Cleaning that fridge out

[Faris]

We cleaned out my deaf and blind grandmother's fridge once. Oh dear god. Most things had mold all over, condiments were 2-5 years expired, everything in the freezer had mold or frost bite on it. There was really random trout in there that I can not even describe.

[Tigmafuzz]

A fridge was in the shower. Not particularly horrifying but insanely confusing.

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[Clo]

I once left a tupperware thing of beef-and-pasta in the fridge for a few months, and it started looking like the surface of a distant planet.

I also once left a slice of pizza in the microwave because I walked away, stoned, and forgot it existed. That little motha had some nasty circle of green/white funk growing on it a week later.

I might be a gross person. :sweatdrop

[Pumpkin]

I clean out the fridge every Saturday. I check the leftovers and foods that might expire to see if they're still good. I don't usually check the sell by date because sometimes stuff goes bad before the date and sometimes it lasts a while after. I usually go by look and smell.

[Rantz]

I also go by the rational thought approach. And I am also horrified at some of my coworkers' wastefulness.

[I Took the Red Pill]

I don't have any fridge horror stories, but once, quite recently actually, I cooked some rice in my rice cooker, but left a small amount in there for "later". I forgot all about it and opened up the cooker a month later to see the most vile mold colony thriving and sending spores into the air. The subsequent smell almost made me vomit. I've never experienced anything like that where a smell actually almost caused me to puke. It was unreal.

So, to get rid of it, I sat down with a spoon and dug into that glorious green/purple mass. Not really though

[Bubba]

I'm pretty good at making sure nothing goes off in my fridge. Though to be honest, cans of beer don't go off very quickly.

My ex-flatmate used to keep dried spaghetti in the fridge. No idea why.

[Raistlin]

I'm usually pretty good about throwing things away. Not by the "sell by" date, but certainly when it starts to go bad. I don't have any personal horror stories that are too bad (besides the usual little mold on cheese or bread or some smelly milk that I quickly threw out), though my friend recently told me that she discovered cheese in her boyfriend's fridge dated years ago. Gross.

I also don't understand people who refuse to eat leftovers.

I also once left a slice of pizza in the microwave because I walked away, stoned, and forgot it existed. That little motha had some nasty circle of green/white funk growing on it a week later

You didn't use your microwave for a week? xD

[milliegoesbeep]

I despise leftovers. Old food? No thanks.

I guess I'm wasteful but I don't see why you'd buy a meal too large for you to eat anyway, so to me that's a waste in itself. That, and I have a lovely, clean and organised refrigerator and I like to keep it that way.

[Araciel]

I let things go a couple of days after the printed date... Also if something is bad/expired, ill leave it in the fridge til garbage day.. No need to stink up thE garage

[Lonely Paper Star]

Once, when I was in the dorm, I drank milk from the fridge on its "SELL BY" date and it tasted rancid. Since then, I've been paranoid about throwing milk out. 8(

[Night Fury]

I share a fridge, so every week when I do my shopping I clean out my food that isn't going to get eaten. I usually eat all my shopping, bar a few things that go off, but I'm pretty good


Can't say the same for my housemate though. The smurfing tramp.