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I am delighted to have this opportunity to show you the contents of my fridge since it allows me to virtue signal and showcase my minimalism, which is all the rage these days. It is my small contribution to attaining net zero and saving the planet, a matter upon which I could write volumes…but I won’t. (The foregoing sentence is an example of what we used to call sarcasm. I point this out as many people seem unable to recognise it anymore.)
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People often ask me how I stay so trim, vibrant, and energetic at the advanced age of 62. Well, they don’t, but they should. And if they did, I’d tell them that it’s all down to the contents of my fridge.
Does it overflow with packets of processed meats and pre-cut vegetables from the supermarket? Do the shelves bend under the weight of the cans and bottles of alcoholic beverages and soft drinks? Is the crisper box a graveyard for wilted cauliflower from yesteryear?
No, nay, never! It is a beauty to behold.
On the top shelf, you’ll notice the thermostat showing the temperature in the spoilage zone. The fridge was here when I arrived in the house 5 years ago and in keeping with my minimalist philosophy, I refuse to replace it until it conks out.
As evidence of my tendency to thrift, I offer the jar of Tahini which has occupied the top shelf for some years and expired in April 2024. I take no notice of such trifles as arbitrary expiry dates. It hasn’t killed me so far. I intended to make falafel you see, but my blender wouldn’t blend so I’m keeping the Tahini until this non-blending blender dies and I can purchase a more powerful one.
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On the second and third shelves is my egg collection.
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Under this a stray lemon, a bowl of greens harvested this morning from the greenhouse ready for breakfast and in the box, ginger for our daily juice.
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Next down some of my butter and cheese supply. The rest is in the freezer. We eat butter with everything. On top of that, homemade panella for dinner tonight. Panella is food from heaven.
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Next down are carrots from the greenhouse used for juice and stew.
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Then we have bottles of water from our well, distilled and chilled for drinking, lemon water to wake you up in the morning, raw milk sourced locally and my favourite cider vinegar. We have 100 more bottles of it stored under the stairs.
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On the bottom the crisper drawers, with fruit to add to our daily vegetable juice.
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One of the two shelves on the door doubles as a mustard cemetery, holding mustard that expired in June 2022, bought for a sauce I no longer make. Who knows, it may come in handy someday. Next to this is Chlorine Dioxide. No home’s complete without it.
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Above that is an assortment of face and eye masks left behind by my brother-in-law when I ejected him from my abode a year ago. I leave them there to remind me always to watch my back.
So you can see I am a paragon of virtue and frugality and an example to all of you. Please be assured that I did not add or remove any item from the fridge, or hide a stash of Ferrero Rocher under the bed beside the potty before taking these photos.
I know you all suspect me!
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Posted in response to @galenkp's Weekend Experiences prompts asking 'What's in your refrigerator?'
I see you are a very wealthy woman judging by your copious amounts of eggs!
On another note, Iam lusting after your butter and cheese collection. Butter is the staff of life and bread is just a condiment you put on the bottom of it 😂
Are you using the Chlorine Dioxide for water treatment?
Note to self: Get Tammy butter for Christmas.
You sure do know the way to an old woman's heart lol
I give good presents, I'm known in certain circles as, the good present giver. Not an imaginative name, but apt.
It takes good intuition and a thoughtful mind to be a good present giver, so I am not surprised
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Ooh, I love butter! And eggs and cheese and all three together.
I use the Chlorine Dioxide for cuts, knocks, detox, and for sick chickens and dogs. We have a UV filter on our water but if it ever breaks down I have the CDS.
You're not lying!
It's just the most perfect combination!
I have well water and also have a UV filter, but I have no backup...I can see I'm deficient in that regard. No matter how prepared I think I am, there's always a hole somewhere.
Please do tell me that you cleaned and organized this fridge before you took the shots!
I read Galen's prompts, and tried to guess which one you would write for. This was not my choice for you, but I thought to write on this one for myself. As usual, you have far outdone anything I could post about! But maybe I will anyway, after I finish a post about what I miss about the pre-plandemic era, for memory monday. It would be fun to contrast my fridge with yours.
Got a good laugh out of this:
Put them with your stash of Ferraro Roche.
Clean and organise my fridge I did not, though I did pull everything to the edge of the shelf. I'd be interested to see how our fridges compare.
My reaction, but I hesitated to say it. I would never, ever take a shot of my refrigerator interior. I'm not even sure what's in there, waaay in the back :))
I did it! It was eye opening! I knew what was back there, but having to tell the world changed my mind about that stuff. I'll never get rid of it now ha. Deirdyweirdy told me she felt an urge to come arrange my icebox for me. Come show us yours, you'll be glad you did. Maybe.
I don't open my front door to people unless I have to. The refrigerator...some secrets should never be shared. 😁
That's a lot of eggs!
You have an interesting fridge, or rather your contents are interesting. I've never heard of panella before, had to google it just now. If I see it somewhere next time, definitely going to try it.
I envy you having fresh water from the well, its pretty hard to come by nowadays unless you live in rural areas by where there's little contamination.
And as to stuff past it's due date, unless they go molding or smell foul or turn disgustingly mushy, I normally keep them for ages until I decide I don't want to eat it anymore or want to repurpose the jar!
We have 25 chickens so that's a little over a day's eggs. We distribute our surplus anonymously to our neighbours, whether they like it or not!
I found panella when I lived in Sicily and I've been addicted ever since.
Our water is fluoridated here in Ireland so as much as I loved living in the city, it's not conducive to good health.
I'm surprised and delighted to hear so many others disregard sell-by dates. It seems people are only half as gullible as I thought:)
Have you made pickled eggs? Damned fine fare indeed!
I can't say I've ever eaten anything pickled. I think perhaps I was traumatised as a child by the jar of Branston Pickle my father brought with us as we moved from place to place. It was 17 years old by the time I left home.
Pickle trauma is a real thing, so I understand completely. One must be ever vigilant lest one succumb to such a malady.
I always loved Nigel Slater's fridge - just the one pack of sausages wrapped in butcher's paper and tied with string, or whatever he was going to cook that day. I don't know how he managed for his morning cup of tea, never a sight of a pint of milk.
My fridge seems to work like the tide: one minute it's full and the next it's empty.
My fridge is always fairly empty but it's never without milk.
I find it peculiar how many cookery programmes are on TV while almost nobody I know ever cooks anything.
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I tend to respect "best by" dates on dairy products, except maybe not sour cream or unopened cream cheese. Other than that, I am fairly relaxed about it. We used to have chickens, and I miss the fresh eggs. But 6 or 7 years ago my husband and I realized he could no longer take care of them all winter. The coop was not easy to access in the snow, and extension cords had to be run for electricity out there, and water had to be carried in a bucket from the house. So we gave the hens away.
It's refreshing to see how many people disregard 'best by' dates. I thought I was a lone nutter.
After I lost a couple of my chucks to foxes last year I almost gave up chicken keeping, but I get so much joy from the little blighters I relented and bought more instead.
Love the egg shelf. I used to have one or two also. You pointed out the thermometer. I noticed it's in a high zone. To keep food best, it should be low 40's....
My fridge doesn't much look like yours, but I share it with my brother and he's a SAD guy.
I don't worry too much about the fridge temperature as nothing stays in there for long and I use it mostly to chill milk and water. I can't stand replacing things unless they're kaput. I'm stingy like that.
A sad brother? Crikey, I have one of those too. I just don't allow him near the fridge:)
SAD = Standard American Diet
Ah, I see. I imagine your fridge is bursting at the seams so:) I thought you meant Seasonal affective disorder.
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You won't believe me but I was looking for a publication on this topic to resolve some doubts but I was delighted... hahaha... I who live in an underdeveloped country have more junk than you right now... not counting what is expired and unused... hahaha... tomorrow I'm getting ready to clean and maybe I'll be excited to reveal some secrets of my refrigerator... hahaha.
No, I don't believe you!:)
I'll try to show some intimacies of the fridge...hahaha...and you'll see.
I'll call you to see 😅
At the rate eggs are going up here in the U.S. you would need to put a lock on your fridge or move them to a safe. That's a lot of dollars there. LOL
Very neat a tidy fridge for sure. I am jealous.
They're getting pretty expensive here too, so I'm anticipating being very rich indeed!
I tend to keep everything very tidy, all lined up in straight lines:)
Ha, you may have to hire private security for your eggs. LOL
Just a heads up to let you know that some of your eggs are trying to escape...
Hahaha, I know. Any idea how to stop the little blighters? I already have 2 padlocks on the fridge but some have still made a run for it.
Because it's needleworkmonday, @clareartista suggests crocheting some little harnesses for them.
I'll start right away!
Everyone has a mustard graveyard in their fridge, it's the rules.
Another great, and humourous, entry for which I thank you.
Also, how do you stay so trim, vibrant, and energetic? I figured I'd better ask. 😋
Oh no! I thought I was unusual.
I double those thanks and return them with ribbons. Without a good prompt I am nothing.
Why thank you very much for asking but a lady never divulges such things..
Some secrets are not meant to be divulged. I get it.
I love everything in your fridge! From the all-purpose emergency CDS to protein-rich eggs, energy-boosting butter, and antioxidant-packed juicing with ginger, carrot and fruits. Must-have mustard and tahini—mature and full of flavour. I could thrive on this healthily! 🩷😄
Ah sure you're a girl after me own heart, sure y'are and I thrive healthily indeed.
Wow that's so many eggs! Are they from a local farm?
Curious choice apples in the fridge, on stores they are outside and I don't keep them there either
We have 25 chickens. We are the local farm!
As to apples, have you not heard the old saying keep your apples cold or they'll quickly grow old:?
Ah excellent with own chickens! I had 3 back in the days, eggs are sooooo much better than bought ones
Never heard that saying 😅
I prefer the old saying, make fucken apple pie and invite galenkp over for a few pieces and coffee...or tea.
Good saying that. May it come true.
I don't like apple pie but I make a grand rhubarb crumble. How about it?
That'll do it. I'm not fussy.
Ha! We also love keeping expired foods.
Good on ya kid! I'm in good company so! Come the revolution and we won't have to eat ze bugs!
"Mustard cemetery" lol
Who knows, they may yet rise from the dead:)
Considering how many eggs you eat I imagine that you would benefit from buying ostrich. Its eggs would probably last longer.
Thanks for the suggestion but I'm not sufficiently fleet of foot to catch the ostriches for their daily castor oil dose.
We consume 2 eggs per day each, that's four in total. The remainder we thrust upon our neighbours and friends.
Wow what a tidy refrigerator, I felt calm when I saw it, mine is a mess, when I clean and tidy it I feel like a weight is lifted off my shoulders.
They have water from their own well, that's great.
This is a great point, I'm glad I stopped by, one more example of how what we eat has a direct impact on our health, appearance and vitality.
I like to have a place for everything and everything in its place, that way when I stumble out of bed in the dark I can easily find the cheese!
Stumbling into cheese is my life's mission.
Seems we have quite a lot in common:)
Cheese stumblers unite.
You are the epitome of minimalism! I eat plenty of eggs and cheese myself, but I couldn't say the same about vegetables. I didn't even know you were supposed to keep apples in the fridge. Why would you do that? I have two sad-looking apples on the coffee table and I've been waiting for weeks for them to go rotten so I can throw them out... They were supposed to be in a salad, together with some carrots, quietly going to waste in the fridge... won't be long now :)
To me, minimalism means having no more than two bottles of alcoholic beverages in the fridge at any given time. Why clutter the fridge when I have plenty of cupboards?
I agree entirely! I am the epitome of everything that is good and healthful. I keep my apples in the fridge so that the juice will be chilled. In fact there is method in all of my madness. I'm not entirely certain if I can say the same for you!:)
That's very smart! Never thought of that, but then again it's not often I make juice.
You got that right, I'm afraid :))
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