On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:01:25 -0500, James Silverton wrote:

> Melba's wrote on Sat, 23 Jan 2010 09:48:41 -0600:
>
>>> How long can a bottle of ketchup stay in your fridge before
>>> it goes bad? I'm thinking 5 or 10 years, but if you want an
>>> expert opinion, go to
>
>> <grin> I keep both ketchup and mustard in the cupboard and
>> have never had a problem with either. Because I mark my stuff
>> when I buy it, I know hold old pretty much everything is.
>> Both ketchup and mustard in the cupboard have been open for at
>> least 3 months‹we don't use much of either. The only mustard
>> I refrigerate is some excellent Duesseldorf mustard from a
>> friend. It keeps a long time there, too ‹ more than a year,
>> easily.
>
>> I don't refrigerate soy sauce, either. :-) Or Tabasco. Or
>>Worcestershire. Oddly, I do refrigerate homemade hot sauce ‹ I have a
>>couple bottles from Jorge that have been in there since February 2004.
>
> Store-bought salsa seems to keep well unopened but, once opened, only
> for a week or so in the fridge before it grows mold. It seems to freeze
> quite well and defrost by nuking.

i should try that. i don't use much salsa (except occasionally in
omelets), and it often molds on me.

your pal,
blake