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coiler
09-01-12, 22:08
Post a pic of the contents of your fridge. Discuss the fails + wins in members fridges.



http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr57/coilercat77/8c8987a6.jpg

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr57/coilercat77/2012-01-09222726.jpg

The wins in here for me are the La Rozza coffee, stoned prunes, 3 boxes of eggs, bacon, mince beef, chicken fillets, + the Melon

jointhedotz
09-01-12, 22:35
no booze :-1

edit: cam died before i could get pic :-(

Anyhoo, loadsa green crap in mine courtesy of the missus

Col
09-01-12, 22:37
Fail: Ski yogurts!

coiler
09-01-12, 22:38
Your right that is rather shocking.

The booze arrives around Friday usually :lol:

coiler
09-01-12, 22:38
Fail: Ski yogurts!

ROFL just had one quite tasty

jointhedotz
09-01-12, 22:38
Your right that is rather shocking.

The booze arrives around Friday usually :lol:

bah, weekend drinker :vio

Col
09-01-12, 23:32
Ketchup and salad cream bottles are the wrong way up! Why do you have two different types of milk and why are they such disproportionately bottled?

I say the Ski yogurts are fail because I'm not keen on Ski Yogurts. I much prefer Tesco Finest yogurts and mousses, but that's a fail in itself because it's Tesco Finest!

JustJoe
09-01-12, 23:39
Why do you keep your sauces in the fridge? :|

Not worth posting a pic I have an egg box, butter and some milk. Can't really afford to keep it stocked tbh, I buy day by day.

Really doe.. Sauce in the fridge?

Ice Tea
09-01-12, 23:42
Aria fridge magnets. :P

Col
09-01-12, 23:58
Aria fridge magnets. :P

http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/91519-The-Sale-Request-Thread?p=1667539

niceguyrichy
10-01-12, 00:00
let's not do this
Final word on the subject is this:
You are absolutely completely and totally supposed to always keep sauce in the fridge. No question, it just is thus.

no way I'm taking a pic of my fridge tbh :lol:
maybe next time the missus cleans it out..

Clockwise
10-01-12, 00:12
£1 bacon sounds good.

Mokey
10-01-12, 00:25
You are absolutely completely and totally supposed to always keep sauce in the fridge. No question, it just is thus.

This, and anyone who tries to tell you otherwise should be shunned.

JustJoe
10-01-12, 00:35
You guys are so weird. :coat

Sarky
10-01-12, 00:56
Why do you keep your sauces in the fridge?

Really doe.. Sauce in the fridge?

+1 to this, fridged sauces is insane.

DoubleTop
10-01-12, 01:01
love it - the packaging resources spent on making a source that you place on the food-stuff-exit end so gravity means you get every last drop ......

And Coiler has them upside down !! Nothing military grade about that at all!!

JustJoe
10-01-12, 01:03
love it - the packaging resources spent on making a source that you place on the food-stuff-exit end so gravity means you get every last drop ......

And Coiler has them upside down !! Nothing military grade about that at all!!

Can we have that in English now.

heavywater
10-01-12, 01:05
Heinz says on the back to refrigerate, as does pretty much every other sauce I've ever seen.

Philistine.

JustJoe
10-01-12, 01:10
Heinz says on the back to refrigerate, as does pretty much every other sauce I've ever seen.

Philistine.

Real men don't read sauce bottles and certainly don't refrigerate them.

Clockwise
10-01-12, 01:18
I remember when you could keep sauce in a cupboard.

Ah the 90s.

heavywater
10-01-12, 01:20
All these years you've been guzzling inferior quality sauce and not knowing it. Tragic in its own little way. Does go some way to explaining some things though.

DoubleTop
10-01-12, 01:22
Can we have that in English now.

really?

Food scientists for years struggled with packaging for sauce, and then came the plastic ones that stand on the "lid", the orientation of the labels give it away in the photo.

There is so much sugar and acid in sauce, putting in a fridge just makes the bacon go colder quicker in the sarnie

Sarky
10-01-12, 01:37
Food scientists for years struggled with packaging for sauce, and then came the plastic ones that stand on the "lid", the orientation of the labels give it away in the photo.

LOL I just noticed that, epic fail right there!

Sniperdude
10-01-12, 06:20
fridge hygiene fail LOL

uncoocked meats such as bacon mince and stuff like that shouldn't be stored on a shelf with fresh stuff like melon
the should really be in the bottom of the fridge in one of the boxes where they can't leak and contaminate anything

imyles
10-01-12, 07:52
Definitely a +1 for sauces in the fridge but a big no to eggs in the fridge!

coiler
10-01-12, 09:18
Ketchup and salad cream bottles are the wrong way up! Why do you have two different types of milk and why are they such disproportionately bottled?

I say the Ski yogurts are fail because I'm not keen on Ski Yogurts. I much prefer Tesco Finest yogurts and mousses, but that's a fail in itself because it's Tesco Finest!


sauce bottles get chucked in whichever orientation they end up, never pay attention, only takes a quick shake to redistribute sauce to correct end :lol:

Oh and as to the milk, x2 semiskimmed are mine, skimmed is the missus' health concious and all that.



Why do you keep your sauces in the fridge? :|

Not worth posting a pic I have an egg box, butter and some milk. Can't really afford to keep it stocked tbh, I buy day by day.

Really doe.. Sauce in the fridge?



Every condiment says "once opened store in fridge" leaving it in cupbaord leaves it tasting like your sat in a dirty cafe using that ketchup thats stale and out of date as hell.



love it - the packaging resources spent on making a source that you place on the food-stuff-exit end so gravity means you get every last drop ......

And Coiler has them upside down !! Nothing military grade about that at all!!



That made me LOL :lol:



fridge hygiene fail LOL

uncoocked meats such as bacon mince and stuff like that shouldn't be stored on a shelf with fresh stuff like melon
the should really be in the bottom of the fridge in one of the boxes where they can't leak and contaminate anything




This is probably true but a bit of raw mince juice on the Melon turns it into a MAN MELON




Need moar fridge pics GOGOGOGO


Definitely a +1 for sauces in the fridge but a big no to eggs in the fridge!


Fridges always come with the egg container things, is this a manufacturer fail?

Sniperdude
10-01-12, 09:32
MAN MELON :chairfall:

imyles
10-01-12, 09:42
I think it is a manufacturer fail on the basis that:

a) No box of eggs I have ever bought say keep refrigerated

b) The supermarket don't refrigerate their eggs

Ice Tea
10-01-12, 09:50
The fridge is one of the few places in the house that has a constant temperature.


From the food administration

Why should eggs be refrigerated?

Temperature fluctuation is critical to egg safety. Eggs are required by FDA to be refrigerated as soon as possible. After eggs are refrigerated, it is important to keep them that way. A cold egg left out at room temperature can sweat, facilitating the growth of bacteria that could contaminate the egg. Refrigerated eggs should not be left out more than two hours.

scottwhitten
10-01-12, 09:51
fridge hygiene fail LOL

uncoocked meats such as bacon mince and stuff like that shouldn't be stored on a shelf with fresh stuff like melon
the should really be in the bottom of the fridge in one of the boxes where they can't leak and contaminate anything


Lol you sound like my wife

El Wayneo
10-01-12, 09:58
Just looked in my fridge and its pretty dirty tbh, will have to discipline the missus later i think.


Will stick a pic up when its been sorted, lazy cow!

Oxigin
10-01-12, 10:02
+1 to this, fridged sauces is insane.

The bottles say on them once open keep in fridge - - So thats the normal place for them...

Sniperdude
10-01-12, 10:22
Lol you sound like my wife

well your wife is right. :P it's basic food hygiene.

Sniperdude
10-01-12, 10:25
Just looked in my fridge and its pretty dirty tbh, will have to discipline the missus later i think.


Will stick a pic up when its been sorted, lazy cow!

you're calling her a lazy cow and yet you just looked in the fridge seen it was dirty closed the door
for someone else to sort out LOL


Why don''t you clean it its your fridge too is what she will tell you when you complain LOL

niceguyrichy
10-01-12, 10:27
cleaning the fridge out is womens work, everyone know that.. :rolleyes:

Mokey
10-01-12, 10:29
cleaning the fridge out is womens work, everyone know that.. :rolleyes:

I mean, it's in the kitchen and everything, enough of a hint right there. :rolleyes:

Robin
10-01-12, 10:35
Nothing in my fridge really apart from some lettuce that is liquifying in the bottom drawer :P

coiler
10-01-12, 10:35
The fridge is one of the few places in the house that has a constant temperature.


From the food administration

Why should eggs be refrigerated?

Temperature fluctuation is critical to egg safety. Eggs are required by FDA to be refrigerated as soon as possible. After eggs are refrigerated, it is important to keep them that way. A cold egg left out at room temperature can sweat, facilitating the growth of bacteria that could contaminate the egg. Refrigerated eggs should not be left out more than two hours.



sounds good to me! the eggs are staying in the fridge!!!

FlasH
10-01-12, 10:40
Just the one block of cheese Coiler? I'm shocked.

Sniperdude
10-01-12, 10:45
cleaning the fridge out is womens work, everyone know that.. :rolleyes:


I mean, it's in the kitchen and everything, enough of a hint right there. :rolleyes:

:chairfall: I have to confess I don't think i have cleaned the fridge in about 15 years LOL ( GF has a cleaning OCD even if I did do it it wouldn't be good enough ) :)


sounds good to me! the eggs are staying in the fridge!!!


do you like eggs then LOL

wonderlust
10-01-12, 12:04
You shouldn't store tomatoes in the fridge...

Sarky
10-01-12, 12:07
The bottles say on them once open keep in fridge - - So thats the normal place for them...

Very true, although they're stored in supermarkets at room temp, sometimes for months. Granted not opened, but still. I prefer room temp sauces to fridged lol.

niceguyrichy
10-01-12, 12:10
You shouldn't store tomatoes in the fridge...

plums on the other hand.. you should definitely keep your plums nice and cool :thumb:

633Squadron
10-01-12, 12:21
This thread should be renamed "The Fridge OCD Thread".....

coiler
10-01-12, 18:57
plums on the other hand.. you should definitely keep your plums nice and cool :thumb:

Me prunes which are dried plums are firmly in the fridge i'm glad to report.



Also just for DT to comply the sauces to the Military Grade Refridgeration 205456 derivative standard of the 1963 chilled gas convention i've had a sort out...


http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr57/coilercat77/2012-01-10184344.jpg




I also rate this thread 5/5 ;)

Anymore takers to have their fridge OCD critiqued?

Sniperdude
10-01-12, 23:44
No Reggae Reggae Sauce the tomato is the dogs

Ice Tea
11-01-12, 08:51
This thread should be renamed "The Fridge OCD Thread".....

That is because you are used to cooling stuff by slinging it off the side of the ship on the end of the rope into the sea. :P

coiler
11-01-12, 09:11
No Reggae Reggae Sauce the tomato is the dogs


http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr57/coilercat77/2012-01-09222726.jpg


Top right if you can make it out ;)

PCplod
11-01-12, 09:53
You guys are so weird. :coat

This man is correct

pitvipersai
11-01-12, 09:54
no? larger? jerky? Vodka? HP?
:confused:

BeeP
11-01-12, 09:56
ASDA Brown sauce........it's HP or nothing for me.

I'd take a photo of our fridge but it's so busy I'm sure a hand would be blurred into the pic.

PCplod
11-01-12, 10:03
My fridge has X rated stuff in so I cant take a picture

PCplod
11-01-12, 10:18
The fridge is one of the few places in the house that has a constant temperature.


From the food administration

Why should eggs be refrigerated?

Temperature fluctuation is critical to egg safety. Eggs are required by FDA to be refrigerated as soon as possible. After eggs are refrigerated, it is important to keep them that way. A cold egg left out at room temperature can sweat, facilitating the growth of bacteria that could contaminate the egg. Refrigerated eggs should not be left out more than two hours.
This is a very borderline thing.
There is an argument and scientific facts that you should both keep your eggs at room temperature, and then you should keep them in the fridge.... there is no definetive answer because both can create bacteria, but it sways much towards to keeping your eggs out of the fridge.

What creates the bacteria is the a temperature change in the egg while its being stored/before cooking it, warm or cold either way. And you buy your egg at a shop on the shelf at roomish temperature, it arrives at the shop at the same sort of temperature, once the egg comes out the hens *** it never gets put in the fridge and stays at about the temperature.

So when you get your eggs home you should keep them at roomish temperature (the eggs have been this way days before you even bought them and are fine, putting them in the fridge now doesnt make sense and can only have more chance of making bacteria)
Changing the temperature by putting them in the fridge can cause (although not likely and hardly ever does, but this is the most likely way it can) the bacteria to develop, and then even more so when you take it out of the fridge at room temperature before you cook it, and then even more so when you cook it at boiling temp.

Basically the correct way to store eggs is at room temp, but you can put them in the fridge and nothing bad will ever happen to you (probably not anyway) but will have much more chance of the eggs developing bacteria because of the temperature changes.

The journey of the Egg;

Hens ***> Barn> Box> Truck> Lorry> Factory (depends)> Lorry> wholesalers> Lorry> Shop> Shopping bag> Your home.

The Egg was never put in a fridge the whole time and was probably kept between 20-30 degree's with no sudden temperature changes (important with transporting eggs) So to put it in the fridge very cold as soon as you get it when its been this temp for its whole life if your worried about bacteria in the egg is the worst thing you can do.

Ice Tea
11-01-12, 10:25
You will have to take that up with the world wide food administration and tell them to change it then because they say that there isn't such a thing as a constant room temperature in the average house. :)

PCplod
11-01-12, 10:29
There isnt such thing as a constant room temperature in the shop/barn/lorry but there is such thing as a steady temperature. Its the sudden change in temperature from warm>cold or cold>warm which can cause the bacteria which is exactly what you do when you put it in/ take it out the fridge.

Not saying anything by it I dont care were my eggs are kept ive always been fine but if you are worried about the chance of them creating bacteria then you should keep them at room temp.
The world wide food administration used to approve milk from cows fed steroids so although they have good guidelines (very good ones now in the UK) not all their advice is correct.

Ice Tea
11-01-12, 10:37
Not for me to say all i done was paste up the text from the world wide food administration guide on egg saftey.

So as i say if you know better than their guidance from world wide scientists and experts then best to contact them and say it's wrong so to change the habits of the world for egg storage and for fridge manufacturer to remove egg shelfs and trays to facilitate the storage of eggs. :D :thumb:

PCplod
11-01-12, 10:49
Just the way it is mate, there is allot of evidence and advice you can easily find on the web to say otherwise, just because you read something from world wide food administration it doesnt mean its cthe best thing to do.

They only advise that because thats the safest thing for them to advise anyone and everyone and if they advise otherwise and someone lives in a very strange house or stores there eggs near the window or something where there is sudden temp changes its bad, the same as GPU companies saying you need a 650w PSU to power a GPU when you only really need 450w.

So for normal people to store your eggs in the cupboard/ on the side aslong as there is no sudden temperature changes and there is a normal average ambient temp just like it has been since it left the hens *** then its the best way to store your eggs if you are really worried about bacteria, personly I dont care but that is the way it is

Ice Tea
11-01-12, 11:00
I could post #56 again so you endup in an infinite loop arguing with yourself about caring but not caring from google search and copy and paste. :D

PCplod
11-01-12, 11:04
Dont understand lol.. just the way it is

Sniperdude
11-01-12, 11:06
not much in like but here we go .....that said i have magners and wine haha

http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo97/sniperdude_2008/IMG_20120110_103126.jpg

PCplod
11-01-12, 11:13
Fruit corners, Reggae sauce, flavoured water, Orange juice, Alcoholic beverages, what else do you need? MEAT

Sniperdude
11-01-12, 11:22
Fruit corners, Reggae sauce, flavoured water, Orange juice, Alcoholic beverages, what else do you need? MEAT

chicken fillets in the box at the bottom do ? normally freeze everything till the day before needed so frozen meat will have to do lol

PCplod
11-01-12, 11:54
Everything a man could want then lol

coiler
11-01-12, 11:59
not much in like but here we go .....that said i have magners and wine haha

http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo97/sniperdude_2008/IMG_20120110_103126.jpg







alcohol, drinks, levi sauce and yoghurts! now thats a fridge devoid of feminine foodstuffs!!

eggs in tray too good lad LOL

coiler
11-01-12, 12:05
Ok i'd also like to open this massive can of worms in the Offical Fridge OCD Thread... :lol: :lol: :lol:



http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a0a5yxl0Uhw/ThXNmvrV6mI/AAAAAAAAAc0/ZvL-qUccbR8/s1600/2595_250.gif





Defrost meat

- in fridge (what I do, takes a bit longer but no exposure to bacteria causing room temps)
- on windersill/worksurface etc


Before cooking meat
- Cut off blood if needed and chuck in pan
- Wash in the sink (raw meat juice everywhere, I hate this method LOL)

watercooled
11-01-12, 12:10
i dont eat much nowadays

http://2.media.collegehumor.cvcdn.com/8/e/collegehumor.e650d848f751f3db736cfb8e73d8a8c9.jpg

Sniperdude
11-01-12, 12:42
Defrost meat on the work surface if needed fast otherwise in the fridge.

cut off anything that's ugly and not needed like fat of chicken filets and stuff

scottwhitten
11-01-12, 12:48
no? larger? jerky? Vodka? HP?
:confused:

Vodka is kept in the freezer

PCplod
11-01-12, 14:20
Eat pineapple dipped in milk :D Take it to the cleaners next sunday to meat tomato

JustJoe
11-01-12, 14:24
I defrost meat in the bath.. Real man here.

Mr. Grapes
11-01-12, 14:34
Oh man... I'm so doing this when i get home.... :)

joker3327
11-01-12, 15:28
I defrost meat in the bath.. Real man here.

No a real man deforsts meat under his armpit !!

What if you have 2 fridgessssss.... The wife fridge and the Beer fridge.... which should be posted??

coiler
11-01-12, 15:40
post both.!

Joey Propane
13-01-12, 20:12
No a real man deforsts meat under his armpit !!



Real men eat meat before it needs to be frozen.

Naphta
13-01-12, 21:56
Me prunes which are dried plums are firmly in the fridge i'm glad to report.



Also just for DT to comply the sauces to the Military Grade Refridgeration 205456 derivative standard of the 1963 chilled gas convention i've had a sort out...


http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr57/coilercat77/2012-01-10184344.jpg




I also rate this thread 5/5 ;)

Anymore takers to have their fridge OCD critiqued?
Just sayin' that sauces of the same variety should be paired/grouped accordingly.

gavbon
14-01-12, 15:01
ild take a photo of whats my fridge

but new fridge freezer gets delivered Wednesday, due to the frost free thing messing up, and costing £100 to fix....thought might aswell splurge on a new one


will take pics for you to decimate me tho :D

coiler
15-01-12, 19:42
Just sayin' that sauces of the same variety should be paired/grouped accordingly.


oh dear!

*RUNS OFF TO FRIDGE*

Sarky
15-01-12, 20:39
I may take a photo of our uni fridge...prepare for chemical hazards

Huge Pear
15-01-12, 21:57
I just read this entire thread and as far as I can see all it's about is people complaining about Coilers fridge arrangement......

JustJoe
15-01-12, 21:58
I just read this entire thread and as far as I can see all it's about is people complaining about Coilers fridge arrangement......

Its for his own benefit.

coiler
15-01-12, 22:56
I just read this entire thread and as far as I can see all it's about is people complaining about Coilers fridge arrangement......


Yeah lol we need some more volunteers. I'm thinking everyone else has some filthy fridges not to post up :D

I3R0K3N7FEET
16-01-12, 21:19
lol my fridge is tiny and pretty much empty

and i dont eat need to defrost meat, i eat it fresh off the backside.

coiler
17-01-12, 09:22
lol my fridge is tiny and pretty much empty

and i dont eat need to defrost meat, i eat it fresh off the backside, delivered freshly killed from Jon Woads shed

Really!

Pepp77
17-01-12, 10:13
I will get a picture of my fridge up tonight.

With regards Coilers sauces I think the first change was good as it got them into a height order :) (well the upside down right way up ones at least).

Moving on to eggs. The basic temperature range for bacteria to grow is 5c-63c. So all the time the eggs are out of the fridge bacteria is growing on them. When you then refridgerate them the bacteria goes to sleep (under5c) and so stop growing. You then cook the eggs (over 63c) which kills off the bacteria (of which there will be less due to them being refridgerated and not stored at a temperature that allows bacteria growth).

coiler
17-01-12, 11:06
I will get a picture of my fridge up tonight.

With regards Coilers sauces I think the first change was good as it got them into a height order :) (well the upside down right way up ones at least).

Moving on to eggs. The basic temperature range for bacteria to grow is 5c-63c. So all the time the eggs are out of the fridge bacteria is growing on them. When you then refridgerate them the bacteria goes to sleep (under5c) and so stop growing. You then cook the eggs (over 63c) which kills off the bacteria (of which there will be less due to them being refridgerated and not stored at a temperature that allows bacteria growth).

that sounds sensible to me!

eggs are deffo staying in the fridge!

Dain
17-01-12, 20:40
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gKbS8xw40nM/TdPyyW5PJyI/AAAAAAAAAT8/mWwPsCgWtLA/s1600/empty-fridge.jpg

Pepp77
17-01-12, 20:41
As promised here's mine

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/pja77uk/IMAG0489.jpg

Actually quite empty at the moment, need to do a shop.

KickButt
17-01-12, 22:54
i've run out of money for food, looking at people saying there fridge is empty and feeling empty inside!
i want your guys fridges.

coiler
18-01-12, 10:37
As promised here's mine

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/pja77uk/IMAG0489.jpg

Actually quite empty at the moment, need to do a shop.



eggs = win :D

whats all the condiments in the door top compartment? middle shelf dedicated to liquids I quite like that

Pepp77
18-01-12, 15:19
eggs = win :D

whats all the condiments in the door top compartment? middle shelf dedicated to liquids I quite like that

Heres what's what.

Main fridge

Top - Fruit
2nd shelf - Yoghurts
3rd Shelf - Eggs (also might be found on top shelf depending on what's in fridge) and cooked meats/products
4th shelf - Uncooked meats
5th shelf - Drinks
veg draws - Funnily enough this has salad and veg in it.

Door
Top - Chocolate :)
2nd shelf - Butter and cheeses
3rd shelf - condiments - no ketchup here that's kept on the side as cold ketchup is rank
4th shelf - Water filter and milk (with an opened bottle of passata as well).

Things may move slightly depending on if there's is more of one type than another, but that's the general layout.

heavywater
18-01-12, 15:29
Top - Chocolate :)
Philistine.

Pepp77
18-01-12, 15:40
Philistine.

Why, do you not have a shelf dedicated to chocolate?

coiler
18-01-12, 15:49
when the missus puts choc in the fridge, i promptly remove it and store in drawer.

Cold choc arhrhghghghg

heavywater
18-01-12, 15:51
Cold chocolate tastes of nothing at all.

It's like storing red wine in the fridge, it's universally frowned upon.

Pepp77
18-01-12, 15:53
What a load of rubbish, stick a single cube of cold chocolate in your mouth and then just let it melt, that's a great thing.

coiler
18-01-12, 16:10
put it in mouth from the drawer and its much more pleasurable!

Also 99% of drawers are cool enough to store choc without melt risk :+1

Robin
18-01-12, 16:11
put it in mouth from the drawer and its much more pleasurable!


More sig worthy stuff there ;)

niceguyrichy
18-01-12, 16:33
put it in mouth from the drawer and its much more pleasurable!

Also 99% of drawers are cool enough to store choc without melt risk :+1
Every drawer in my house just happens to sit directly behind a computer blasting hot air at it
Fact

FRIDGE CHOCS FTW :+1

Turbo Porridge
06-02-12, 18:18
What an epic thread. Poor ol' Coiler LOL