cybercat wrote:
> "Ophelia" > wrote
>> I must admit I was mystified by this thread! I can't ever remember
>> my fridge smelling bad. I suppose it could happen if you forget to
>> throw something away, but I don't have undcovered food in there. It
>> is all in boxes or plastic bags so it won't dry out.
>
> Me too. I keep flour in a sealed rubbermaid canister because it gets
> bugs in NC if you don't. Leftovers are not in the fridge more than
> four days. I get the heebie jeebies just thinking about stuff molding
> and such in the fridge, so I don't let it. (In my book, if you have
> to ask "is this still good," through it AWAY.

Some leftovers I plan, and they are packed up properly until I am ready to
use them, but anything that is an actual leftover from a cooked meal, goes
into the dog)

> I HATE when tea (what we call Iced Tea here in NC) tastes like
> refrigerator, at my MIL's it always does, she leaves it uncovered.
> Her ice cubes too, ugh. I just but a piece of film on the glass
> pitcher. I imagine refrigerators can get smelly because plastic
> absorbs odors and so many have a lot of plastic. Glass shelves help,
> I think. I am a clutter person, not a rot, mold, type.

Heh