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My foolish mother keeps bread in the fridge

rufusrainrufusrain Posts: 923
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Told her it goes stale about 6 times as fast due to faster dehydration.

She is confusing staleness with bread gone moldy. Bread is not meant to have a long shelf life so it would be stale before it goes moldy anyway.
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    smudges dadsmudges dad Posts: 36,989
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    At 20, you know so much more than her, and I bet you're right every time. Show how brilliant you are by buying your own bread, or even better, leaving home and fending for yourself like millions of others do. Then you can put your bread wherever you like.
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    tallguy9tallguy9 Posts: 631
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    rufusrain wrote: »
    Told her it goes stale about 6 times as fast due to faster dehydration.

    She is confusing staleness with bread gone moldy. Bread is not meant to have a long shelf life so it would be stale before it goes moldy anyway.

    Yes you are right, bread should never be put in the fridge, keeps loads better at room temperature
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    Toby LaRhoneToby LaRhone Posts: 12,916
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    Her bread, her fridge, her preference.
    You don't need to call your Mum "foolish"in the title.
    That's disrespectful.
    She should kick your arse.
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    ba_baracusba_baracus Posts: 3,236
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    The wife's various family members all keep tomato ketchup in the fridge, but store cans of fizzy juice out of the fridge to be drank at room temperature.

    There's nowt queer as folk.
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    Isambard BrunelIsambard Brunel Posts: 6,598
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    At 20, you know so much more than her, and I bet you're right every time. Show how brilliant you are by buying your own bread, or even better, leaving home and fending for yourself like millions of others do. Then you can put your bread wherever you like.

    This site really does need thumb up and down buttons to vote for each post :-)
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    Toby LaRhoneToby LaRhone Posts: 12,916
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    This site really does need thumb up and down buttons to vote for each post :-)
    As in "Let them live or die"?
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    gemma-the-huskygemma-the-husky Posts: 18,116
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    put it in the freezer, and bread lasts a long time

    I would therefore have thought the fridge also keeps it longer, although we don't do that.
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    cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    A former friend of my mum's once put a jar of Nutella in the fridge when she was staying at our house and I flipped when I found out as it had gone all hard. You're not supposed to keep it in the fridge.
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    molliepopsmolliepops Posts: 26,829
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    A former friend of my mum's once put a jar of Nutella in the fridge when she was staying at our house and I flipped when I found out as it had gone all hard. You're not supposed to keep it in the fridge.

    It comes to room temp quite quick though, and if you are cooking with it it's better from the fridge I find.
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    davelovesleedsdavelovesleeds Posts: 22,714
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    Her bread, her fridge, her preference.
    You don't need to call your Mum "foolish"in the title.
    That's disrespectful.
    She should kick your arse.

    Shouldn't the thread of this post be 'What do you think of Mothers who put bread in the fridge'?

    Does she buy it from Sainsburys?
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    Toby LaRhoneToby LaRhone Posts: 12,916
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    A former friend of my mum's once put a jar of Nutella in the fridge when she was staying at our house and I flipped when I found out as it had gone all hard. You're not supposed to keep it in the fridge.
    You "flipped over Nutella gone hard?? :o
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    Isambard BrunelIsambard Brunel Posts: 6,598
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    You "flipped over Nutella gone hard?? :o

    Here's the footage!
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    cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    You "flipped over Nutella gone hard?? :o

    Well that was only part of the reason I flipped. I think I flipped more because she had been tidying up without permission and she was only a guest! On a more serious note, she stole several things from the house as well >:( Never got back what she stole.
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    Simon_MoreSimon_More Posts: 709
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    Bread- in fridge
    Ketchup- out fridge
    Jam- out fridge
    Marmalade- in fridge
    Peanut butter- out fridge
    Salad cream- in fridge
    HP brown- out fridge
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    CSJBCSJB Posts: 6,188
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    ba_baracus wrote: »
    The wife's various family members all keep tomato ketchup in the fridge, but store cans of fizzy juice out of the fridge to be drank at room temperature.

    There's nowt queer as folk.

    Tomato ketchup should be kept in the fridge once opened, it even says so on the bottle.
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    postitpostit Posts: 23,839
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    At 20, you know so much more than her, and I bet you're right every time. Show how brilliant you are by buying your own bread, or even better, leaving home and fending for yourself like millions of others do. Then you can put your bread wherever you like.

    :D This deserves a thumbs up
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    dosanjh1dosanjh1 Posts: 8,727
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    What about margarine? It says in the fridge but I leave it out without problems unless it's a really hot day and you get this liquid oily substance pooling in the centre. My auntie says fridge it and so does the carton.
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    Vast_GirthVast_Girth Posts: 9,793
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    CSJB wrote: »
    Tomato ketchup should be kept in the fridge once opened, it even says so on the bottle.

    Yup. Same for nearly all table sauces.

    Cupboard stored sauces are a major cause of food poisoning.
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    Welsh-ladWelsh-lad Posts: 51,927
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    People keep all sorts in the fridge that I never do e.g bread, eggs, jam, ketchup, chutney, pickles etc.
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    coopermanyorkscoopermanyorks Posts: 21,215
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    At 20, you know so much more than her, and I bet you're right every time. Show how brilliant you are by buying your own bread, or even better, leaving home and fending for yourself like millions of others do. Then you can put your bread wherever you like.

    This gets 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 from me
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    Welsh-ladWelsh-lad Posts: 51,927
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    Vast_Girth wrote: »
    Yup. Same for nearly all table sauces.

    Cupboard stored sauces are a major cause of food poisoning.

    I've never put table sauces in the fridge and never had food poisoning.
    Probably immuned myself!
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    This is like Kryten, Kochanski and the Cottage Cheese all over again.....or is that still to come?
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    molliepopsmolliepops Posts: 26,829
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    Welsh-lad wrote: »
    People keep all sorts in the fridge that I never do e.g bread, eggs, jam, ketchup, chutney, pickles etc.

    Yes the pickles and jam etc always puzzle me because they are pickled and jammed to make them store for a long time. Not things years ago anyone put in the fridge. And pre common usage of fridges no one worried about eating all sorts of things we are now told to refrigerate :confused:
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    Isambard BrunelIsambard Brunel Posts: 6,598
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    dosanjh1 wrote: »
    What about margarine? It says in the fridge but I leave it out without problems unless it's a really hot day and you get this liquid oily substance pooling in the centre. My auntie says fridge it and so does the carton.

    The problem with margarine is that if left at room temperature for too long, it becomes highly explosive, and can detonate with just a sharp impact from the butter knife.

    Always keep it in the fridge.
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    RadiomaniacRadiomaniac Posts: 43,510
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    I keep ALL my opened sauces, relishes, jams, peanut butter and jarred goods in the fridge - most of them tell you on the label to store them in there once they're opened.

    And I keep all of my bread in the freezer.

    If I want to use any of them, I'll get them out a short time and leave them at room temperature before I need them. If I need bread fast I'll defrost it in the micro or toast it.
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