Board 8 > "refrigerate after opening" - do you always wait until it's opened?

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Curious about this

I've been corrected while putting away groceries and placing items that we obviously enjoy cold in the fridge even if I haven't cracked the seal yet

"Not until you open it!" I've been told

Is this a common sentiment?

Yes

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I refrigerate the things I enjoy more when they're cold, like you, as long as I'm imminently going to open them. Otherwise I'll keep it elsewhere.

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Nah who the fuck wants to eat like warm ranch or ketchup

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It just means that you need to refrigerate it once the seal is broken. But obviously there's nothing wrong with doing that before the seal is broken.
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Ketchup, ranch, mayo, bread, etc all go in the fridge immediately

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Menji posted...

Ketchup, ranch, mayo, bread, etc all go in the fridge immediately

...Bread?

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"refrigerate after opening" just means it HAS to be refrigerated after opening, not that you CAN'T refrigerate it before then

the only reason not to put them in the fridge is if your fridge isn't big enough to fit everything, so you only want to load in the essentials

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MikeTavish posted...

...Bread?

I eat it sparingly so it'll go bad if I don't.

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I refrigerate stuff immediately if I enjoy it cold or if I have more fridge than cabinet space
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Menji posted...

I eat it sparingly so it'll go bad if I don't.

I never used to refrigerate bread but oh my god it lasts so much longer if I do. Never don't put bread in the fridge.

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Wait, are you asking if you think that warning means you're not allowed to refrigerate it before opening?

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foolm0r0n posted...

Wait, are you asking if you think that warning means you're not allowed to refrigerate it before opening?

turbopuns3 posted...

Curious about this

I've been corrected while putting away groceries and placing items that we obviously enjoy cold in the fridge even if I haven't cracked the seal yet

"Not until you open it!" I've been told

Is this a common sentiment?

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Johnbobb posted...

Nah who the fuck wants to eat like warm ranch or ketchup

wait people actually WANT cold ketchup?

I mean you refrigirate it so it lasts but room temp ketchup is so much better than having some cold ketchup on warm fries or w.e

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I don't ever refrigerate ketchup and I've survived this long.

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Most of the time, the answer is yes, I wait. Probably because I already have one of whatever it is in the fridge and this is the spare.

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B8 land of the cold bread and room temperature ketchup

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How is a ketchup a 'refrigerate after opening' when restaurants always have like 40 bottles of them all over their tables. They never refrigerate those, and it's not like they go through them that quickly.

For topic, I don't usually care enough to put something in that I prefer cold. Sometimes I have the foresight to do it, like with salsa.

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TomNook posted...

How is a ketchup a 'refrigerate after opening' when restaurants always have like 40 bottles of them all over their tables. They never refrigerate those, and it's not like they go through them that quickly.

Uh, they definitely do. I'd be surprised if those bottles at restaurants lasted more than a month. Ketchup at home can last over a year easily enough.
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Ew, cold ketchup.

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wtf who likes cold ketchup

Why would you ever refrigerate ketchup unless one bottle lasts you like a year or you buy literal crates of it at a time

... because ketchup is mostly sugar and mold/ bacteria will absolutely grow on it?

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It's not mostly sugar. It's still mostly tomatoes.

However, that specificity aside, some of our confusion probably comes from Europeans that primarily use vinegar-based ketchup instead of sugar-based.
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banananor posted...

... because ketchup is mostly sugar and mold/ bacteria will absolutely grow on it?

...You... realize sugar is a preservative right? It actively inhibits bacteria growth.

It WILL eventually spoil, yes, but ketchup is shelf stable for nearly a year with little degradation. Again, well past what the average person would be expected to keep a bottle for.

I don't know if that applies when it's actually corn syrup though. Maybe?
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Really, though, almost everything I use with ketchup is supposed to be eaten hot, and the ketchup itself is in amounts that take no time at all to warm up. So being refrigerated always seems pretty irrelevant.

Not like when you refrigerate syrup and don't heat it up. That shit is awful.
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I've learned to never put anything in a sealed twist-off jar like spaghetti sauce in the fridge before opening, since they become nigh impossible to open when cold

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