sticking the opened bags of potato chips in the fridge.
I've never heard of this! What was the purported reason for putting them in the fridge? To keep them from getting stale?
Spike: Ladies. Come on in. Plenty of blood in the fridge, don't be shy. Dawn: You mean like, real blood? Spike: What do you think? Dawn: Mostly I think, 'Eew!'
'Potential'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Nov 08, 2009 7:09:44 am PST #17876 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
megan walker - Nov 08, 2009 7:10:31 am PST #17877 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Maple syrup will last forever. Or so it seems to me.
No, this is basically true, maple syrup in the freezer will last indefinitely.
And if maple syrup in the fridge gets moldy you can actually just skim it off and boil the syrup and it's fine.
Jesse - Nov 08, 2009 7:11:09 am PST #17878 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And I knew another girl in college who inquired whether the fried clams were boneless.
I'm pretty sure I had a dream recently about fried clams. Because I remember a conversation about bellies vs. strips, but am reasonably certain I haven't been in a room with fried clams recently.
Huh.
Lee - Nov 08, 2009 7:17:45 am PST #17879 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Huh. My syrup is in the fridge. I should go move it.
megan walker - Nov 08, 2009 7:18:27 am PST #17880 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Yes, because it's syrup, it doesn't freeze!
Jessica - Nov 08, 2009 7:24:30 am PST #17881 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've never refrigerated maple syrup or had it go bad on me. I just keep it in the pantry.
Barb - Nov 08, 2009 7:25:53 am PST #17882 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
I've never heard of this! What was the purported reason for putting them in the fridge? To keep them from getting stale?
Yep. Sure sign you're in South Florida is going to the beach with a big picnic, opening a bag of chips and within an hour or so, they're stale and kind of bendy from the humidity. However, putting the bag in the fridge was sort of redundant, since you'd pull them out and if you didn't open the bag immediately and let them air out, they'd gather condensation and then be soggy, so... EUGH.
Plus, they'd get a weird taste to them, being in the fridge.
I will say, it kept me from eating chips excessively until I was in college.
Amy - Nov 08, 2009 7:26:47 am PST #17883 of 30001
Because books.
I've never thought to put syrup in the fridge. It would make the pancakes cold!
I have a friend who refrigerates everything, though -- peanut butter, syrup, bread. She seems to operate on some weird "If it's been opened, it goes in the fridge" principle.
megan walker - Nov 08, 2009 7:29:29 am PST #17884 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Most people I know heat syrup so it doesn't really matter. I actually use it mostly in things, not on things, so temperature doesn't really matter.
megan walker - Nov 08, 2009 7:31:31 am PST #17885 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I have a friend who refrigerates everything, though -- peanut butter, syrup, bread. She seems to operate on some weird "If it's been opened, it goes in the fridge" principle.
I do this too, which is funny because I'm not someone who is worried about things going bad. Mostly, I think it's a cleanliness/neatness thing, and the fact that there's more room there.