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What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
about 5 bottles of millers prepared horseradish. Every time we make roast beef, we pull them all out to find the hot one, and yet we never throw the other ones out so by the time dinner is over I've put them all back forgetting which one was the fresh one
I have a 22oz bottle of Southern Tiers Pumpking beer, that I'm saving for an emergency when I'm craving pumpkin beer and it's not available at the store
A bottle of aloe vera gel, for sunburns when applicable (not this rainy miserable summer!) and for making hand santitizer.
Mayo and Baconaisse
Pure cane sorghum which I have no idea what to use for after the failed recipe I tried that called for it.
And the regular 5 types of mustard, 10 types of hot sauce (including the restaurant sized bottle of franks)
Pepsi Throwback Coming Back December 28
Just finished my last can of Pepsi throwback, so this is good news! I hope they bring back Mountain Dew throwback too, which tastes like a refreshing lemon-lime drink with the cane sugar, instead of liquid sugar normally.
Paying for someone else's party?
I've never encountered this with a birthday party before, but in most places I've worked this is standard protocol for a retirement/farewell party, so I'm finding it hard to see the overt tackiness in this, esp if the partygoers are a mix of friends/family/acquaintances. Just like with a retirement party, easy enough to opt out of or just do your own thing separately. If you are being overly pressured/guilted to participate however, that is B.S.
The thing I really find offensive is the birthday restaurant get together where the bill is split evenly between all assembled (minus the birthday person) where you may have ordered modestly and others extravagantly and you end up covering disproportionately . If this was a wedding reception or shower invitation I know this would be a huge breach of etiquette, I'm not sure about a birthday....if it makes you uncomfortable you should stick to recognizing the event in the way that makes the most sense to you.
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What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
@angelfood thanks for the sorghum ideas!
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
about 5 bottles of millers prepared horseradish. Every time we make roast beef, we pull them all out to find the hot one, and yet we never throw the other ones out so by the time dinner is over I've put them all back forgetting which one was the fresh one
I have a 22oz bottle of Southern Tiers Pumpking beer, that I'm saving for an emergency when I'm craving pumpkin beer and it's not available at the store
A bottle of aloe vera gel, for sunburns when applicable (not this rainy miserable summer!) and for making hand santitizer.
Mayo and Baconaisse
Pure cane sorghum which I have no idea what to use for after the failed recipe I tried that called for it.
And the regular 5 types of mustard, 10 types of hot sauce (including the restaurant sized bottle of franks)
Pepsi Throwback Coming Back December 28
Just finished my last can of Pepsi throwback, so this is good news! I hope they bring back Mountain Dew throwback too, which tastes like a refreshing lemon-lime drink with the cane sugar, instead of liquid sugar normally.
Paying for someone else's party?
I've never encountered this with a birthday party before, but in most places I've worked this is standard protocol for a retirement/farewell party, so I'm finding it hard to see the overt tackiness in this, esp if the partygoers are a mix of friends/family/acquaintances. Just like with a retirement party, easy enough to opt out of or just do your own thing separately. If you are being overly pressured/guilted to participate however, that is B.S.
The thing I really find offensive is the birthday restaurant get together where the bill is split evenly between all assembled (minus the birthday person) where you may have ordered modestly and others extravagantly and you end up covering disproportionately . If this was a wedding reception or shower invitation I know this would be a huge breach of etiquette, I'm not sure about a birthday....if it makes you uncomfortable you should stick to recognizing the event in the way that makes the most sense to you.
Serious Reads: 'The Ramen King and I'
Hey, thanks for this, ordered via Kindle about an hour ago and I'm hooked!
Summer reading and food: Anyone read these two or suggestions?
Much Depends on Dinner by Margaret Visser, tells the history behind an ordinary American Dinner of corn on the cob with butter and salt, roast chicken with rice, salad dressed in lemon juice and olive oil, and ice cream. I found this book very engrossing, lots of drama ,politics and scandal!!
The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory by Carol J Adams. My views don't line up with hers, but I found the parallels she makes between how we objectify animals into meat and how society views women fascinating albeit imho, extreme.
Candy and Me: A Girl's Tale of Life, Love, and Sugar by Hilary Liftin. A cute book with vignettes of the authors life with different candies ( bottlecaps, circus peanuts etc) playing a supporting character in each chapter.
What Your Pizza Delivery Driver Won't Tell You
The delivery fee doesn't necessarily go to the driver, so it's adding insult to injury to refuse to tip because of it. I understand when some restaurants charge a straight take out fee because they have to package up the order (containers, cutlery and condiment packets add to the cost of your meal) so I find it annoying when a pizzeria without a dining room charges a delivery fee, but it's not the drivers fault. I generally feel that one should tip 20% minimum and I usually tip extra when the weathers lousy or I'm ordering close to closing time. I also believe that tipping well helps you establish a friendly relationship with your pizza place and can result in getting faster service and extras (I order from the same place most of the time and get comped soda and appetizers frequently) I've known my fair share of pizza drivers and it can be a thankless and sometimes dangerous job. Even with a huge tip I'm spending less than eating at a sit down restaurant and saving myself time and effort which often is well worth the money.
Pantry 'Ghosts': Do You Have Them?
I have a jar of something called "Dirty Martini Dip" some cream cheese olive concoction, I'm not much for dips and am not sure how I could use it other wise..
I couple of bricks of instant dry yeast
A melange of japanese candies
What's So Weird About That?
Tuna sandwiches (no mayo, just straight out of the can) w/pickled banana peppers on cinnamon raisin bread
Cold Creamed corn out of the can sprinkled with sugar
Pepsi to Use Real Sugar in 'Pepsi Throwback' and 'Mountain Dew Throwback' in April
It was my understanding that the price of HFCS has risen significantly, and that there is an environmental backlash against using it
Pepsi to Use Real Sugar in 'Pepsi Throwback' and 'Mountain Dew Throwback' in April
I cry foul, no Dr Pepper? I've been tempted to buy the cane sugar version for ages but the shipping cost always stopped me......
Free Cook's Illustrated Cookbook for Amazon Kindle: Reason to Buy?
Hmmph to some of the above comments! I have a Kindle and I've pre-ordered this. I generally read cookbooks as well as use them while cooking, so I'm curious to see how this will translate on the Kindle. I own plenty of wood pulp variety cooking manuals, but for the past 8 years my laptop has been my primary cookbook (and it has the flour and sauce stains to prove it)
Cook the Book: Classic Buffalo Wings
Also I don't think there is any argument over which restaurant in Buffalo, it was the Anchor Bar
http://www.anchorbar.com/
Cook the Book: Classic Buffalo Wings
@mepolo: Franks hot sauce has vinegar in it, so if you were using a different style of hot sauce, you might want to add vinegar.
I'm always amazed that most recipes seem to make classic chicken wings more complicated then they need to be. The directions on the back of the bottle of Franks are the best and the easiest:
Take 2 1/2 lbs of wings and fry at 400 degrees for 12 minutes ( I tend to keep mine in a little longer to get the skin extra crispy)
Combine 1/3 cup butter and 1/2 cup hot sauce in a bowl
when chicken wings are cooked, drain from oil and toss to coat in butter sauce mixture, the longer you toss the hotter and messier your wings. (although if you want them truly suicidal I'd roll them in fresh cayenne pepper powder after coating ). Please no salt and pepper rub, that's just nasty....
For the blue cheese, I don't think there's anything wrong with using a commercial blue cheese dressing (like Kraft Roka), after all these are wings here. According to legend, the wings were created at the Anchor Bar as a quick cheap meal for workers who just got off the late shift. Personally, when restaurants here in Buffalo cut their blue cheese dressing with mayo or milk I feel like I'm being ripped off, also hard to get real carrot sticks anymore, or celery at all.....
Silly Kitchen Gadgets
My asparagus pot. I maybe use it once or twice during asparagus season (I normally grill asparagus these days)
Restaurants in Niagra Falls area
Lou's Market House
http://niagaravisitorsguide.com/2008/02/19/lous-petes-market-house/
good cheap eats in a fun unpretentious atmosphere, and an in house piano player with occasional barbershop quartet accompaniment.
Restaurants in Niagra Falls area
US or Canadian Side? What type of food?
Who Should Pay at a Birthday Dinner?
Birthday dinners are situations where people know what they're getting into-
Not always. Traditionally, wedding/baby showers are hosted by someone other than the person of honor. With a registry a person can decide whether or not to buy from that registry or not, or attend the event.
I would never "invite" someone to buy me something whether it's a gift or a dinner. I just feel that's greedy, regardless of whether my friends would be up to the scenario or not. Like I said, I think more often than not the party is perfectly agreeable to pitching in, but if you are making the invitation you shouldn't expect it
Who Should Pay at a Birthday Dinner?
@aluapaluap: I understand wanting or offering to pay for the birthday persons portion, what seems in poor taste is assuming or expecting to be paid for, esp if you are the one extending the invitation.
It would be like asking someone to go shopping with you, trying on an outfit, asking that person if it looks good, the person saying "yes it looks great!" and then replying "Good! 'cause you're buying it for me!" The person might have been inclined to offer, but taking for granted that they will is just plain rude.
I think people tend to pitch in for the birthday persons portion in these situations, but to get too extravagant with a mixed group of people like ordering an expensive bottle of champagne or something else in an out there price range is inconsiderate. There are your bff kind of friends who will give you the what for birthday or no, but there are work or other situational friends who don't know the celebrant well enough to be so bold, and will feel taken advantage of in such a situation.
Who Should Pay at a Birthday Dinner?
To me it seems a matter of who invites you and how the invitation is stated.
When someone invites you to join them for dinner to celebrate their birthday, I'd assume that everyone in attendance will pay for what they order (typically in these situations the guests offer to chip in for the birthday person anyway) otherwise isn't that person saying "how would you like to come to X and pay for my dinner for me?" Tacky to say the least.
If a friend or family member invites you to join them at X place to celebrate someones birthday, then I assume that I will be buying my own meal and chipping in for the birthday person.
If I offer to take someone to dinner to celebrate an occasion, I am planning to pay whether it's for my birthday or theirs. Most people wouldn't ask someone to go to the mall and buy something for them (would they?)
Also a little homework on the restaurant being chosen is in order when fielding these invitations. If it's way out of my price range, I may decline, or offer to stop by for a drink before or after the meal.
I guess my point is that I personally feel that inviting people to get a free meal regardless of the day is beyond tacky as well as anyone in the group buying extravagant items assuming that others in the party are going to absorb the cost for you (actually that qualifies as a friendship deal breaker for me) and I would try to avoid any situation that had that potential
Weird parental food preparation
Ok this was something my Grandma did. She somehow confused canned vegetables with condensed soup and would add a can of water when "cooking" them, and served them in a soup tureen with a slotted spoon I loved it, firstly because I would try to guess what vegetable lay in the depths based on the color. Grey green could be peas or green beans, Grey yellow corn or wax beans. Grey orange was always crinkle cut carrot slices. 2ndly because for some reason I thought it tasted soo much better than icky fresh vegetables. I think this was the genesis of my guilty pleasure of eating canned vegetables with a spoon straight from the can.
Served: My Plea To Tip Kindly
I know I'm a little late to the table, but this is an issue that always gets me wound up and I just wanted to add my 20%
I was a barista for years, at an independent coffee shop and I depended on tips to survive. My minimum wage salary barely covered my rent and utility costs, so my tips provided me with food and other essentials as well as funds non essential items and activities which a person needs from time to time. To me a barista is no different than a bartender, they just serve different kinds of beverages. And I would assume that most people tip their bartender, even if all they are ordering is a bottled beer.
I actually labeled my tip jar "Karma Jar" and with the exception of one Hindu woman who found it offensive, people were very responsive to it. I always tip at least $1 esp if I know the tips are being pooled.
I also always tip the pizza delivery guys. They may get paid more than server rate, but they have to use their own car, and making frequent short trips does add to the wear and tear of any vehicle, plus buy their own gas and we all know how that's been lately. People have told me that it's not necessary to tip when a delivery fee is added to the bill, but more often then not that delivery fee goes to the restaurant, not the delivery guy. Pizza delivery can also be a rather dangerous occupation, for more info visit
http://tipthepizzaguy.com/
Which is a little snarky here and there but does give some perspective from the delivery guy's point of view
Coupon Hacks: Combo-Moves for Cheaper Carts
I used to be a coupon-phile a number of years ago and was able to get orders down from 100 bucks to under 5.
In my opinion it's more than an hour a week you need to put into it. First off you need to know the normal prices on the items in the store(s), to identify the weeks "loss leaders" or any real deals. This means either going to the store several times a week, or writing down the prices. (Which I can tell you from personal experience store management frowns on)
You need to know your stores policies as well. Up where I am places may in fact double manufacturers coupons, but they sure as hell aren't advertising it the way they used to (or even having those special triple coupon days)
And while once coupon per purchase should mean that you can use multiple coupons on multiples on the same item, a lot of store managers will not see it that way, so be prepared for some debating and letters to the district managers.
It helps if you can get a hold of the coupon insert before Sunday that way you can compare the current sale with the upcoming sale.
Coupons themselves have also changed. It's very hard to find a coupon for over 40 cents that doesn't require buying a multiple of the item. The coupons with the best savings are often for new products of the ultra convenience / stretching credulity health claim variety. A coupons main purpose is to convince you to buy a specific product, and I am sure there is a reason why each and every product is selected for a coupon, and I highly doubt it is to give something back to the consumer.
The article says that if something is BOGO or 5 for $5 then the single items will ring up as half price or a dollar. I can attest that this is not often true. At many of the stores in my area that use the bonus cards, the items ring up at the regular price and the bonus card will take off a percentage of the second or last item needed to make the sale price . But these are stores with highly computerized checkout systems.
Then add in the online coupon code sites and such and you can easily spend over an hour a day doing this.
I ended up with a lot of useless products, that I didn't really need or like. Plus it was like a battle every time I went to the store.
I just burned out on it, now I only clip coupons for things I already buy. Plus they never have coupons for the things you should be eating like fresh produce, meats/proteins, and certain staples which end up being cheaper to buy generic than any coupons save you on the name brands.
Kudos to Crissy, but to me it's more of a hobby or a challenging game that an effort that enriches her children's lives.
Speaking of Mayo....Mayo or Miracle Whip?
Caley:
Miracle whip is a mayo-esque salad dressing, which I believe was originally marketed as a cheaper alternative to real mayo in the 30's. I think an emulsfiying machine was invented that made it possible to use water instead of the oil.
Taste wise, Miracle whip is much sweeter. I like it in potato salads and coleslaw and such, but I could never stomach it as a condiment on a sandwich or burger.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
I miss Planters cheese balls too, I remember when they were discontinued and someone called to let us know they had them at Big Lots, and I think we bought every can they had...
I think they still sell the Frankenstuffs with the cheese filling, but I miss the chili ones. My parents thought they were absolutely disgusting, but my sister and I loved them. You had to cook them very carefully so that the sides didn't split resulting in a chili leak, because our favorite way to eat them was to bite the very tip and suck the chili out.
I miss the McDLT, it was such a thrill to have crispy lettuce and cool tomato as opposed to the normal slimy warm mess that happens with fast food burgers.
I also loved Croonchy Stars Swedish chef cereal, but I knew it was too good to last!
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
The usual assortment of American and Asian condiments, pickles, capers, sundried tomatoes and olives. A jar of yellow curry paste and a jar of Jamaican jerk seasoning.
Here's the one oddity: macapuno strings (I make a killer fruit salad of fresh strawberries, a drained can of lychee, and macapuno)
@WIGirl : Try this with your red curry paste. Fry about a tablespoon of paste in a skillet for a minute. Stir in a can of coconut milk and a can of water. Toss in a pound of chuck roast cut into 1 inch cubes. Simmer for about 45 minutes until the meat is done and the gravey thickens - watch that it doesn't get too dry. A simple substitute for Indonesian rendang. Serve over rice.
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
@nightowl, are you suppossed to refrigerate tapioca? i have it in my pantry.
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
Fridge door inventory:
Butter saver shelf: carton of eggs, half a lime
Shelf 1: butter, ketchup, small cans of pineapple juice, a pineapple fruit cup, a bottle of fruit smoothie drink, 8 oz glass bottle of Dr Pepper
Shelf 2: spray margarine, peanut butter, sugar free strawberry preserves, bottled bbq sauce, tabasco, cream cheese, box of baking soda in a ziploc, cold brew coffee concentrate
Shelf 3: bottle of aloe vera infused lotion, bottle of sriracha, bottle of balsamic viniagrette, bottle of ranch dressing, bottle of Cristalino, sour mix
Shelf 4: chocolate syrup, sugar free chocolate syrup, hazelnut flavored syrup, 2 kinds of homemade bbq sauce, white vinegar, hummus, maraschino cherries, tapioca pearls
Some of this is undoubtedly completely weird.
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
I also have Dianas Spicy Southwest in my refrigerator! I brought it back from a trip to Nova Scotia.
When it comes to strange, hmmmm...strawberry vodka? Habanero Peach Preserves, szechuan salad dressing from the chinese market (I still have no idea what to do with it), yellow curry sauce, tandoor marinade, garlic scape pesto.
I also have a jar of Baconaise, not the stuff you have on the website, the packaged stuff not made with bacon.
Wasabi dressing from my trip to Vermont. I could go on and on...
Pepsi Throwback Coming Back December 28
Julian (1st comment above) must not have any taste buds because regardless if you like Coke or Pepsi, Pepsi throwback tastes clearly different from HFCS Pepsi. Its like night and day. I have been a coke drinker for years, but after drinking Pepsi Throwback I am now converted. I even taste tested Mexican Coke vs Pepsi Throwback and Pepsi Throwback won for me. I have converted a ton of my Coke drinking friends as well. I think Julian should give it another try.
Thank goodness its coming back. I have 18 cases left and now I can buy more to last until the summer. YAY!!!
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
organic plain yogurt
butter
mozzarella cheese
2 types of soy sauce
oyster sauce
ketchup
dried up tahini
strawberry jam
Miracle Whip
Diana's Spicy Southwest marinade
stale Japanese vinaigrette
spare rib sauce
hoisin sauce
General Tao sauce
Italian dressing
Cesar salad dressing
molasses
sweet & sour sauce
yeast
canned cat & dog food
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
Here's what to do with that sorghum: drizzle it over cornmeal pancakes
CORNMEAL PANCAKES FOR 2 ( recipe can be doubled )
3/4 cups cornmeal
3/4 cups boiling water
1/2 teaspoon salt
generous 1/3 cup unbleached flour
1/2 tablespoon baking powder
1 egg
1 tablespoon light brown sugar or honey
1 1/2 tablespoons canola oil
1/2 cup milk
Mix cornmeal with salt. Pour boiling water over and set aside.
Sift together flour and baking powder. Set aside.
Beat egg with oil and brown sugar. Stir in milk till well combined, then add to cornmeal. Mix well.
Stir in flour till just combined.
Cook on hot griddle. Serve with lashings of butter and sorghum. Sausage on the side goes well, as do fried apples. I don't eat meat so use Morningstar Farms links instead.
Now that frosty mornings are here, these should go down pretty good.
The best way to eat sorghum is fried grits but I can't find good white grits anymore....
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
All the usual things plus a jar of Garlic Jelly that I got at the Farmer's Market where my son sells the beef & pork from his ranch.
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
just about everything i thought was odd has been listed! i have evian spray
for my hot flashes, but peppermint is a great idea. i live in arizona, so
i keep my lipsticks there, and, i'm embarrassed to say, cigarettes, too...
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
@ jerzee-- how about doing some pineapple in light rum and apricots in the eau di vie?
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
Butter section:
-Butter
-baking yeast
-2 soup spoons (for when I have puffy eyes)
1st shelf:
-Brita pitcher
-sm bottle water
-toasted sesame oil
-maple syrup
-aging bottle of blueberry preserves
-Thai red curry paste that I don't know what to do with but it sounded good when I bought it
-aging bottle of horseradish (I keep forgetting to get some more)
-tabasco
-porcini powder (I LOVE this stuff!)
-Joy perfume
-Origins eye depuffer (which I keep forgetting about)
2nd shelf
-club soda
-big bottle of pelegino
-vermouth
-a beer (which will be gone shortly after I get home)
-almond oil
-low-sodium soy sauce (which I hate but I can't quite bring myself to throw it out)
-Pearl River Mushroom soy sauce (THIS is the stuff that I do use)
-HP sauce (fell for an englishman a couple years ago and I thought he'd like it... he's ancient history but the sauce lives on forever)
-A1 sauce
-the everpresent ketchup
-4 kinds of mustard
-taco sauce
-chili sauce
So all in all nothing too terribly odd.
@wasliche-- I didn't know abut storing your birth control in the fridge (was never a problem... still isn't... Viva la Menopause!!!!)
@jerzee-- I have got to try those cherries, they sound wonderful!
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
Great topic!
@Twistie - I too have tonkatsu sauce, aloe vera gel and ponzu sauce in my fridge door! Are we fridge twins?
In addition I have:
-flax oil
-yuzu citrus dressing
-mirin
-hon tsuyu (a soup and sauce base)
-red curry paste
-anko (Japanese red bean paste)
-Patagonian dulce de leche (from a friend who visited Argentina)
-wasabi
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
I have the usual things...honey mustard, grainy mustard, mayo, ketchup, milk - it won't fit on the shelves of my fridge and didn't know that till we got it home! Also, capers, maple syrup, wine, soy and Worchestershire sauce, potassium injections for the cat's fluid treatments, Rose's lime juice, horseradish, jams and jellies, pickles, stuff like that.
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
Probably the most unusual things I have in the door of my fridge would be the bottle of tonkatsu sauce, a bottle of ponzu, a tube of aloe vera gel a friend of ours left behind after he did some gardening for us (and since he's moved out of state and fathered two [one at a time with the same mom] children since then, I guess it's probably time to toss it), and a half a packet of poppadoms that Mr. Twistie got a while back and tried to microwave even though said packet had no instructions for doing so and even a legend that said 'for best results, do not microwave' on it. I wonder why he's not so keen on cooking up that second half of the packet.
One day my husband will learn that while the microwave can be a very useful tool, it is not a universal one, even with pre-packaged foods.
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
many bottles of Ranch Dressing with only a half squirt in each, "number" birthday candles, some medicines and a partial bottle of flavored Vodka...the rest is pretty much the same as the other posts... and definitely no kimchi..what the heck is that?
And I used up all of my eye of newt and frog toes this past weekend...need to get more!...lol
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
@CATERPILLARGIRL: "an EMPTY jar of pickles, to which i say "why?" and get no answer."
PickleSickles!
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
@Koalaisnotabear, we keep our milk in the main part of the fridge for two reasons:
1) It doesn't stay cold enough on the door.
2) The gallon jug won't fit on our door shelves anyway!
Yes, we do love our milk!
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
What a great question...it also reminds me that it is time for a Serious refrigerator purge...
7 kinds of hot sauce (no foolin'), 2 kinds of bbq sauce, Brianna's Blush Wine Viniagrette, mayo, 4 kinds of mustard, Gi-Normous bottle of ketchup (small children), fish sauce, soy sauce, wor....-whatever sauce, Sriracha (essential), hoisin, black bean paste, rice wine vinegar, chinese chili-garlic sauce, garlic paste, ginger paste, lemongrass, thai curry paste, Claussen pickles (essential), homemade pickled jalapenos, and...the icing on the cake...anti-vomiting suppositories for when the barfing virus from Hades hits our house...
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
@kerosena, i also have kitty meds (bottle and 2ml syringe) in the fridge door... its from a long time ago and i should probably throw it away when i get home.
also have old jelly that was a 2005 christmas gift i cant bring myself to toss.
mustards, jams, ketchup, choc syrup, cheese, butter, hot and sweet pickles....
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
I have nothing that strange in itself, but some might find it odd that I have 3 types of milk (almond, soy, and cow) given that I live alone. I like the variety! Along those lines, I have about 4 types of mustard (that's not very many, I think I have an excuse to buy more, reading some of your counts. . .), and at least 6 or 7 types of salad dressing, at least half home made. I buy every type of vinegar I can get my hands on, too.
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
Tubes of ginger, garlic, tomato paste, half pack of curry roux, tub of miso, caper, all kinds of condiments icluding 3 kinds of mayo, and that the top rack. Bottom includes a carton of Calpis mix, vermouth, open bottle of apple booze, boxed soup stocks and bases... And that's only off the top of my head.
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
NanaJoie: I also had a vodka bottle that I used as a rolling pin!
I had it for years, and then my mother decided to just go ahead and buy me a real rolling pin.
What strange things are in the door of your fridge?
Kudzu jam and fermented Armenian baby walnuts. I'm not sure it can get much weirder than that ;)
Pepsi to Use Real Sugar in 'Pepsi Throwback' and 'Mountain Dew Throwback' in April
Our local Publix tells me that Pepsi Throwback will soon be off the shelves, being only a summer item. Is that true?
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
I miss the S'mores cookies and Fudgies, the little Kraft chewy candies in a gold wrapper. Does anyone remember the cereal, Double-Dip Crunch? I was like a "frosted" Crispix. Mmmmm!!! Oh, and the Quacker "strawberry" snack/dessert bars that looked like Nutri-Grain but had a little "squiggle" of white "icing" on top. I'm hungry now.
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@angelfood thanks for the sorghum ideas!