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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDo you put your bottle of ketchup in the refrigerator or the kitchen cupboard?
debm55
(25,561 posts)Last edited Tue Apr 16, 2024, 03:07 PM - Edit history (1)
Ocelot II
(115,892 posts)But IIRC you're supposed to keep it refrigerated.
debm55
(25,561 posts)Ocelot II
(115,892 posts)That's why I don't have any.
Diamond_Dog
(32,111 posts)The best place for it is the trash can.
Ocelot II
(115,892 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)samnsara
(17,650 posts)...but i developed a more refined taste for it during lock down..now I actually use it on...gasp...hamburgers!
debm55
(25,561 posts)DemMedic
(164 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)Oopsie Daisy
(2,694 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)House of Roberts
(5,189 posts)so I like cold ketchup so I don't have to wait.
debm55
(25,561 posts)Polly Hennessey
(6,810 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)calguy
(5,336 posts)I'm not a barbarian, and I don't care how much my wife would say to the contrary.
debm55
(25,561 posts)Weak-hearted individuals can always pop it in the microwave.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,064 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)Farmer-Rick
(10,216 posts)Because I use it so rarely that it goes bad before I'm done with the bottle.
But I leave my butter out to get nice and soft. I go thru butter so quickly that it doesn't have time to go bad.
nocoincidences
(2,230 posts)But I must also admit that a little rancid taste doesn't bother me a bit.
Farmer-Rick
(10,216 posts)A stick of butter for me may last about 2 days (I cook a lot). That's not long enough for it to go rancid in 70 degrees F.
But if you like it that way, to each their own.
Ocelot II
(115,892 posts)I would come home and find some of it missing, with cat tongue prints on it.
debm55
(25,561 posts)Luciferous
(6,086 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)Luciferous
(6,086 posts)My daughter puts her peanut butter in the fridge, which I think is weird 😄
debm55
(25,561 posts)Nanuke
(489 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)Deep State Witch
(10,465 posts)Unopened - cabinet. Opened - fridge.
patphil
(6,230 posts)getagrip_already
(14,879 posts)Exceptions are things like vinegar, peanut butter, oils, stuff that obviously won't go bad.
Yeah, ketchup has more preservatives than a twinkie, but it still goes in the fridge because it has stuff in it that would normally spoil.
debm55
(25,561 posts)getagrip_already
(14,879 posts)They will grow hair....
Plus I like them cold.
debm55
(25,561 posts)hlthe2b
(102,413 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)doc03
(35,389 posts)I get at McDonalds. I keep them in fridge.
debm55
(25,561 posts)doc03
(35,389 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)Bristlecone
(10,135 posts)We keep ours in the cabinet until opened, then fridge.
debm55
(25,561 posts)House of Roberts
(5,189 posts)Nice to know I'm compliant.
debm55
(25,561 posts)jimfields33
(16,008 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)kimbutgar
(21,218 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)kimbutgar
(21,218 posts)I have a job where I move seniors from their homes to senior communities or assisted living and we go in after we move them and clear out their residences. I have seen some gross open bottlers of ketchup and other things ! And dont get me started on the smell when I have to clean out a recyclable bottle to recycle! UGH🤮🤢
debm55
(25,561 posts)beaglelover
(3,496 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,857 posts)We used to keep it in the refrigerator, once upon a time.
I got turned off by all that high-fructose corn syrup in it.
debm55
(25,561 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,857 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)FSogol
(45,548 posts)samnsara
(17,650 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)LisaM
(27,843 posts)Granted, I barely use ketchup, but it doesn't seem to go bad. Restaurants don't. They leave it on the table.
debm55
(25,561 posts)RainCaster
(10,927 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)LoisB
(7,234 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,519 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)Food safety experts say that while ketchup is shelf-stable, it generally tastes better when kept cold. I'm shocked there's a controversy, said Martin Bucknavage, a food safety specialist at Penn State University. If you want to maximize the quality of your ketchup, you keep it in the fridge.
dai13sy
(341 posts)Someone told me to store it on the counter so I did and it molded
dai13sy
(341 posts)Both on their labels and their websites and always after opening. If there is dairy or oil in any of those products they will turn rancid and will mold and make you sick. I don't like taking chances with my food.
debm55
(25,561 posts)womanofthehills
(8,781 posts)I never leave it out. Most non organic ketchups contain lots of corn syrup - not really healthy.
Many people never even check ingredients. You can buy ice cream with 3 or 4 ingredients or with over 20 ingredients. Rarely do people check. Check your ketchup ingredients before buying it. Avoid corn syrup!!
debm55
(25,561 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,812 posts)n/t
debm55
(25,561 posts)Duncanpup
(12,919 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)wendyb-NC
(3,331 posts)Just for the hell of it.
debm55
(25,561 posts)Easterncedar
(2,339 posts)Refrigerator
debm55
(25,561 posts)Easterncedar
(2,339 posts)But probably well beyond average. The person who opened it to have the ketchup go off like shaken champagne wasnt best pleased. Funny now, decades later, but my ketchup now remains in the fridge!
Doodley
(9,142 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)Doodley
(9,142 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)This or that question.
Doodley
(9,142 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)arkielib
(120 posts)I didnt know that was optional. I only use ketchup on French fries though, so a bottle lasts a long time at my house.
debm55
(25,561 posts)LuvLoogie
(7,040 posts)in a tiny nonstick pan.
debm55
(25,561 posts)LuvLoogie
(7,040 posts)I'll add some Yucateca or Valentina hot sauce to mine now and then.
Squeaky41
(164 posts)Ketchup, mustard and butter to fridge.
Honey outside.
Fred Red Hot outside.
Molasses outside
debm55
(25,561 posts)No cold ketchup for us. Besides, it doesnt last long in our house. We put that sh** on everything!🤠
debm55
(25,561 posts)Demovictory9
(32,480 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)Hekate
(90,857 posts)But as a young adult on my own I thought: open a jar or bottle, store in fridge. Theres exceptions, like peanut butter and oil, but condiments definitely go in the fridge.
debm55
(25,561 posts)I could never figure that out.
Hekate
(90,857 posts)
so any butter left out would be a puddle.
In Hawaii the ambient temp is more comfortable as long as the trade-winds are blowing, but the ambient temp is still warm enough to make butter very soft to melted.
Since its subtropical there is also the problem of bugs, so as long as I lived there nearly every food item got stashed in the hermetically sealed refrigerator. Every woman I knew was devoted to Tupperware for dry goods like rice and flour.
jimfields33
(16,008 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)sheshe2
(83,947 posts)Toss a bottle and you have an instant Jackson Polluck...
Or if you are a maga you have an original trump.
debm55
(25,561 posts)sheshe2
(83,947 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)Upthevibe
(8,080 posts)debm55
(25,561 posts)Tikki
(14,560 posts)The packets sit in the junk draw for a while until I uncover them and throw them out.
We do put the brown mustard in the refrigerator after opening, though.
The Tikkis