Whats in your fridge? Turning mine off

jamars

It is really interesting to see what you all keep in your fridges. 5 days into being fridge free and I have not at all regretted turning it off. I have actually used the fridge far more with it being turned off. It has become a very handy cupboard for storing lots of empty jam jars and wine bottles ready for filling

Lizling

I could probably cope without a fridge, but it'd mean shopping every day instead of every 3 days or so, and buying only things that I'd finish quickly. No more big cheap tubs of plain yoghurt, no humous unless I really wanted to pig out on it, no milk at all because I use so little of it, etc. It'd be far more trouble than I think it'd be worth. Worst of all, nowhere to keep leftovers I don't want to freeze.

In my fridge at the moment-

2 sticks celery
3 aubergines
lettuce
5 eggs
the very end of a tub of plain yoghurt
humous
tiny bit of halloumi
veggie parmesan
cheddar
parsley
curry leaves
couple of green chillies
a few opened jars (jam, pickle, tahini, jalapenos)
tomato paste
ginger
Leftovers - roast fennel, cauliflower and tomatoes with boiled eggs; butter beans with halloumi, parsley and lime juice



I'd happily put the eggs and cheese in a nice cool cupboard instead if I had one (they belong in the larder, imo) but I haven't got one.

[Deleted User]

If we lived like that and only got what we could use in a day we'd most likely be better off financially and it would drastically cut down on food wasteage wouldn't it? As for leftovers, not having anywhere to store them would mean re-thinking the amount we cook in the first place again win - win situation both interms of saving cash and not creating waste.

Lizling

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

If we lived like that and only got what we could use in a day we'd most likely be better off financially and it would drastically cut down on food wasteage wouldn't it? As for leftovers, not having anywhere to store them would mean re-thinking the amount we cook in the first place again win - win situation both interms of saving cash and not creating waste.

I deliberately make enough for leftovers so that I'll have something to take to work the next day for lunch, and perhaps another dinner too if I won't have time to cook. It's never wasted. If I didn't do that, I'd have to buy sandwiches at work (far more expensive.)

I don't think shopping every day instead of every 2-3 days would reduce waste either: I'd probably buy more!

[Deleted User]

I'm remembering back many years to being a child and not actually having a fridge, just a cabinet in the kitchen and no cool storage. I can remember being sent down to the 'International Stores' for 1/4 lb of cheddar to make our tea. My mum did shop every day for the fresh things in small quantities and made food from scratch, I even remember her asking the butcher what was the best thing 'on offer' that day, times gone forever I think, I can't see a supermarket butcher giving an answer to that question today can you? Different lives entirely and the only takeaway food available was fish and chips in newspaper, a rare treat but so lovely when it did happen.

LameWolf

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

If we lived like that and only got what we could use in a day we'd most likely be better off financially and it would drastically cut down on food wasteage wouldn't it? As for leftovers, not having anywhere to store them would mean re-thinking the amount we cook in the first place again win - win situation both interms of saving cash and not creating waste.

I'm afraid it wouldn't work for me; I can only shop when Mr LW is available to take me, plus I also have to feel well enough to actually go shopping.
Also, being only 2 of us, if I make (for instance) a quiche, it lasts us 2 days, and I need to store it in the fridge overnight - I meal-plan to make 2-day dishes like that according to Mr LW's work and my dog-sitting schedule.
That said, I can honestly say we very, very rarely waste any food whatsoever.

System

In my fridge....

Potatoes
Cabbage
Milk
My sons packed lunch for tomorrow
Ham
Cheese
Pate
Eggs
Marg
Bacon
Mint sauce
Mustard
Tartar sauce
Hollandaise sauce
Mayonaise
Soy sauce
Grapes

It has to be said, theres very little in there because stocks are running low and I need to go grocery shopping sometime over the weekend.

Most of what I have in there could be kept out of the fridge but I'm pretty short of cupboard space.

Don't think I could do without my freezer though.

welshbookworm

In the month I didn't have a fridge recently I still had a very large freezer.
So I used a cool box for my 'fridge' keeping it cool with plastic freezer blocks that you would usually use in a cool box.
I portioned milk and froze that but other wise it worked for the small amount I put in a fridge.

Ben84

I have an under counter fridge with cold box, which is pretty small by modern standards when everyone seems to have wardrobe sized American style models. I just don't want the burden of cleaning one of those every week.

The cold box is used to make ice cubes, and sometimes I make ice cream. In winter it tends to be empty.

In the fridge part I mostly store milk, eggs, cheese, yoghurt, vegetables/salad, ground coffee and chill leftovers or desserts I've made. Chocolate mouse, or cheesecake, things like that. Sometimes I rise dough overnight in it. Oh and a few open jars of things, pickles, jam and olives usually.

It wouldn't be a disaster not having it, but life is easier with a fridge. Even if you don't own one at home, refrigeration is an important part of the modern food delivery network. We'd have less in the shops, and it would cost more without it, so fridges are pretty good things.

Dried instant yeast should be fine outside the fridge if you keep it dry. It's easier with a fridge as they're quite dry inside, but anywhere else dry would be fine too.

rdone

Mr_Singleton wrote: »

Cough..... don't you mean soya "spread"?

Nope. I still call almond milk, milk. I say cows butter and cows milk so people know the difference.