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Pancake Syrup
Soy Sauce (which I don't even know why I have I use it so seldom - I should probably just pitch it.)
Teriyaki Sauce (not the glaze - this is the thin marinade stuff)
Worcestershire Sauce
All oils
Bread
Peanut Butter
Coffee/Tea (ground/tea bags)
If you want to keep the syrup in the fridge then do so, otherwise don't, it only affects you and whomever eats syrup with you. The same goes for anything else you choose to leave in or out of the fridge, your food, your choice.
If you want to keep the syrup in the fridge then do so, otherwise don't, it only affects you and whomever eats syrup with you. The same goes for anything else you choose to leave in or out of the fridge, your food, your choice.
Certain foods spoil if not kept in the fridge, that's my concern not anyone else in the house.
High sugar foods tend to spoil slowly. Syrup is OK left out, but it won't keep as long as it does in the fridge. If it takes you a long time to use it up, keep it in the fridge. Syrup left warm will eventually sour and form mold, but it takes a really long time. Most people use it faster than that.
I leave most oils out (except for olive oil). Sweet pastries like cake and frosting and Danish, can be left out for a few days, as long as they don't contain cream or custard filling. Left out too long, they will get stale.
Dry foods (sugar, flour, baking soda, spices, salts) are left out.
Nuts: walnuts are frozen, pumpkin seeds and flax are refrigerated, the rest of the nuts are left out.
Anything that is liquid is refrigerated after it is opened, except for vinegar, most oils, alcohol, and flavor extracts.
I don't refrigerate peanut butter...my mom did but she told me later that was just to make it harder for us to eat it, since it wouldn't spread right when cold.
I don't refrigerate oils or vinegar, but I do refrigerate jelly, pancake syrup, bbq sauce, salsa, etc.
As far as baked goods, anything with whipped cream or a lot of cream cheese needs to be kept in the fridge. Cakes with fruit fillings, even with jam or jelly as a filling, will mold if they're left out. Cookies, muffins and breads can be left out, generally. You can make a cream cheese icing that doesn't have to be refrigerated, but it has to be a recipe that's been tested in a lab and proven to be shelf-stable, and you have to follow the recipe exactly.
I don't refrigerate tomatoes or most baking supplies, cereals, breads, grains, etc. I only refrigerate apples or squash to keep them cold when I'm afraid they'll freeze in the garage.
I should add butter - but that's fairly infrequent. It's not "always" left out, just sometimes. And by butter, I mean BUTTER butter, not a butter type spread or substitute.
I also keep ALL my produce in the fridge (even though I know I'm not supposed to for some of them) - that's just a quirk my husband and I have that developed after forgetting about a bag of potatoes and a bag of onions that were in a dark, cool cabinet that we forgot about years ago...now we keep them where we can SEE them.
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