overs the same day. Bread left out more than two days is too old for me, though not usually for Righ.
Geez. I didn't realise I was so wordy about fucking bread. Sheesh. Shut up, me! Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Sky on November 18, 2008, 07:02:42 AM My fiancee is a bread fridger. She also eats some weird whole wheat stuff. It's good, but it's a bit strong for most stuff, I like a nice general purpose loaf of italian bread, baked about three blocks from where I work. It's fresh and cheap, so I eat about half the loaf before it gets too stale and I just toss it.
I've got a thing about fresh food, I guess. The mozzarella is made about a dozen blocks away. I get bummed out in the winter when I can't shop the farmer's stands, one of which is directly next to the butcher shop. The best summer corn is about a mile from my house. once it starts getting stale, it becomes breadcrumbs. HERETIC! Don't let VL hear you! She'll sass you.Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Lantyssa on November 18, 2008, 09:54:25 AM I did put bread in the fridge because it would go bad in a few days otherwise. I always toasted it though, so it wasn't a problem. Fresh French loaf though? I still cheat if someone makes that. Pain is transitory. Bliss from fresh bread lasts forever.
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Jain Zar on November 18, 2008, 02:14:52 PM I just hate wasting food. And since I am buying for one person, getting fresh bread really isn't in the cards.
There are people starving out there and to throw away half a loaf of bread because I didn't eat it in a day is just horribly wrong to me. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Cyrrex on November 18, 2008, 03:10:08 PM I just hate wasting food. And since I am buying for one person, getting fresh bread really isn't in the cards. There are people starving out there and to throw away half a loaf of bread because I didn't eat it in a day is just horribly wrong to me. You know what? That's probably the most touching bread related post I've ever read. Just thought you'd like to know. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: schild on November 18, 2008, 03:23:44 PM f13.net: Where we don't buy fresh bread because people in Africa are starving.
Man, what the FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU? Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Trippy on November 18, 2008, 03:38:17 PM Surface area to volume ratio, "airiness" (density) of the crumb, and permability of the crust will determine how quickly the bread will go stale (assuming no bizarre ingredients to "preserve freshness"). A thin French baguette will go stale very quickly. A dense Italian country bread (e.g. Pugliese) not as quickly. Well, yes, for sure. But see my post above about preservatives. And Italian breads have olive oil in them which will slow down the water evaporation too, thus delaying staleness :)Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Jain Zar on November 18, 2008, 04:20:53 PM f13.net: Where we don't buy fresh bread because people in Africa are starving. Man, what the FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU? That's an easy one, which can be summed up with 3 bullet points. 1: I think too much. 2: I have an overdeveloped sense of empathy. 3: My self esteem is nearly nonexistant, with near Jewish or Catholic levels of guilt. Edit: And this is basically my brain. Always. Just add more actual talking outside of work, and less medical paranoia. http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/Seawolf9/Comics%202/1276.png Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: NowhereMan on November 18, 2008, 05:07:51 PM Fuck that, you don't want to waste food well done you.
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: rattran on November 18, 2008, 06:27:12 PM I never waste food, as I've yet to find any food that the various critters outside won't eat.
Even the failure chili that was too hot to eat quickly, and started going blue in the pot for some reason, the skunks loved. And I don't think they exploded afterwards. As for starving kids in Africa, I'm willing to feed them. To either the skunks or the raccoons. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: voodoolily on November 18, 2008, 08:39:12 PM once it starts getting stale, it becomes breadcrumbs. HERETIC! Don't let VL hear you! She'll sass you.I save my ends and crusts in the freezer until I have enough to make a nice savory bread pudding (instead of dressing) at Thanksgiving. Stale bread has no other purpose. ...oh, unless it's challah or brioche, then it's French toast. My freezer looks like I'm from the Radio Generation. Just bags of bones and shrimp shells and parmesan rinds and other scraps waiting to be turned to stock. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Grand Design on November 18, 2008, 08:57:55 PM I use crumbled stale french bread in meatballs. And not week-old stale, next day stale. French bread is a one time affair. That's the extent of my stale bread hereticism.
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: apocrypha on November 19, 2008, 04:00:41 AM Quote foodfunmi said: Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Fridge Fetish, and we'd love to have this added to the group! Add this photo (http://www.flickr.com/photos/apocrypha/3040823906/) to Fridge Fetish? Hooray! You added it! I love the internet. :awesome_for_real: :awesome_for_real: Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: JWIV on November 19, 2008, 04:10:27 AM Quote foodfunmi said: Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Fridge Fetish, and we'd love to have this added to the group! Add this photo (http://www.flickr.com/photos/apocrypha/3040823906/) to Fridge Fetish? Hooray! You added it! I love the internet. :awesome_for_real: :awesome_for_real: Heh. They found me too. Scary people! Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Signe on November 19, 2008, 04:26:05 AM When my bread starts going stale, I toss it in the oven, season it and turn it into crumbs for meatballs and meatloaf. If the bread's gone moldy, I ditch it. If it's gone too stale, it becomes bird food. MY BREADCRUMBS ARE NICE DAMMIT! Srsly.
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Sky on November 19, 2008, 06:23:09 AM Zar, I will happily throw away my stale half-loaf. I give to multiple charities and food drives. Not to mention the fact that it means I buy another loaf from the local baker, stimulating the local economy. I'll go for trendy and say it lowers the local carbon footprint :why_so_serious:
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Bunk on November 19, 2008, 06:37:21 AM Is it weird that I have not bought a loaf of bread in almost a year?
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: apocrypha on November 19, 2008, 07:25:15 AM Yes. You're a deviant and should be persecuted and I wish you goddamned breadhating weirdos would stop thrusting your perverted lifestyles into the faces of us decent, normal breadies.
This is Politics isn't it? :why_so_serious: Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Cyrrex on November 19, 2008, 07:35:23 AM Yes. You're a deviant and should be persecuted and I wish you goddamned breadhating weirdos would stop thrusting your perverted lifestyles into the faces of us decent, normal breadies. This is Politics isn't it? :why_so_serious: Oh, what, like you've never lathered up your meat in public and instigated a sandwich. He without sin, and stuff. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: apocrypha on November 19, 2008, 08:26:33 AM Oh, what, like you've never lathered up your meat in public and instigated a sandwich. He without sin, and stuff. I lol'd in real life, made the cat jump :awesome_for_real: Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Yegolev on November 19, 2008, 10:12:24 AM JWIV has the most normal fridge. I declare him or her victor.
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: JWIV on November 19, 2008, 10:19:02 AM JWIV has the most normal fridge. I declare him or her victor. I dunno, there's bread hidden in there. And I blame my wife. Before I got married, I use to just eat at the local diner all the time with friends. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: apocrypha on November 19, 2008, 10:21:15 AM JWIV's fridge is also huge. I've rented student accommodation that was smaller than that thing!
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Yegolev on November 19, 2008, 10:23:04 AM JWIV has the most normal fridge. I declare him or her victor. I dunno, there's bread hidden in there. And I blame my wife. Before I got married, I use to just eat at the local diner all the time with friends. I get it. The main point here is that your fridge looks like a domesticated guy, not like you put crackers in it so the bugs or African kids don't get in there. I'd put all kinds of shit in the fridge when I was single because it was like extra shelving, just colder and more bug-free. My grandmother kept her crackers in the oven. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: MrHat on November 26, 2008, 01:59:36 PM (http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/110896/photo%20%282%29.jpg)
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Teleku on November 26, 2008, 02:55:15 PM Wasn't really a fan of the Santa's reserve.......
But nice array overall though :awesome_for_real: Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: JWIV on November 26, 2008, 03:13:34 PM How is the double chocolate stout? I've seen it in around a few times and I'm curious.
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: Grand Design on November 26, 2008, 03:17:34 PM The fork is a nice touch. I tried the Rogue after it was mentioned in the beer thread, and its tasty.
What's in the brown bags? Seafood, I hope, and not Dahmer's Delight. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: apocrypha on November 27, 2008, 01:34:08 AM How is the double chocolate stout? I've seen it in around a few times and I'm curious. Youngs Double Chocolate Stout is a Christmas favourite for me. It's delicious - dark, nutty, rich and chocolatey without being sickly. You wouldn't want to drink 6 bottles in one night but it's a superb stout, no question. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: MrHat on December 03, 2008, 06:44:15 AM Double Stout is incredible dude.
The beer was for the Thanksgiving party I was going to. My kitchen sucks so I bring beer! Out of those that are there, the Heather Ale and the Nut Brown Ale are my fav's. Old Rasputin is always always good. The brown bags had more beer in them. Shit, I just realized that Orange is still in there. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: apocrypha on December 03, 2008, 07:02:45 AM I've just noticed you had your Youngs in *tins* :uhrr:
Bottles man, bottles! The only time it's ok to drink beer from tins is if you're camping and keeping your carry weight down or if it's something nobody gives a crap about, like rubbish lager! I'll say again... :uhrr: and a :ye_gods: for good measure :why_so_serious: Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: MrHat on December 03, 2008, 07:17:47 AM I've just noticed you had your Youngs in *tins* :uhrr: Bottles man, bottles! The only time it's ok to drink beer from tins is if you're camping and keeping your carry weight down or if it's something nobody gives a crap about, like rubbish lager! I'll say again... :uhrr: and a :ye_gods: for good measure :why_so_serious: Don't knock it till you try it. Old Chubb and Young's taste great out of cans. Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: apocrypha on December 03, 2008, 08:39:19 AM I'm skeptical... but I'll try it! Next time I see them in the supermarket. This is important research dammit.
Title: Re: What's in Your Fridge? Post by: JWIV on December 16, 2008, 07:11:15 AM How is the double chocolate stout? I've seen it in around a few times and I'm curious. Youngs Double Chocolate Stout is a Christmas favourite for me. It's delicious - dark, nutty, rich and chocolatey without being sickly. You wouldn't want to drink 6 bottles in one night but it's a superb stout, no question. Just had this over the weekend (out of a bottle, not can). Would drink again. A+++++ |