The Fridge… SECRETS!

[steforama]

Following the prompt by Sam at Becks & Posh and the fun of peeking into the cooling units of others, I present our fridge as of noon yesterday. Please click through for informative notes applied to each photo:

Jennifer has exposed her fridge! Are there any other Upstate/Central New York refrigerators that wish to bare all to the world?

Originally published at Couteau Bonswan. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[aliki.livejournal.com]

Thoroughly fascinating! I think I will take an unedited version of my fridge too!

[steforama.livejournal.com]

Yay! I specifically cross-posted this because it seems like the fun LJ meme type of thing we all love to do.

[iamnikchick.livejournal.com]

Hee! I did the same sort of thing last year when it was dark and rainy and the January blahs had taken me. Fridge, freezer, and pantry:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nikchick/sets/1775057/

[steforama.livejournal.com]

Oooh... pantry porn (important to not forget that first R)! It's my heart's desire to have some pantry space when we buy a house. There was a pantry in the house I lived in my senior year of college, but it was full of crap and all of the various interesting foods that one of my roommates bought and never used (and I say interesting because it was clear that he was trying to make some sort of statement of being personally interesting by buying lots of different rices and grains and Asian goodies, but he never got around to actually using most of it).

[noncalorsedumor.livejournal.com]

I demand answers to the following pressing questions!

1. I notice there is both Miracle Whip and Hellman's Mayo. I assume this is his and hers. Which is which?

2. Why do you keep wheat flour, wheat germ, flaxseed, breadcrumbs, and oatmeal in the fridge/freezer? Should I be doing this as well?

3. Do you eat the cheese curds raw, or put them in something? If you put them in something, what is it, and can I have the recipe?

4. Cheese rinds: what do you do with these, and may I have the recipe for that too?

GORN

[steforama.livejournal.com]

1. Actually, both of these get used very rarely and probably should be replaced/removed as neither of us are big users of said products. I grew up in a Miracle Whip house and I think I bought that for this broccoli salad thing that required the tang of the Whip. The mayo is leftover from sandwiches when we moved in (like I said, these are both probably bio-hazards at this point). Oddly enough, even though I grew up in a Miracle Whip house, the Hellman's was provided by my mom, who likes both.

2. Mostly because there is room. If forced, I would only keep the flaxseed (due to the oils within) and the breadcrumbs in there. I read somewhere that whole wheat flour can spoil more easily and I don't use it as regularly as AP flour. Again, the other stuff is mostly in there because it can fit and I can get to it easier than if it were at the back of one of the cupboards.

3. Yes, cheese curds, straight from the bag. There are some kinds (Helluva Good and Yancey's, for example) that are not quite the same as these. These are super-fresh (the freshest cheese curds squeak when you bite them) and would be perfect for something like poutine. I've also had deep-fried cheese curds and many people dip them in hot sauce or whatever.

4. I should note that I get these free because I actually ask for them at Lombardi's, the little Italian shop near us. I use them when making soup. Throwing in a cheese rind (parmigiano or pecorino, the two that I have in the bag) can give soup a little more body and flavor. They melt a bit into the soup, but you can fish them out again and either toss it or eat it (it gets softened up). Be sure to remove any of the imprints on the side to get rid of ink, etc.

Re: GORN

[aliki.livejournal.com]

Fascinating answers!

[ruler-of-al.livejournal.com]

I am so jealous of the cheese curds in your fridge, it's not even funny. I need to stop moving to places that lack cheese curds!

How was that pomegranate beer?

[steforama.livejournal.com]

Haha... Pearl

Joe liked it although he said that it tasted like there was maybe one pomegranate seed in it. I can't comment as I'm not a "beer person".

[ruler-of-al.livejournal.com]

Pomegranate's man. They're just so trendy.