We haven't been refrigerating our big bottle of Kikkoman (dude, what are you doing with La Choy?), but we go through that stuff pretty fast.

I think it was the only option wherever I bought it a few years ago. Also, its probably not meant to last that long.

Not sure why but this made me laugh.

Ha - well that came out wrong

...asian card revoked!

I refrigerate bread, so yes, its in the fridge.

i refrigerate bread too

huh.

finally, something all of obner agrees on

hi fives all around

Refrigerate bread?

What the fuck?

Are you fucking nuts?

What kind of bread are you buying?

In college, we kept bread in the fridge so the mice wouldn't get it.

1 mo.+ in the fridge w/o mold growth (hint: mold doesn't grow well/at all at that temp).
>2 wks w/o fridge.
Science works.

I guess if you eat the shit out of bread, you wouldn't need to refrigerate
but for those of use who don't, it saves monies.

Plus I freeze a couple loaves so I don't have to endure supermarkets more than once a month.
...and butter and meat and booze.

yeah, I freeze a few loaves usually...I toast it anyway.

i tend to buy melty bread, so i just do what works

I go in cycles where I'll eat a lot of bread (sandwiches, hot dogs, etc.) for lunch, and other times when I don't. We buy good bread, and for some reason bread goes bad fast in our place, so I always pop it in the fridge.

Plus, you haven't lived til you've had a cold pb&j. Kindergarten all over.

first ever refrigeration thread on obner.

Refrigerated bread reminds me of my grandparents (who, incidentally, would use a plastic coffee can lid with slits cut in it as a bread closer.)

Anyway, voted yes on refrigerating ketchup, soy sauce and all other condiments save oils, vinegars and hot sauces.

One stick of butter is kept in a butter dish on the counter, the rest in the fridge.

the unrefrigerated butter stick is something i never think of until i try to make a grilled cheese sandwich and end up ravaging my bread with overly hardened butter from the fridge

A1 or Pickapeppa for burgers and steaks are the kids preference. Ketchup is usually reserved strictly for fries. Even the the chicken fingers go to a curry mustard. Ketchup has lot its sway in our family, though I know some kids pour it on everything including eggs, blech. So we keep a small bottle around.

Butter spray, dawg

that's like using velveeta instead of a delectable muenster/provolone combo on my sandwich dude

I used to have this problem all the time. Just heat the pan first and drop in the portion of butter to use on the one side. Slather the cold piece of butter around the hot pan 'til it melts then throw the sandwich in to soak it up and get fried. Repeat for other side.