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Nixy
1/24/06, 08:57pm
...what's one thing you ALWAYS have in your fridge? What's one thing you try to NOT keep in your fridge cause if it's there you just eat and eat and eat it til it's gone?

I always need to have Ketchup...I eat ketchup on SO many things (eggs, fries, chicken fingers, Kraft Dinner, etc) that if I run out I am VERY lost. One thing that I try to not keep in my fridge is weiners cause if they're there I'll snack on them (yes, raw...chicken ones...I don't like beef/pork ones) til they're all gone...I usually keep them frozen so I just thaw however many I want when I'm having hotdogs or putting them in KD or something...that way I don't impulsively snack on them.

HomeLAN
1/24/06, 08:59pm
My fridge isn't entirely mine. Therefore, what's ALWAYS there is apple juice. What we try to ditch is marichino cherries, becuase someone wants them as a steady diet.

Aren't 4 YO's fun?

Nixy
1/24/06, 09:05pm
My fridge isn't entirely mine. Therefore, what's ALWAYS there is apple juice. What we try to ditch is marichino cherries, becuase someone wants them as a steady diet.

Aren't 4 YO's fun?

Your 4 y/o would eat nothing but Marichino Cherries if you let him? :lol:

Better than chocolate bars I guess :D

greenfreak
1/24/06, 09:11pm
We aren't that great about keeping the fridge stocked. But there are always two Britta water filters in there. And at least one Lean Cuisine in the freezer.

Luis G
1/24/06, 10:30pm
Milk, cheese, ham and ketchup.

I try to have mayonesse too but I don't keep it in the fridge :P

Dave
1/24/06, 10:32pm
always have: orange juice, water and yogurt

try not to have: ice cream

tonksy
1/24/06, 10:36pm
Beer....and green olives for Malory.

nalani
1/25/06, 01:34am
Beer....and green olives for Malory.

i *knew* i liked that girl .. when I was pregnant with my oldest, I ate green olives like popcorn :D


always have: milk
try not to have: ice cream ... even if I had it, it wouldn't last :D

Inkara1
1/25/06, 01:52am
I've always got this Wal-Mart fruit punch soda in my fridge... but that's just because it's nasty so I haven't had any of it in over a year. I can't seem to get rid of it.

PT
1/25/06, 02:31am
Always have : Milk.

Never have : cheese slices, the damn kids will eat three or four slices of cheese for a snack. Ok, I will too.

PT
1/25/06, 02:33am
I've always got this Wal-Mart fruit punch soda in my fridge... but that's just because it's nasty so I haven't had any of it in over a year. I can't seem to get rid of it.Wow. You are quite the obsessive compulsive, aren't you?

BeardofPants
1/25/06, 03:13am
Yeast, and weird condiments that have been sitting in there for a year. Yeast is for baking. I try not to keep nutella in the fridge cos then I'd just eat it right out of the jar. :retard:

tonksy
1/25/06, 05:09am
Yeast, and weird condiments that have been sitting in there for a year. Yeast is for baking. I try not to keep nutella in the fridge cos then I'd just eat it right out of the jar. :retard:
They need to make the opening of nutella bigger...so I can stick my face in to lick the sides. I try not to kep that stuff around either, it's too good.
We always have to have juice for the girls so we buy it in bulk and keep the spares in the beer fridge along with the soda...and of course the beer.

AlphaTroll
1/25/06, 05:30am
They need to make the opening of nutella bigger...so I can stick my face in to lick the sides. I try not to kep that stuff around either, it's too good.
We always have to have juice for the girls so we buy it in bulk and keep the spares in the beer fridge along with the soda...and of course the beer.


I, on the other hand, am completely grossed-out by the thought of Nutella :sick:

Anyway: Always have: Fresh fruit & salad. Milk.
Stuff I don't stock up with: Mayo, it just goes off because they don't seem to make small bottles that would justify me actually purchasing one. Oh and the Carmel Sweet & Tangy gherkins (jumbo size one) - I only ever get them once in a while because I can sit and finish half a bottle of it in one sitting :blush:

Winky
1/25/06, 05:39am
I try to have mayonnaise too but I don't keep it in the fridge :P

that still freaks me out

BeardofPants
1/25/06, 05:44am
I agree with winky....
*waits for the sky to fall

Winky
1/25/06, 06:02am
When I was but just a wee latch key tot

Me mommy had some hard and fast rulz aboot
food its storage and preparation

Mayo could never reach anywhere near room temp
after its initial opening or it was to be immediately
banished from he domicile as food poisoning was something to be avoided at all costs!

Also once food was cooked it was either eaten or stored immediately.
Stuff that was to be kept was properly covered and slammed into he fridge post haste
(again not allowing it to reach room temp)

I've never ever given meself food poisoning
(I've had to go to restaurants’ for that!)

But on the otherhand me beloved spouses upbringing
had another twisty turn

In her home you were forbidden to cram stuff in the fridge
until it had cooled, this results in her leaving things out long
after they have reached room temp

Needless to say I don't even touch those items
they usually end up in the trash after an overly
long stay in MY fridge

Ah marriage an endless series of accommodations...

AlphaTroll
1/25/06, 06:11am
Actually, you should leave things to cool down before you refrigerate them. Otherwise the warm food causes the temp in the fridge to rise, which in turn kinda nullifies the point of refrigeration.

tonksy
1/25/06, 06:13am
Not to mention warp the tupperware.

Winky
1/25/06, 09:45am
Well Alfie that's the flawed (from a thermodynamic point of view)
that was handed down from Mommy to daughter in this case...

And Honky-Tonk

they be having microwave\dishwasha safe
tupperwares these here daze...

A widdle temperature differential ain’t gonna hurt em’ none.

But lettin' mah sustenance be in the bacteriological temp zone
is hazardous to me well-being now gurls heh heh

Nixy
1/25/06, 09:46am
Yeast, and weird condiments that have been sitting in there for a year. Yeast is for baking. I try not to keep nutella in the fridge cos then I'd just eat it right out of the jar. :retard:

I don't keep nutella in the fridge, I find it makes it to hard and very difficult to spread...I try not to keep it anywhere though because I'll eat it with a spoon if I have it :brush:

Dave
1/25/06, 10:09am
But lettin' mah sustenance be in the bacteriological temp zone
is hazardous to me well-being now gurls heh heh
its good for you. strengthens the immune system.

chcr
1/25/06, 10:26am
Beer, some kind of cheese (usually sharp cheddar) for crackers (my snack of choice), mayo, tortillas and water. There is lots of other stuff in there at any given time, but those are in there all the time.

*doesn't even know what nutella is*

AlphaTroll
1/25/06, 10:39am
It's a chocolate nut spread. Some people put it on bread :sick:

chcr
1/25/06, 10:54am
I cain't have stuff like that anymore. Not supposed to have beer either, I suppose but you have to draw the line somewhere.

Winky
1/25/06, 11:25am
its good for you. strengthens the immune system.

Well spooty olde boi
I normally go for a bit of Echinacea or perhaps a clove or two of raw garlic
or in more extreme situations
a prescribed antibiotic for immune system support

But if you recommend rancid salmonella infested food

yer the Doc

who am I to argue?

Dave
1/25/06, 11:39am
lol

and here i was worried that the sarcasm didnt translate...

actually i grew up in a household that put leftovers in the fridge as soon as possible. my current household prefers to let it cool before putting the leftovers away.
i'm no worse for the wear.

Nixy
1/25/06, 12:20pm
lol

and here i was worried that the sarcasm didnt translate...

actually i grew up in a household that put leftovers in the fridge as soon as possible. my current household prefers to let it cool before putting the leftovers away.
i'm no worse for the wear.

If you seal them before they cool you get mad condensation...ICK

Professur
1/25/06, 12:45pm
Pink grapefruit juice, milk, 7 different types of cheese, beer. There might be something else in there, but it's behind one of those so I've not seen it.

Nixy
1/25/06, 12:47pm
Pink grapefruit juice, milk, 7 different types of cheese, beer. There might be something else in there, but it's behind one of those so I've not seen it.

I assume this is your HOME fridge, not your work fridge (for some reason I remember you saying you have a mini fridge at work?) :p

SouthernN'Proud
1/25/06, 12:47pm
Pretty much always present: soft drinks, mustard, apple butter, and milk

Try to keep to a minimum: stuff we don't like, leftovers, and fruit juices. I could live on orange juice, but it kills my blood sugar.

Nixy
1/25/06, 12:49pm
Pretty much always present: soft drinks, mustard, apple butter, and milk

Try to keep to a minimum: stuff we don't like, leftovers, and fruit juices. I could live on orange juice, but it kills my blood sugar.

And drinking to much OJ can cause bladder infections...learned that one the hard way a didn't even touch the stuff for ALONG time after.

Professur
1/25/06, 12:53pm
I assume this is your HOME fridge, not your work fridge (for some reason I remember you saying you have a mini fridge at work?) :p

*looks under desk* Oddly enough, there's only three types of cheese in this one. But sure enough, there's grapefruit juice, milk and beer in it too.

Wow, I never thought of checking that one.

Nixy
1/25/06, 01:08pm
*looks under desk* Oddly enough, there's only three types of cheese in this one. But sure enough, there's grapefruit juice, milk and beer in it too.

Wow, I never thought of checking that one.

We have five types of cheese in our fridge...I have three and stacey has three (both of us have cream cheese...different flavours but I count it as one type)...you have beer at work?

Professur
1/25/06, 01:09pm
One.

Nixy
1/25/06, 01:12pm
One.

Lemme rephrase that...you're ALLOWED to have beer at work?!

Professur
1/25/06, 01:15pm
Who exactly is gonna tell me otherwise? If I'm having a steak sandwich for lunch and want a beer with it, that's my business. Just as if I want a steak and a beer for lunch at the local tavern. It's not like I'm sitting with an open beer at my desk during my paid work hours.

Nixy
1/25/06, 01:17pm
Who exactly is gonna tell me otherwise? If I'm having a steak sandwich for lunch and want a beer with it, that's my business. Just as if I want a steak and a beer for lunch at the local tavern. It's not like I'm sitting with an open beer at my desk during my paid work hours.

You're allowed to come to work after having consumed alcohol at lunch?

Professur
1/25/06, 01:19pm
Having one beer at lunch doesn't exactly impair my screwdriver abilities. I'm not operating heavy machinery, y'know

In fact, when I'm on the road, one beer with a meal is accepted for the expense account. A glass of wine would be too.

Nixy
1/25/06, 01:20pm
Having one beer at lunch doesn't exactly impair my screwdriver abilities. I'm not operating heavy machinery, y'know

True...but by the amount of time you spend here doesn't seem you use a screwdriver much either :D

HomeLAN
1/25/06, 01:20pm
He wouldn't be around here. I wrote the policy that I'd fire him under myself.

Professur
1/25/06, 01:21pm
I'm incredibly gifted where fixing computers is concerned.

Professur
1/25/06, 01:23pm
He wouldn't be around here. I wrote the policy that I'd fire him under myself.

You're not allowed to take a glass of wine if you take a customer/supplier to lunch?

Dave
1/25/06, 01:23pm
i remember, back in my 9-5/M-F days, coming back from lunch with my co-workers and we were all half in the bag. made for an interesting afternoon in the office.
these days just being around some of the clientel is enough for a contact buzz...

HomeLAN
1/25/06, 01:24pm
Nope. You can pay for theirs, but you by-God better not join them.

If they want to blame that on the mean ol' nasty accounting department to their clients, it's OK with me. Too damn many liability issues involved with letting employees drink while on duty.

Professur
1/25/06, 01:34pm
Nope. You can pay for theirs, but you by-God better not join them.

If they want to blame that on the mean ol' nasty accounting department to their clients, it's OK with me. Too damn many liability issues involved with letting employees drink while on duty.

It's understood that there's a one-drink limit. And never, ever, (when we were on the road) if you're going to another customer's after. But then, alcohol, 'specially wine, is a much more tolerated substance here (drinking age 18). And some meals must have wine.

Nixy
1/25/06, 01:35pm
It's understood that there's a one-drink limit. And never, ever, (when we were on the road) if you're going to another customer's after. But then, alcohol, 'specially wine, is a much more tolerated substance here (drinking age 18). And some meals must have wine.

Cause you guys are crazy Quebec-ers

chcr
1/25/06, 01:49pm
Cause you guys are crazy Quebec-ers
Funny, I always thought it was kaybeckers. :lloyd:

Nixy
1/25/06, 01:59pm
Funny, I always thought it was kaybeckers. :lloyd:

Call them what you want just don't call them late for happy hour :lloyd:

abooja
1/25/06, 03:25pm
Poland Spring water, Vitamin Water, Red Bulls (sugar free) and a block of cheddar cheese. There's always a ton of stuff in my fridge, but these items are everpresent (especially the first three).

Nixy
1/25/06, 03:27pm
Poland Spring water, Vitamin Water, Red Bulls (sugar free) and a block of cheddar cheese. There's always a ton of stuff in my fridge, but these items are everpresent (especially the first three).

That's a lot of liquid...not so many solids.

abooja
1/25/06, 03:46pm
That's a lot of liquid...not so many solids.
Please see your sister thread for a list of solids. :lloyd:

tonksy
1/25/06, 04:40pm
NEW BEER ALERT! NEW BEER ALERT!
We have a new beer in the fridge! Terrapin Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout. It's dreamy....too bad it only comes in 4 packs.

Inkara1
1/25/06, 04:44pm
I should clarify that not all the soda in the fridge is mine. The Sunkist Orange is Christina's.

:D

Nixy
1/25/06, 04:45pm
I should clarify that not all the soda in the fridge is mine. The Sunkist Orange is Christina's.

:D

The girl who doesn't stay the night has her own pop?

unclehobart
1/25/06, 05:42pm
i remember, back in my 9-5/M-F days, coming back from lunch with my co-workers and we were all half in the bag. made for an interesting afternoon in the office.
these days just being around some of the clientel is enough for a contact buzz...
Lunch? I took perhaps 6 lunches in 8 years. I was a working fool.

Inkara1
1/25/06, 05:46pm
The girl who doesn't stay the night has her own pop?

Indeed. I was trying to use it as "stay the night more often" bait but it hasn't worked yet.

unclehobart
1/25/06, 05:50pm
Tape a condom to each can. She'll get the message.

Inkara1
1/25/06, 05:52pm
She comes over sometimes... but doesn't stay the night. Damn the "something going on early every morning, seven days a week" schedule.

unclehobart
1/25/06, 05:56pm
Better yet, tape a can of soda to your whodiddly and ask her to 'pop your top'.

Inkara1
1/25/06, 05:58pm
I'll just have to tell her not to shake it too much or it will spray everywhere.

PT
1/25/06, 10:56pm
Well Alfie that's the flawed (from a thermodynamic point of view)
that was handed down from Mommy to daughter in this case...
Whoa. You're a chick? That's mindblowing.

Luis G
1/25/06, 11:30pm
that still freaks me out
I agree with winky....
*waits for the sky to fall

Then you'll love this. The current bottle of mayo (~3kg) is now about 1 month old, and it looks like it will last a good month or month and a half more. :D

Nixy
1/26/06, 12:03am
Then you'll love this. The current bottle of mayo (~3kg) is now about 1 month old, and it looks like it will last a good month or month and a half more. :D

ewwww this makes me sick just thinking about it...post a pic of the label will ya?

BeardofPants
1/26/06, 01:49am
I'm just waitin' for luis to get food poisoning. :sick:
Yo, prof?
nutella chocolates;) (http://www.rocherusa.com/indulgence.htm)
almost-nutella chocolates (http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/food/kinder-chocolate/433979/)

AlphaTroll
1/26/06, 02:05am
Then you'll love this. The current bottle of mayo (~3kg) is now about 1 month old, and it looks like it will last a good month or month and a half more. :D

Dude, you're going to die.

And I have nothing to wear to the funeral :mope:

Nixy
1/26/06, 02:08am
I'm just waitin' for luis to get food poisoning. :sick:
Yo, prof?
nutella chocolates;) (http://www.rocherusa.com/indulgence.htm)
almost-nutella chocolates (http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/food/kinder-chocolate/433979/)

I don't find kinder to be nutella like at all...Ferrero Rocher however...*drools*

I like kinder too but I don't find them nutella-esque

Nixy
1/26/06, 02:11am
Dude, you're going to die.

And I have nothing to wear to the funeral :mope:

I'm wondering if their mayonnaise is somehow different...I don't know that I've EVER seen a 3kg jar of mayo :eyebrow: That is why I wanna see a pic of the label (I DEFINATELY don't wanna see the contents...)

AlphaTroll
1/26/06, 02:42am
We get those big sizes, but I think you can only buy them at catering supply shops. Getting through a bottle like that would possibly take me & my entire family a year or so.

Inkara1
1/26/06, 02:52am
A 3kg jar of mayo would be smaller than the one-gallon jars here.

tonksy
1/26/06, 08:02am
Luis? Are you using that lime mayo I see in the hispanic groceries/ Maybe they have a stabilizer or something :shrug:

AlphaTroll
1/26/06, 09:03am
Ooh - the best mayo in the world in Nando's Perinaise http://www.nandos.co.za/images/prod_07_range.jpg

(Absolutely divine on hot spuds)

SouthernN'Proud
1/26/06, 09:16am
It has come to my attention that some of you have no idea what apple butter is. God. I cannot imagine a life like that. Seriously. How...dismal.

Yet another reason I give thanks to a benevolent God daily that in His infinite wisdom He saw fit to love me enough to have made me, and bless me enough to keep me, a rural Southerner.

I remember helping my grandmother make it the old way...in a brass kettle over an open fire. It took all day just to cook it down, not including the time it took to prep the apples. Now people make it this way (http://www.pickyourown.org/applebutter.htm) in crock pots and such. I make it that way now too. It's good, but not anything near as good as the old method made it. Then again, what ever is? Still, crock pot apple butter is far superior to the thought of life with no apple butter. I can't fathom it. If made right, you can put a spoonful on your forehead, and your tongue will beat your brains out trying to get to it.

Thankfully, mom had canned a few pints this winter, so we can replace some of what burned up in the fire. :crying4: This fall, when the good apples come in, it'll be a high priority to get several pints made and canned. If it's any good, I might be persuaded to ship a few so the rest of y'all can live fuller lives for the experience of having tasted apple butter.

tonksy
1/26/06, 09:22am
Apple butter is so yum, but pumpkin butter is divine...and looks less like baby poo.....not much less but less.

AlphaTroll
1/26/06, 09:39am
The applebutter sound yum - like something we have with pork or roast.

Do you guys eat crabapples? I made a batch of crabapple jelly a week or so ago - it's delicious with cold meats.

HomeLAN
1/26/06, 10:28am
This fall, when the good apples come in, it'll be a high priority to get several pints made and canned. If it's any good, I might be persuaded to ship a few so the rest of y'all can live fuller lives for the experience of having tasted apple butter.

If you can't get to it, let me know. I'll make a run to Mercier's in Blue Ridge and pick you some up. It ain't homemade, but it's good enough to be an acceptable substitute.

Luis G
1/27/06, 12:49am
I'd have sworn it was 3kg, it is almost 2kg.

It does have lemon juice, and as you can see in the 2nd pic the mayo is just fine.

Nixy
1/27/06, 09:48am
I'd have sworn it was 3kg, it is almost 2kg.

It does have lemon juice, and as you can see in the 2nd pic the mayo is just fine.

If it has lemon juice it ain't like any mayo I've ever seen.

tonksy
1/27/06, 10:08am
If it has lemon juice it ain't like any mayo I've ever seen.
That's why i think he can keep it at room temp. I remember seeing lime mayo alot, I often wanted to try it but couldn't justify a whole jar, what if i hate it? Rob won't touch the stuff.

Nixy
1/27/06, 01:08pm
That's why i think he can keep it at room temp. I remember seeing lime mayo alot, I often wanted to try it but couldn't justify a whole jar, what if i hate it? Rob won't touch the stuff.

Looks like that one is lime too...unless they have crazy green lemons in mexico :eyebrow:

Starya
1/27/06, 01:32pm
Behold, the fridge of Starya.

The one thing that should always be present is ketchup. No ketchup means grumpy kid.

Threw in a pick of "my" mayo. Just clip a hole and squeeese..

Nixy
1/27/06, 02:05pm
But atleast you refridgerate your mayo :p

*remembers pop bottles that shape in Germany* although...they never kept theirs in the fridge...

Starya
1/27/06, 02:08pm
What other shape would they have? And.. They drink warm Pepsi?? :|

Starya
1/27/06, 02:10pm
Hm, are yours more like this?

http://www.hipernet24.pl/sklep/img_items/b/017/1754.jpg

Nixy
1/27/06, 02:17pm
What other shape would they have? And.. They drink warm Pepsi?? :|

Coke actually...orange juice...everything...maybe it was just the CRAZY people I stayed with though...

Our bottles look like this...

http://shopuncleharrys.dukestores.duke.edu/images/1%20lt%20006.jpg

That's a 1L bottle but the 2L ones are the same but bigger (I have a bottle of 7-up and a bottle of Pepsi sitting on my cupboard but I was to lazy to go take a pic...so I spent like 10min googling it :D)

Nixy
1/27/06, 02:19pm
Hm, are yours more like this?

http://www.hipernet24.pl/sklep/img_items/b/017/1754.jpg

the 710mL pepsi brand bottles yes and the 590mL or whatever they are look like that too but shorter...for the smaller bottles Coke has their own design...

Starya
1/27/06, 02:34pm
Hm, those large ones look kinda impractical to handle to me..


A closeup of my beloved beverage. :D 1.5 litre bottle.

Over here pop comes in bottles of 0.5 and 1.5 litre, and look pretty much the same apart from size. Back when I was young *cough* they had 1 litre bottles (later it became 1.5), these looked more like yours, and were kinda "soft" and hard to pour from.

BeardofPants
1/27/06, 03:07pm
Ours come in 1.5 and 2.0 ltr bottles, and coke has a rarer 1.0 litre bottle. Plus we have the small bottles of course.

SouthernN'Proud
1/27/06, 03:24pm
Mine look like that, only different. :D

Inkara1
1/27/06, 10:12pm
Behold, the fridge of Starya.

The one thing that should always be present is ketchup. No ketchup means grumpy kid.

Threw in a pick of "my" mayo. Just clip a hole and squeeese..
1932? Damn, that's some old milk.

Luis G
1/27/06, 11:02pm
Looks like that one is lime too...unless they have crazy green lemons in mexico :eyebrow:

Lime is sweeter than lemon, and there's also lime-lemon.

Over here, regular lemons have a diameter of 3 to 7cm, however there are these "royal lemons" that have a diameter well over 20cm.

Starya
1/28/06, 07:22pm
1932? Damn, that's some old milk.Well, it gives it more.. texture.. :lloyd:

tonksy
1/28/06, 07:28pm
Well, it gives it more.. texture.. :lloyd:
Reminds me of some movie:
Mother to child "Drink your milk!"
"But it's all lumpy!"
"Then chew it!"

Gross....

chcr
1/28/06, 10:45pm
Reminds me of some movie:
Mother to child "Drink your milk!"
"But it's all lumpy!"
"Then chew it!"

Gross....

Mommy, mommy, why am I running in circles?
Shut up or I'll nail your other foot to the floor.

Professur
1/30/06, 04:57pm
It has come to my attention that some of you have no idea what apple butter is. God. I cannot imagine a life like that. Seriously. How...dismal.

Yet another reason I give thanks to a benevolent God daily that in His infinite wisdom He saw fit to love me enough to have made me, and bless me enough to keep me, a rural Southerner.

I remember helping my grandmother make it the old way...in a brass kettle over an open fire. It took all day just to cook it down, not including the time it took to prep the apples. Now people make it this way (http://www.pickyourown.org/applebutter.htm) in crock pots and such. I make it that way now too. It's good, but not anything near as good as the old method made it. Then again, what ever is? Still, crock pot apple butter is far superior to the thought of life with no apple butter. I can't fathom it. If made right, you can put a spoonful on your forehead, and your tongue will beat your brains out trying to get to it.

Thankfully, mom had canned a few pints this winter, so we can replace some of what burned up in the fire. :crying4: This fall, when the good apples come in, it'll be a high priority to get several pints made and canned. If it's any good, I might be persuaded to ship a few so the rest of y'all can live fuller lives for the experience of having tasted apple butter.



Well, call me a sucker but while I was in the US, I looked in at a grocery and did manage to find a jar of this fabled Mana from Heaven. To be totally honest ... I wasn't much impressed. I suppose I'll have to attribute it to it being a late season, commercial product (for all that it's one of those small jar, health food types). Mum liked it, and want's the recipe, but I really couldn't tell it from a high concentrate apple sauce. :shrug: Sure wasn't worth $4 a jar.

SouthernN'Proud
1/31/06, 08:59am
Storebought. Always sucks. Why do you think we go to the trouble of canning our own?

Professur
1/31/06, 09:15am
Storebought. Always sucks. Why do you think we go to the trouble of canning our own?Coz you're cheap and the stores are too far away?

Anyways, mum was after me again last night for the recipe, so evidently it made an impression on her. She's got some home made applesauce from a woman in church from the fall, so that's gonna be sacrificed.

SouthernN'Proud
1/31/06, 09:34am
Coz you're cheap and the stores are too far away?




While both are true, they are not the reason.


Anyways, mum was after me again last night for the recipe, so evidently it made an impression on her. She's got some home made applesauce from a woman in church from the fall, so that's gonna be sacrificed

I'd give ya the one I use, passed from my grandmother, but it's a little charred right now. I'll get it back from my parents in due time.

rrfield
1/31/06, 12:04pm
Mmmm applebutter. Two towns over has an annual applebutter festival.

Things always in my fridge
Milk
butter
eggs
1/3 of a head of rotten lettuce
6 or 7 bottles of mustard, 1/6 full each
bbq sauce

Nixy
1/31/06, 03:21pm
Mmmm applebutter. Two towns over has an annual applebutter festival.

Things always in my fridge
Milk
butter
eggs
1/3 of a head of rotten lettuce
6 or 7 bottles of mustard, 1/6 full each
bbq sauce

Why don't you pour all the mustard into one bottle.

rrfield
1/31/06, 03:50pm
cuz

Winky
1/31/06, 03:55pm
Sounds like the Fridge of a bachelor?

rrfield
1/31/06, 03:56pm
two bachelors a dog and a cat.

tonksy
1/31/06, 04:00pm
We have 2 bottles of ketchup and 2 bottles of mustard. We don't mix them because one set is allergy safe for Rob and the others are for general population.

Winky
1/31/06, 04:01pm
and don't we know that
"Rob isn't of the general poop-u-lation!"

Inkara1
2/01/06, 02:58pm
Why don't you pour all the mustard into one bottle.

That would make for some interesting flavors, mixing the French's yellow with the Grey Poupon, the Gulden's, etc.

Nixy
2/01/06, 04:08pm
That would make for some interesting flavors, mixing the French's yellow with the Grey Poupon, the Gulden's, etc.

You crazy people and your different kinds of mustard.

Inkara1
2/02/06, 12:45am
You crazy people and your one kind of mustard. Here in the US, we've got freedom of choice. :D

BeardofPants
2/02/06, 03:03am
We gots the choice of mustard as well. Crazy Canada fer not. :hmm:
*only has american mustard in the 'fridgerator right now

Nixy
2/02/06, 10:28am
We have the CHOICE too, I just don't really know anyone who CHOOSES anything other than plain ol' yellow mustard.

abooja
2/02/06, 10:45am
Dijon's good for cooking, deli/brown mustard for hot dogs and corned beef, and French's for coating catfish. :nerd:

Nixy
2/02/06, 10:58am
Dijon's good for cooking, deli/brown mustard for hot dogs and corned beef, and French's for coating catfish. :nerd:

MUSTARD ON FISH???

The newfie in me (which is 100%) wants to kick you really hard right about it :eek:

abooja
2/02/06, 11:01am
MUSTARD ON FISH???
Sure. The rare times I make fried catfish, I coat one side with mustard then dip the whole thing in a Cajun-seasoned cornmeal/flour mixture. Serve it with homemade tartar sauce and hushpuppies with hot sauce. :licklips:

Nixy
2/02/06, 11:09am
*Nixy goes to school thoroughly baffled about putting mustard on fish*

abooja
2/02/06, 11:40am
Ahem (http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/find/results?type=advanced&search=mustard&operator=All&att=&att=&att=&att=&att=&src=&att=91&exclude_other=) . ;)

tonksy
2/02/06, 03:55pm
Nix? It's not really fish...It's Catfish. You either roll it in cornmeal and fry it or use something pungent like mustard to cook it with.

chcr
2/02/06, 05:03pm
Nix? It's not really fish...It's Catfish

Well put.

SouthernN'Proud
2/02/06, 05:03pm
Translation: It's fish, not seafood.

And can't nobody but a Southerner properly prepare catfish. I'll give Boo the benefit of the doubt cuz I think she learned how from a Southerner. Plus, I already gave her her Honorary Southerner Card years ago... :winkkiss:

Nixy
2/02/06, 05:16pm
Translation: It's fish, not seafood.

And can't nobody but a Southerner properly prepare catfish. I'll give Boo the benefit of the doubt cuz I think she learned how from a Southerner. Plus, I already gave her her Honorary Southerner Card years ago... :winkkiss:

Cod is fish, halibut is fish...I wouldn't cook either of those with mustard.

Professur
2/02/06, 05:18pm
Cod is fish, halibut is fish...I wouldn't cook either of those with mustard.


Then you'll never know what you're missing. I can come up with at least a dozen recipies for fish that involve mustard.

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=recipe+fish+mustard&sm=Yahoo%21+Search&fr=FP-tab-web-t&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8

Nixy
2/02/06, 05:23pm
Then you'll never know what you're missing. I can come up with at least a dozen recipies for fish that involve mustard.

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=recipe+fish+mustard&sm=Yahoo%21+Search&fr=FP-tab-web-t&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8

Give it to me deep fried with a side of chips and I'm good to go thank you. Throw a few scallops on the plate and I'd love you forever :D

Starya
2/02/06, 05:41pm
Aah, fish. Fried coalfish the way daddy makes it, ain't nuth'n better on this earth..


Well, maybe taco's, but that's it.

Professur
2/02/06, 05:54pm
Aah, fish. Fried coalfish the way daddy makes it, ain't nuth'n better on this earth..


Well, maybe taco's, but that's it.

You probably don't know how that sounds down here in the gutter, but I'm giggling my ass off.

abooja
2/02/06, 05:55pm
And can't nobody but a Southerner properly prepare catfish. I'll give Boo the benefit of the doubt cuz I think she learned how from a Southerner. Plus, I already gave her her Honorary Southerner Card years ago... :winkkiss:
*proudly dons Honorary Southerner Card in Yankeeville* :swing:

Starya
2/02/06, 06:40pm
You probably don't know how that sounds down here in the gutter, but I'm giggling my ass off.
Feel free to enlighten me.

Oh, and always glad to put a smile on yer face. :lloyd:

mondomondo
2/09/06, 07:39am
Over here pop comes in bottles of 0.5 and 1.5 litre, and look pretty much the same apart from size. Back when I was young *cough* they had 1 litre bottles (later it became 1.5), these looked more like yours, and were kinda "soft" and hard to pour from.

In some stores here, you can buy a 3-liter bottle. Both Coke and Pepsi offered them for a while, but now it seems the only 3-liter bottles on the shelf are generic/store brands.

The sizes here are: 12 ounce (.35 liter), 16.9 ounce (.5 liter), 20 ounce (.60 liter), 1 liter (Pepsi only), 2 liter, and 3 liter. 20 ounce is the most common.

mondomondo
2/09/06, 08:05am
...what's one thing you ALWAYS have in your fridge? What's one thing you try to NOT keep in your fridge cause if it's there you just eat and eat and eat it til it's gone?

Hm, let me see. The one thing I can't possibly do without in my fridge are Senseo coffee pods. Coffee is my religion, and Senseo is my church. Right now, I have four different varieties in my fridge/freezer: Regular Roast, Dark Roast, Irish Cream, and Hazelnut. The coffee itself is made by Douwe-Egberts, arguably one of the best coffees in the civilized world. And coffee creamer (or half-and-half) must be in there as well. I will not put milk in my coffee. If no creamer, I will drink it black.

tonksy
2/09/06, 08:29am
*Really hopes Rob does not read the above post.

abooja
2/09/06, 04:04pm
*Wonders why Tonks doesn't want Rob to read the above post.

tonksy
2/09/06, 04:05pm
Rob would probably be aghast at the thought of instant coffee...senseo or not.

abooja
2/09/06, 04:10pm
Ahh...then he'd absolutely detest the idea of drinking this (http://images.netgrocer.com/jpegs/2550081121.jpg) with this (http://shopuncleharrys.dukestores.duke.edu/images/mixer%20039.jpg). :D

unclehobart
2/09/06, 04:17pm
Folgers is just plain shit... but Sanka is the coffee antichrist.

It is true that I detest instant coffee. Its a moot point with me anyway as the process of making instant coffee is adhering the flash freeze with a corn syrup shellack. I couldn't drink it even if I wanted to.

Welcome to my private hell:
http://www.ontariocorn.org/classroom/products.html

Nixy
2/09/06, 04:21pm
Folgers is just plain shit... but Sanka is the coffee antichrist.

It is true that I detest instant coffee. Its a moot point with me anyway as the process of making instant coffee is adhering the flash freeze with a corn syrup shellack. I couldn't drink it even if I wanted to.

Welcome to my private hell:
http://www.ontariocorn.org/classroom/products.html

mmmmmmmmm Ontario Corn :D

Starya
2/10/06, 05:38pm
In some stores here, you can buy a 3-liter bottle. Both Coke and Pepsi offered them for a while, but now it seems the only 3-liter bottles on the shelf are generic/store brands.Wow. I can only imagine how yummy that last liter is. :alienhuh:

unclehobart
2/10/06, 05:53pm
They were meant for birthday parties and such when all of the Coke would be consumed in a mere hour or so. I wouldn't want to have a slowly dying 3 liter bottle in my fridge either.

Nixy
2/10/06, 05:56pm
Wow. I can only imagine how yummy that last liter is. :alienhuh:

It's al relative...my aunt drinks 4 or 5 litres of diet coke a day...for one who doesn't drink much pop like me a 2L bottle is ick by the time I near the end...

Starya
2/10/06, 06:09pm
Wow. That's a lot of pop in a day. Although I can kill off 1.5 litres of Pepsi Max on a friday or saturday.

Leslie
2/10/06, 06:35pm
There may be no food in my fridge at times, but you can rely on butter (real only) and half and half.

Nixy
6/23/06, 09:45pm
Having one beer at lunch doesn't exactly impair my screwdriver abilities. I'm not operating heavy machinery, y'know

In fact, when I'm on the road, one beer with a meal is accepted for the expense account. A glass of wine would be too.

People I work with have beer with lunch when we go out sometimes. Today we had lunch on the company's dime cause it was a very valued employee's last day (he's getting a job closer to home because his kids are getting older and want to spend more time with him) and many people ordered beer (just one each) and the company even paid for that :)

Oh, and HL...the HR guy was there and had a beer himself. Aswell as many of the big shots.

Inkara1
6/24/06, 12:40am
I'm thinking that one of these days, I should get new fridge pics up because I moved and have a different fridge since I posted the old ones.

HomeLAN
6/24/06, 11:14am
You guys have different rules and different risks. If your company finds it acceptable, bully for you.