Do you put your bottle of ketchup in the refrigerator or the kitchen cupboard?

[debm55]

[niyad]

1. Cabinet!

[debm55]

7. TY niyad. I don't like mine cold. So I put in the cabinet. But it somehow finds its way to the refrig.

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[Ocelot II]

2. What bottle of ketchup? I haven't bought the stuff in years.

But IIRC you're supposed to keep it refrigerated.

[debm55]

3. Oh you. I don;t like it cold.

[Ocelot II]

14. I don't especially like it warm *or* cold. It's too sweet.

That's why I don't have any.

[Diamond_Dog]

29. Ketchup is vile.

The best place for it is the trash can.

[Ocelot II]

31. Or on the walls at Mierda-Loco.

[debm55]

32. TY Ocelot II. I knew you didn't like onions. I like the sweet taste of ketchup on a salty fry.Yummy for me.

[samnsara]

53. i never liked it either unless it was on a heap of friend spuds..

...but i developed a more refined taste for it during lock down..now I actually use it on...gasp...hamburgers!

[debm55]

56. TY samsara and welcome to the Official Ketchup Site

[DemMedic]

4. In the fridge once it's opened.

[debm55]

10. TY, but then it's cold and hurts my teeth.

[Oopsie Daisy]

22. Are you using it as mouthwash & gargle?

[debm55]

27. HAHAHAHAH, no but it is strange for me to put something cold on something hot.

[House of Roberts]

34. Tater tots can be too hot right out of the oven,

so I like cold ketchup so I don't have to wait.

[debm55]

39. Ty House of Roberts . I understand.

[Polly Hennessey]

40. Agree.

[debm55]

46. Ty you Polly Hennessey.

[calguy]

5. The fridge, of course

I'm not a barbarian, and I don't care how much my wife would say to the contrary.

[debm55]

11. TY calguy. Isn't it too cold for your fries?

[calguy]

47. Never

Weak-hearted individuals can always pop it in the microwave.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

6. Usually keep it in the pantry.

[debm55]

12. Thank you. It tastes better when not cold.

[Farmer-Rick]

8. I refrigerate my ketchup

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]

13. Same here with the butter.

But I must also admit that a little rancid taste doesn't bother me a bit.

[Farmer-Rick]

99. Really?

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]

16. I discovered long ago that I couldn't leave butter out on the counter.

I would come home and find some of it missing, with cat tongue prints on it.

[debm55]

17. Ty Farmer-Rick. but since butter is a dairy product shouldn't you always keep in the refrigerator?

[Luciferous]

9. In the fridge

[debm55]

23. TY Luciferous. I put my open jelly and jams in the Cabinet?

[Luciferous]

102. Oh, I put those in the fridge as well.

My daughter puts her peanut butter in the fridge, which I think is weird 😄

[debm55]

41. Thank you Lucifereous.

[Nanuke]

15. In the fridge but I take it out of the fridge 1 hour before using so it isn't so cold. Same with mustard.

[debm55]

19. Great idea. Thank you Nanuke.

[mike_c]

18. fridge

[debm55]

20. mike_c. Why?

[Deep State Witch]

21. Depends

Unopened - cabinet. Opened - fridge.

[patphil]

67. Yes, it says so right on the bottle. Refrigerate after opening.

[getagrip_already]

24. almost everything that gets opened goes in the fridge....

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]

42. Ty getagrip. What about jelly and jam???

[getagrip_already]

52. fridge...

They will grow hair....

Plus I like them cold.

[debm55]

54. TY getagrip

Hair?

[hlthe2b]

25. Out in Fall, Winter early Spring... Refrigerator in hottest part of summer (I use very little A/C)

[debm55]

43. Agree, and thank you hlthe2b.

[doc03]

26. I rarly use ketchup, I just save the packets

I get at McDonalds. I keep them in fridge.

[debm55]

28. TY doc03, but why would you do that if it is not opened.?????????

[doc03]

33. So I know where it is

[debm55]

36. Okay, fair enough.

[Bristlecone]

30. Heinz says Fridge:

https://www.allrecipes.com/heinz-settles-ketchup-storage-debate-7556212

We keep ours in the cabinet until opened, then fridge.

[debm55]

35. Ty Bristlecone. So do we, but i don't like it cold.

[House of Roberts]

37. Heinz is the only brand I like.

Nice to know I'm compliant.

[debm55]

44. Me too, As a Pittsburgher it's Heinz.

[jimfields33]

106. Me too. Only Heinz in this house.

[debm55]

107. Ty jimfields33

[kimbutgar]

38. Refrigerator always after I open it!

[debm55]

45. Do you let it sit out for a little before you use????

[kimbutgar]

100. Never when I open a new one and it goes in the refrigerator.

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 don’t get me started on the smell when I have to clean out a recyclable bottle to recycle! UGH🤮🤢

[debm55]

103. Ty kimbutgar. and thank you for the help you give to the seniors.

[beaglelover]

48. Once opened, in the fridge it goes!

[debm55]

60. Ty beaglelover.

[Wicked Blue]

49. I do not own a bottle of ketchup

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]

61. TY Wicked Blue. But what do you put on your fries??????

[Wicked Blue]

70. I eat them naked

[debm55]

73. HAHAHAHAH

[FSogol]

50. No one just throws it on the walls? How strange.

[debm55]

57. tRump does.

[samnsara]

51. fridge

[debm55]

62. Ty samnsara.

[LisaM]

55. I don't refrigerate mustard or ketchup.

Granted, I barely use ketchup, but it doesn't seem to go bad. Restaurants don't. They leave it on the table.

[debm55]

58. TY LisaM. WOW I never thought of that.

[RainCaster]

59. Should I store it on the wall like TSF does? Nah, I use the fridge!

[debm55]

63. TY. And he will get someone else to clean it off.

[LoisB]

64. The bottle says "refrigerate after opening" so I put it in the refrigerator.

[debm55]

65. Thanks LoisB.

[AllaN01Bear]

66. cupboard , non refrgierated .

[debm55]

74. Ty Allan01Bear.

[ailsagirl]

68. Don't use it much, but in the fridge

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]

69. In the refrigerator

Someone told me to store it on the counter so I did and it molded

[dai13sy]

71. On all the condiments it says to refrigerate

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]

77. Thank you dai13sy. I don;t keep my butter out. But I know people that do.

[womanofthehills]

72. I only buy organic unsweetened ketchup

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]

75. TY womanofthehills.

[DinahMoeHum]

76. Once it's opened, in the fridge.

n/t

[debm55]

78. Thank you DinahMoeHum.

[Duncanpup]

79. Fridge.

[debm55]

89. TY Duncanpup.

[wendyb-NC]

80. Fridge

Just for the hell of it.

[debm55]

91. Thank you. wendyb-NC.

[Easterncedar]

81. Ever since one fermented and exploded

Refrigerator

[debm55]

90. Oh my. How long did you have it out of the refrigerator?

[Easterncedar]

113. I don't recall how long

But probably well beyond average. The person who opened it to have the ketchup go off like shaken champagne wasn’t best pleased. Funny now, decades later, but my ketchup now remains in the fridge!

[Doodley]

82. Fridge! Are you British or Canadian? I don't hear "cupboard" much since I moved from UK.

[debm55]

92. Thank you Doodley, I am from SW PA

[Doodley]

108. I've been in Georgia for 15 years after living most my life in UK, never heard "kitchen cupboard" over here!

[debm55]

110. I use, my husband from Boston uses it. And neighbors use it. It might be regional. Though you did give me an idea for a

This or that question.

[Doodley]

114. Interesting. They all say "cabinet" here.

[debm55]

115. HAHAHAHAHA. believe me I am so far away from being English as you can get.

[arkielib]

83. Refrigerator

I didn’t know that was optional. I only use ketchup on French fries though, so a bottle lasts a long time at my house.

[debm55]

96. Ty arkielib. that makes sense.

[LuvLoogie]

84. Fridge. You can always heat some up...

in a tiny nonstick pan.

[debm55]

85. TY. I like it room temperature not hot. though

[LuvLoogie]

97. You don't have to heat it much, though.

I'll add some Yucateca or Valentina hot sauce to mine now and then.

[debm55]

98. True. Ty

[Squeaky41]

86. House Rules

Ketchup, mustard and butter to fridge.
Honey outside.
Fred Red Hot outside.
Molasses outside

[debm55]

94. Thank you Squeaky41.

[SARose]

87. Pantry

No cold ketchup for us. Besides, it doesn’t last long in our house. We put that sh** on everything!🤠

[debm55]

88. Thank you SARose.

[Demovictory9]

93. Refrig!

[debm55]

95. TY. Demovictory9.

[Hekate]

101. Fridge. What's odd is I remember my mom stored it in a cupboard when I was a kid...

But as a young adult on my own I thought: open a jar or bottle, store in fridge. There’s exceptions, like peanut butter and oil, but condiments definitely go in the fridge.

[debm55]

104. Ty Hekate. Yes, growing up the ketchup was stored,opened in the cupboard, but the butter was stored on the kitchen table

I could never figure that out.

[Hekate]

120. I think the butter thing depends on climate. In SoCal Summer & Fall can be blistering...

…so any butter left out would be a puddle.

In Hawai’i 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 it’s 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]

105. Refrigerator after opening.

[debm55]

117. TY jimfields33

[sheshe2]

109. I like mine on the walls.

Toss a bottle and you have an instant Jackson Polluck...

Or if you are a maga you have an original trump.

[debm55]

111. HAAHAHHAHAHHAHAH. Thank you sheshe2.

[sheshe2]

112. Sorry, I couldn't help myself, debm.🤣

[debm55]

116. No problem , HAHAHAHAHAH

[Upthevibe]

118. Fridge.............n/t

[debm55]

119. Ty Upthevibe.

[Tikki]

121. There are two or three little packets the Gkids bring from fast food..

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

[debm55]

122. ty the tikkis