What 5 unusual things are in your fridge?
Over on Happy Homebaking blog, this was answered as part of a meme.
Looking in my fridge this a.m., I see these 5 unusual things:
pickled watermelon rind (daughter's first attempt & I'm afraid to try)
prescription cough syrup :(
a towel (refrigerator drips inside during defrost cycle...need to fix)
a 2 year old fruitcake (need to re-gift this year!)
a Bubblegum apple (purchased this past weekend)
Do you have 5 unusual things in your fridge?
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43 Comments:
Not unusual compared to yours, but unusual for me...
1) "Spa eyes"-these little gel discs that you keep in the fridge to keep cool and place on your eyes when they get puffy
2) chip dip (post-Halloween party-not usually in my fridge)
3) chocolate milk (husband purchased, rarely in my fridge)
4) red wine (also post-Halloween party-don't drink red-gives me a headache, was for the guests)
5) can't think of a fifth, so I guess I don't have 5 unusual things in my fridge!
psychsarah at 12:08PM on 10/29/07
1) Real lard, which I use in my coney sauce
2) A Taylor fridge/freezer thermometer, which I loan to friends on occasion
3) Packaged chocolate chip cookie dough that's been in there since Thursday. How the Heck did it last this long???
4) Cat anti-biotics. Makes her vomit, so we don't administer it.
5) Eggs. Not so unusual, but ... four-and-a-half dozen large eggs. I guess we should start coordinating with each others' shopping lists. ;-)
LunaPierCook at 12:24PM on 10/29/07
chocolate milk from hudson valley, one winesap apple ( i usually only buy fujis or honeycrisps, but i saw it at the farmer's market and it smelled delicious!), old chatham ginger sheep's milk yogurt, dagoba chai (i usually only have dark chocolate on hand and i don't store it in the fridge)...that's it. only four unusual things.
tudogostoso at 12:24PM on 10/29/07
Not that unusual, but maybe less than common?
1. Poke salet roots dug in TN -- hoping to make 'em grow in So Calif!
2. Powdered buttermilk -- in case I'm out and decide to make cornbread
3. Tahini -- newbies always ask what it's for when they open my fridge
4. Eight cartons of Stremmick's Heritage Farm milk -- will be gone in 7-10 days
5. Ten lbs each of brown onions and carrots -- they won't last long either
LoCo at 1:20PM on 10/29/07
My fridge has nothing weird in it however my beverage fridge has weird; Kiehl's cryste marine eye cream (the best eye cream and feels lovely cold)
Apple Korn (traditional German korn schnapps blended with natural apple a fall staple)
Queen Anne (light colored) Cherries soaked in Eau de vie since 2003 (oh these babies are potent)
Can of Borden's Eggnog (I think it is almost a year old)
2 bottles of Limoncello (I prefer one brand hubby prefers another)
For a little fridge it is packed with odd.
JerzeeTomato at 1:56PM on 10/29/07
1. Wasabi and wasabi powder (the food is really just a medium for the wasabi)
2. A great deal of pickled ginger (again, I love the stuff)
3. Unidentifiable leftovers (I don't even want to know anymore)
4. Year-old brownies that I have tried to throw out, but every time that I do, I get told that someone will eat them....like those leftovers, right?
5. Eight head of iceburd lettuce (actually, I will go through those in about two days, I eat that much lettuce)
- on that note, I get weird looks a lot from the people in the supermarket when I buy that many. Does anyone else get that from something that they have listed?
Traveller at 2:00PM on 10/29/07
Traveller, I can relate. The checkout clerks frequently comment about my milk purchases. I usually buy six cartons at minimum, but if it's on sale, I'll buy nine or ten. Once the clerk told me she didn't think buying that much was permitted!
:-O
Although we only have three living home at present (all teenagers), I just tell them we have six kids and three grandkids. That usually shuts 'em up, especially since I definitely don't look old enough to have grandkids! Fun to see see their eyes bug out though! (we have a blended household, and only two of those kids are "mine")
LoCo at 2:14PM on 10/29/07
1. Aloe gel for burns
2. 6 containers of cottage cheese. I can't find the brand I like locally, so when I see it, I stock up. It doesn't seem to go bad since it's already curdled milk.
3. Very old Laughing Cow cheese wedges. I guess I have my own feelings about dairy products and their "suggested" expiration dates.
4. Beefeater gin
5. 3 varieties of chili. I'm going to be in a cookoff and have been practicing.
Kerosena at 2:19PM on 10/29/07
Three Varieties of Mae Ploy Thai Curry Paste
Pickled Eggplant
Fage Greek Yogurt
Thai Fish Sauce (Nam Pla)
Tahini
I recently threw away three-year-old butter. My roommate is not much of a cook but she has an appetite like Paul Bunyan. She's a survival cook so any unused ingredients tend to lay around for years. I think I just discarded her last bottle of BBQ sauce that was two years past its expiry date.
chiff0nade at 2:29PM on 10/29/07
1. Superglue, it's really hot around here, so the glue keeps better in the fridge.
2. A year old bag of turkish coffee powder.
3. mole paste
4. At least some 4 types of pickled peppers, usually jalapenos, serrano, piquin and chipotle.
5. since half my household is on a diet, you find large amounts of meat and fatty foods along side weight watchers stuff
ktonltd at 2:35PM on 10/29/07
These would go under "unusual" for most people . . .
1) Pickled Ginger
2) Pomegranate Molassas
3) 12 Egg yolks ( I have a game plan, I just need to initiate it)
4) Black soy beans
5) Wasabi paste
6) Thai fish sauce
7) Thai chili pastes
8) Greek yogurt
9) Guinness (not really unusual, but I'm young, female, and a little under a hundred pounds, so people are always very surprised to see it in my fridge. A Miller Lite girl, I am not).
10) German cambozola, fresh local chevre, local apple-smoked mozzarella, Chilean panquehue, French sheep's milk feta, and pecorino romano . . . along with American cheese, Kraft "cheddar," and string cheese (guess which ones are mine)
KarynMC at 3:30PM on 10/29/07
1. Curry leaves.
2. Dog antibiotic for Elsa's ear infection last year.
3. Black sesame oil.
4. REAL black truffle oil, not "flavored."
5. I have a friend whose boyfriend is a scientist doing cancer research in Germany, and she regularly picks up (human) blood from cancer patients at a compliant hospital and keeps it in her freezer until he asks her to FedEx it.
Tom Steele at 3:31PM on 10/29/07
1. Five boxes of the worst steaks I've ever tasted in my life which were sold to me by a door-to-door guy who got to me early one morning before I was wary. They apparently are not supposed to be defrosted but go straight from "freezer-to-grill" and are full of some terrible substance that supposedly makes them tender and delicious. The only thing I can do is exchange them for other steaks that are the same sort, apparently I signed some thing that said that. This guy, the salesman, needs to go into investment banking. Absolutely the best salesman I've ever seen in my life.
2. Catnip
3. Banana Extract. What on earth did I ever need banana extract for? Where did it come from? I simply do not know.
4. There used to be batteries in my fridge till the kids starting either using or eating them like gumdrops. I hide them now and dole them out after requesting three forms in duplicate attesting to reasons and need.
5. Shrimp shells. But that's not very wierd.
Karen Resta at 4:08PM on 10/29/07
KarynMC... it's been almost a week! Haven't you used those darned egg yolks yet??? LOL!
LoCo at 4:13PM on 10/29/07
1. Homemade buttermilk
2. Homemade vanilla yogurt (A tray each of buttermilk and yogurt cubes in the freezer for when I make the last two items!)
3. A bottle of Wild Irish Rose. Stepson drinks this and left a bottle unopened last time he visited. I don't mean to judge, but that stuff is wino delight to me! Yikes!
4. My daughter's silver Bratz nail polish
5. A bowl of low yeast, old-fashioned bread, proofing
I know that most of these items are not all that unusual (especially among a foodie crowd!) but that's the best I could do on short notice. I've been on a serious from-scratch kick lately. Can you tell?
coffeefrappe at 4:15PM on 10/29/07
1.) A jar of strawberry preserves. Correction, a jar that used to contain strawberry preserves but now is just kinda sticky. Why do I have this?
2.) One lonely little caper. Hanging out in it's jar, about half full of brine. I mean, you never know when you may need a single caper (ProTip: You'll never need a single caper).
3.) Something resembling a wool blanket in a jar. No idea what it is/was, but I think it asked to borrow my car on Friday.
4.) A jar of jalapeño-raspberry jam. Beats me. I'm wagering it came in a gift basket of some sort. I wouldn't buy raspberry anything.
5.) A bottle of Canadian ice wine I've been saving for some reason. For like two years.
corycm at 4:46PM on 10/29/07
1. Goat - planning to curry it this week.
2. Dandelion - which was a bit too bitter this time around.
3. 6 types of mustard - does anyone really need this much mustard?!?
4. 6-8 dozen apples - I went apple picking a few weeks ago and they have taken up all of my crisper space!
5. a bottle of mint chocolate Bailey's that has been in there since last Christmas!
lesslyn at 4:47PM on 10/29/07
I just checked and we don't really have anything I consider weird. But other people may find these this out of the norm
1. Tofu. I'm vegan and its a staple
2. Tahini.
3. several empty olive jars filled with just the brine...i may need it one day!
4. Glace cherries
5. A whole case of bourbon and coke. Its a big fridge :D
choc_puddin at 5:14PM on 10/29/07
I've just got one kinda weird thing .. cherry flavored suet for my woodpecker friends
NanaJoie at 5:37PM on 10/29/07
Flowering bok choi, collard greens, rambudan fruit, purple hull peas in the hull, and local grassfed milk.
ExpatChef at 5:56PM on 10/29/07
1. Many different plastic squeeze bottles of sauces that are meant to go on fried potatoes: frietsaus, mayosaus, curry sauce, garlic sauce, satesaus, ketchup, etc. (I'm in Holland, where the selection of snack sauces is epic).
2. Snus. It's a disgusting kind of Scandinavian chewing tobacco. Gross.
3. Piccalilli. Not so weird in itself, maybe, but the brand is Kesbeke, which is nice and crunchy and made here in Amsterdam.
4. Crunchy marinated tempeh. Lovely Indonesian snack.
5. There aren't any at the moment, but there are frequently computer parts in our freezer.
caley at 7:46PM on 10/29/07
1. Olive Garden salad dressing (my husband will eat no other).
2. Homemade pomegranate jelly from my mom.
3. Beer that I don't drink that I got from friends. I use it to make Cuban rice.
Everything else is pretty normal. Boring.
misseditor at 7:46PM on 10/29/07
I've got a duvet cover in my freezer that has been in there for like 6 months -- I'm hoping to be able to scrape therapy putty off of it someday...
3 packages of butter/margarine -- all different brands...sake that my husband tasted once, didn't like but can't bring himself to throw away...3 cartons of really old ice cream that have maybe a tablespoon of stuff still in them...a package of popsicles that melted and then re-froze (like anybody's gonna eat those!)
Maybe it's time to clean out the freezer!
flootsmith at 7:52PM on 10/29/07
June Taylor ketchup
mujadara - Lebanese lentils and rice
ginger jam
white truffle cream (Roland)
really good question! your fridges sound like treasure hunts.
Littlebluesiren at 9:39PM on 10/29/07
1. 10+ packages of pressed and marinated tofu.
2. A six-pack of Corona that my friend brought over for a party at least 6 months ago.
3. Kroger-brand vanilla ice cream (bought it for a vanilla ice cream taste test last year and none of my friends will finish it).
4. Korean-style hot paste.
5. Yuzu jam from Trader Joe's.
Jj6407 at 10:58PM on 10/29/07
Everyone's answers are so interesting-- keep commenting! :)
Christina at 10:58PM on 10/29/07
1) Pickled ginger
2) White truffle butter
3) Reduced red wine, balsamic vinegar and shallot butter
4) Preserved lemons (really need to use them up and make a new batch)
5) Green chili paste
Ann Fisher at 7:13AM on 10/30/07
1) a jar of fermented bean curd (it sounds gross, and it's very strong and pungent, commonly used by Chinese as a condiment for plain rice porridge)
2) boxes of single-serve Horizon chocolate milks lined up on the side (my sister-in-law is staying with us, and I give her one for breakfast on the go since she's usually late on her way to school)
3) a bottle of flaxseed oil
4) glutinous rice balls w/ black sesame filling (in the freezer)
5) quail eggs
mrsbao at 8:28AM on 10/30/07
Swedish sweet pickled anchovies
horseradish jelly
garlic scapes
curry leaves
cuitlacoche
schnitzel at 10:01AM on 10/30/07
Verjus
4 different garum masala spice blends
Thai peppers in pineapple juice (use the juice for hot sauce, it's pretty awesome)
Home made Creme Fraiche
Rose and Orange Flower Water
rockykay at 11:29AM on 10/30/07
Eye of newt
Frog spawn
Dream of an Ice Maiden
Toe of Sloth
Fingernail parings of my dear, late husband
Eliz. at 11:53AM on 10/30/07
Prescription face cream
Jalapeno horseradish
Canned dog food (he usually gets dry; this is a big treat)
Lucky beer
Vanilla ice cream in the freezer--it's odd to have ice cream
blush at 12:53PM on 10/30/07
i found one very unusual thing in my fridge when i got home last night, an exploded can of birch beer. apparently it was colder back there than i thought.
things that made the cut and got back into the newly cleaned fridge...
5 different kinds of mustard
tiny bottle of black truffle oil
tarragon vinegar
6 different jams (no grape but i've got jalapeno)
4 containers of olives (it seems i'm a collector)
VerasTastyFreeze at 2:59PM on 10/30/07
Unusual things in the fridge (not unusual for my fridge, but perhaps others' fridges):
1. Vitamins (they keep longer)
2. Flaxseed meal
3. Mimicreme (fake cream made with almonds and cashews)
4. Brown rice syrup
5. Parsnips
hereandthe at 4:56PM on 10/30/07
Wow---this thread has been an education for me & may just plan to seek out some of these special foods :)
JEP at 5:20PM on 10/30/07
I am so disappointed. The weirdest things in my fridge are not weird.
1. Hot peach chutney
2. Penzeys' "Raspberry Enlightenment" (not weird, but the bottle is kind of embarassing)
3. red "green tomato relish"
4. very old cupcake icing
5. pickled beets
mscherryclafouti at 12:04AM on 10/31/07
...and by "weird" I meant unusual.
mscherryclafouti at 12:06AM on 10/31/07
mrsbao: I've got the do fu ru (the fermented, spicy bean curd paste) in the fridge too! My dad likes it, me, not so much...
We've also got the rice balls with the black sesame paste too...its too late to make them or else I'd cook up a few now for a snack...
What else do we have...a cousin just brought us a big package of a pickled/salted vegetable and chopped clam mixture.
It's very salty and spicy, and is meant to be a rice and porridge condiment, as well.
Also a tray of top quality salted duck eggs...
Also, a glass jug of homemade soy bean milk
fuuchan at 12:25AM on 10/31/07
Hmmm.....
1. Homemade Cornichon pickles - sitting quietly in the corner gaining strength.
2. Homemade Harissa - Love that hot garlicky, spicy goodness.
3. 4 different kinds of milk: 1% for husband and me to drink with dinner, Whole organic for my 18 month old darling daughter, 2% for my morning tea, half/half for his morning coffee, Oh, right, and buttermilk for various recipes! 5!
4. Pistachio Cannolis - one left from my birthday celebration.
5. Two large logs of Laura Chenel Goat Cheese. I only buy occasionally as a treat for myself, then eat them madly and quickly on everything.
Going home for lunch to clean out the fridge!
Elizabelle at 12:39PM on 10/31/07
fuuchan, I forgot to mention the salted duck eggs! We eat those with our jook/rice porridge as well. gosh, i love those black sesame rice balls .. I could eat them every day. :)
mrsbao at 12:44PM on 10/31/07
Also found a jar of unopened fig preserves...not sure who gave this to me...what should I spread it on?
JEP at 5:58PM on 10/31/07
Hey JEP, my hubby brought home a couple jars of these from Mississippi when he went to visit his uncle. We just eat them on my hot, buttered buttermilk biscuits. Mmmm, man their good! I'm sure there are other ways/things to do with them, but I haven't tried anything else since I had never had figs any way besides Newtons :-O until I tried these preserves.
coffeefrappe at 11:58AM on 11/01/07
coffeefrappe---sounds good---I may just make a batch of biscuits & call it supper tonite :)
JEP at 12:10PM on 11/01/07