Stuff You Keep In The Fridge

[Vagus]

Prompted by another thread, I’ve just checked what food it’s necessary to keep in the fridge and what isn’t, and was quite surprised. I’m talking opened jars and bottles not fresh food.
I keep jam, marmalade, chutney, pesto, tartar sauce, mayo, tubes of tomato purée and a few other bits and bobs.
I don’t keep ketchup, salad cream, brown sauce, marmite, peanut butter, honey, mustard.
Some of those don’t need to be, others apparently should be. Interesting.

[youngmafbog]

Got an American style fridge/freezer and a builtin fridge freezer so plenty of room. 'Normal' stuff in the American one and all the etchup, salad cream, brown sauce, marmite, peanut butter, honey, mustard, vinegars in the other. Doesnt seem to hurt.

[bednobs]

the only ways we differ is i dont keep jam or chutney in the fridge from your list, and i do keep mustarrd in the fridge

[emmie]

keep mayo, ketchup, marmalade, soya sauce, butter, worcestershire sauce all in the fridge, i would keep mustard if i had any in the cupboard.

[chelle7272]

I don't keep jam in the fridge but the rest mostly the saem.
Any reason why you do keep mayo in the fridge but not salad cream? I consider them pretty similar things :)

[Maydup]

in fridge- salad cream, mayo, salad dressing or any sort. Pesto, tomato puree, jam, marmalade, open jar of olives, open jar or pickled cabbage.

not in fridge - pickle, chutney, mustard, brown sauce, mint sauce, marmite, peanut butter.

[Barmaid]

I used to keep every open jar in the fridge but I was lucky enough to have two fridges. Now I keep all the open stuff in my pantry which is very cold. It's def not fridge temp, but even on a warm day it is chilly in there! I dont know how these old house builders did it, but I'm full of admiration.

[ummmm]

Anything with a high sugar or salt content is kept on the shelves. The rest, once open goes in the fridge.

[Vagus]

Chell, I really don’t know why. Maybe at the back of my mind I think of mayo with eggs in it, and salad cream with lots of preservatives like tomato sauce and brown sauce.
Before I got married and lived at home, we didn’t keep any opened jars in the fridge, I don’t know when or why I started to. I think it’s so ingrained now I’d feel a bit uneasy changing things, although sometimes I could do with more space in the fridge.
I’d love a larder.

[ummmm]

I have a larder. It gets so untidy.

[ummmm]

Vagus - it is advised to keep most sauces in the fridge. Read the storage instructions on the label.

[davebro]

We didn't have a fridge until I was 30. We didn't die.

[pastafreak]

According to Which, what's on the label is not necessarily what experts say...

https://www.which.co.uk/news/2020/02/are-you-storing-your-condiments-correctly/

[tiggerblue10]

Once opened I keep most jars in the fridge including jams, marmalade etc.