one of the things we had to inventory was the frig after the fire, what a
horrible experience, not because most of the food had gone bad but because
of the waste... it was pretty gruesome but what scared the crap outta me was
that the more processed stuff like the activia yogurt seemed to not have
spolied, mind you i didn't taste it but the fresh salsa had pooched up, the
activia on the other hand was smooth and seemingly unscathed by spoliage, if
there ever was something to make me strive even harder for non processed
foods it was this experience, Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>I am pretty good about going through the veggie bin weekly and tossing out
>any old leftovers. We don't have a lot of leftovers. But the other day I
>did toss out the shredded chicken that Angela didn't like and the Carne
>Deshebrada that I like but doesn't set well with my stomach.
>
> But the other stuff? I was watching one of those hoarder shows last night
> and the stuff they found in that fridge was certainly more disgusting than
> anything I've ever found. Except for when I was roommates with a medical
> student. But I digress.
>
> I realized that I had 4 eggs in there bought for husband. They will
> likely not be good by the time he comes back. Angela said she would eat
> them, so I am boiling them for her.
>
> I then went through all the bottles and jars. Luckily I didn't find any
> duplicates. We are famous for that. Somebody thinks we are out of
> something like salad dressing so we buy and open a new one. But that
> wasn't the case today. In fact all of the salad dressing was still good.
>
> What I did find were some ancient olives (some from an olive bar and not
> in brine) and tons of pickles. Each one of us have gone through a pickle
> phase at some point where some kind of pickles looked very appealing at
> the store. So we bought them. And for the most part didn't eat them. At
> all. Found a jar of sugar free sweet pickles (Nalley brand) that expired
> some time in 2009. There is a jar of organic baby dills that seems to
> have no expiration date on it but I think it was bought fairly recently.
> That was the only jar I kept. The rest got tossed.
>
> Then there was the weird jar of pickled beets. They are from Sweet Creek
> Farms. They make organic and sugar free things. And by sugar free I mean
> free of any sweeteners whatever. I do like most of their stuff. But the
> beets? Just odd. They come in a jar. They don't taste quite like plain
> canned beets. But they are also lacking that vinegar tang of most pickled
> beets. They are edible. Just not super appealing. So out they went.
>
> Then there was the container of Rice Milk that sort of turned into Rice
> Cottage Cheese. Eek! And I did find that partially used container of
> Feta cheese that I just knew that I had. But do you think Angela or I
> could find it yesterday? No! I had bought more because it was on sale.
> So now I have two open packages of Feta. I would mix them but they are
> different brands.
>
> Now the bell is dinging for the eggs. Gotta go cool them. So what is the
> yuckiest thing in your fridge?
>