Refrigerator space

Melba's Jammin said:

I've never kept vinegar, worcestershire, ketchup, mustard, fish sauce,
soy sauce or Tabasco in the fridge. I do keep lemon juice there.

Shame on you! Mustard loses its bite very, very fast if not
refrigerated.

Victor

Omelet said:

Sheldon said:

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I'm with Sheldon that frozen "reconstituted" lemon juice is as bad as
that "real lemon" stuff.

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Might be ok in a pinch but still... It's not as good as the real thing!
No way, no how.

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And when you go to the Minute Maid site you will have to search very
hard to find this lemon puke, obviously Minute Maid is not proud of
this product.

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Sheldon

Might be on the website, but I've never seen it at my local store.
Probably why I did not know about it.

Frozen home made squeezed lemon juice cubes work pretty well actually.
Works with limes too.

That reminds me, I need to process that bag of key limes dad bought.

I'm very busy processing those limes I bought, and processing, and
processing, and processing... and trying to decide what to have for
dinner, and enjoying my freshly mowed lawn, and my babies are enjoying
the view too... and I bet I know which they want for dinner.

Limes are easy to process, not quite sure how to incorporate the
pretty peaches, probably just dive in and much au jus:
http://i17.tinypic.com/5yvrdr9.jpg

Eeny, meany, miney, mo.. which one, which one... I curios about those
brats (seen em advertized on tv like crazy so I broke down), but I
know which my babies want, brats can wait until Saturday.... bought
those two beauties today, never frozen: http://i10.tinypic.com/4ts7wj8.jpg

My basbies got the life, I bust my ass twelve hours in 90 deg sun
mowing and all they do is count passing hummingbirds in 68 deg central
air, the two boys, Blackie and Jack:
http://i11.tinypic.com/5z56crn.jpg

Sheldon

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Sheldon said:

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I'm with Sheldon that frozen "reconstituted" lemon juice is as
bad as that "real lemon" stuff.

Might be ok in a pinch but still... It's not as good as the real
thing! No way, no how.

And when you go to the Minute Maid site you will have to search very
hard to find this lemon puke, obviously Minute Maid is not proud of
this product.

Sheldon

Might be on the website, but I've never seen it at my local store.
Probably why I did not know about it.

Frozen home made squeezed lemon juice cubes work pretty well actually.
Works with limes too.

That reminds me, I need to process that bag of key limes dad bought.
<sigh> They are a pita, but flavorful.

I got one of those lime squeezer deals at the Mexican grocery store, it
works well for chugging through a bag of them. It can handle Persian
limes and the small lemons as well.

Brian

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James Silverton said:

Melba's wrote on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:09:07 -0500:

??>> I'd like to make some room in my 'frig and it would seem
??>> to me that some of the following would be fine stored at
??>> room temperature....
??>>
??>> all vinegars? ( I have the basic ones plus balsamic and
??>> rice vinegar also)
??>>
??>> fish sauce?
??>> lemon juice?
??>> soy sauce?
??>>
??>> how about...
??>> worcestershire?
??>> franks hot sauce?
??>>
??>> thanks.

It's too much trouble to sort them out so I keep everything like that
except for vinegar and oil in the fridge. Oil, not because it keeps
very well outside, but olive and sesame oil will solidify.

No way, my refrigerator is crowded enough without bottles of stuff in
it. I do put in ketchup because I don't use it very quickly and it
turns brown otherwise, plus the bottle of cheap balsamic vinegar (sorry
Victor) because I'm not sure about it.

Brian

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On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:02:06 -0500, Omelet <[email hidden]>

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blake murphy said:

you can't go wrong with the minute maid frozen stuff. two bucks for
the juice of seven lemons vs. $1.80 for three (plus labor)?

your pal,
blake

Yabut isn't there sugar added to that stuff???

I don't want that.

nope. admittedly, it's from concentrate, with filtered water. not
even your 1/10 of a percent sodium benzoate, which i guess is why they
sell it frozen. lemons from argentina. says it keeps eight weeks
after thawing. two bucks, take a chance.

your pal,
blake

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It was fun to haul home and get it inside. ;-) I bribed some neighbor
guys to do it with money and beer. I ended up doubling what I'd
originally offered them as they worked so hard!

2 cases (48) beers and $40.00 each.

Beer is a cheap as chips over there so you got a good deal :-)

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For that price you could have bought a brand new *humungous* fridge!!

Nope. Even a used Hobart this size goes for nearly 3K around here.

They are worth it. They hold a very stable temp and food lasts twice

as

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long in there as it does in the kitchen frige, and I can monitor it

from

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the outside built in temp gauge.

This is a commercial frige and I have to call a commercial service to
repair and maintain it. It's worth every darned dime...

If it was a freebie, it's worth it. But as soon as the repairs build up
to the cost of a new one, I'd ditch it the next time it needs repairs.

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Brisbane
Australia

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the night to do violence to those who would do them harm"
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(Victor Sack) said:

Melba's Jammin said:

I've never kept vinegar, worcestershire, ketchup, mustard, fish sauce,
soy sauce or Tabasco in the fridge. I do keep lemon juice there.

Shame on you! Mustard loses its bite very, very fast if not
refrigerated.

Victor

I do keep ONE kind of mustard refrigerated, Bubba. Some great
Dusselddorfer stuff. Tasty.
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pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

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Sheldon said:

I don't remember seeing lemons outrageously expensive since I was a
kid and everything shipped from outside the country cost an arm and a
leg... back then only NY was America, evywhere else was a bunch of
stinkin' feriners, still are if you ask me... lemons still don't grow
in NY but now they must email them in as an attachment to keep the
transportation costs down. So how much is outrageously expensive? I
think everything these days is outrageously expensive, but a person's
gotta live a little too. When I was a kid lemons cost like 5 cents
each and we thought they were a luxury. These days I think the price
of potatoes is highway robbery... who woulda thunk that what I
remember costing 2 cents a pound would now cost better than 50 cents a
pound, and potatoes are not nearly as good anymore. I remember a loaf
of *real* rye bread from a *real* bakery costing a dime... now there's
no decent rye bread at any price, and no more real bakeries, none!

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Sheldon

(Cue the band)
"Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way"

:-0)

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pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

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Sheldon said:

Goomba38 said:

Omelet said:

I'm with Sheldon that frozen "reconstituted" lemon juice is as bad as
that "real lemon" stuff.

Quoted message said:

Might be ok in a pinch but still... It's not as good as the real thing!
No way, no how.

And yet you've not tried it to know. Typical.

After so many years of trying all sorts of reconstituted and fron food
products I don't need to try it to know it's carp.

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It is an excellent product for making lemonaid.

Lemonade is probably the worst of all possible choices for comparing
lemon flavor... especially with how much sugar most folks add, and
many use a sugar substitute no less... so with all the sugar/sugar
substitute it just may as well be frozen lemonade concentrate. Btw, I
happen to like lemon flavored beverages, especially carbonated
beverages (7-UP and the like), but none taste like fresh lemon (I
don't expect them to). But I don't much care for lemonade made with
fresh lemons, in fact I think it's an awful waste of so many fresh
lemons. I'm not a big fan of lemonade anyway. Fresh lemons serve me
for dozens of uses, none of which anything but fresh will do, only a
wedge of fresh lemon can enhance a plain glass of plain ice water like
no phny balony lemon flavoring can... even the spent rinds, they make
excellent deodorizer.. I never just throw them in the trash... usually
my squeezed rinds go directly into a drink, even enhances 7-Up, but
they also can just as well spend a night in my kitchen sink drain
strainer. But for cooking (anything), once again, no product
substitutes for fresh lemon. I wanna see you garnish a fried
shellfish platter with reconstituted frozen lemon puss.

Admit it, yoose all just too frickin' lazy to squeeze lemons is all.

Sheldon

I'd actually cut her a little slack on that one. Nurses work 12 hour
shifts. I don't know a single one that does not. Shortcuts in cooking
are inevitable in that field. From reading other cooking that she does,
Goomba is not lazy.

I just do what mom does and make fresh frozen lemon juice so I don't
have to compromise. I really cannot stand reconstituted lemon or lime.

I only work 12's if I work weekends. I worked every other weekend for 18
years. I only got off weekends when I agreed to pull full time night
shift during the week and I still occasionally pull weekends as needed
when people need time off.

If I agree to work some off hours for others when they want to take
vacation time, I get paid back as they will, in return, do it for me. :-)
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Mark Thorson said:

James Silverton said:

It's too much trouble to sort them out so I keep everything like
that except for vinegar and oil in the fridge. Oil, not because
it keeps very well outside, but olive and sesame oil will
solidify.

That's what I do, too. Olive oil doesn't solidify
completely, but separates into liquid and slush layers.
And after allowing it to come back to room temperature
(and reliquify, of course), it seems to me as though
it permanently loses some of its flavor. I can't
think of a good explanation for how that can happen,
but it sure seems to me like it does.

I never refrigerate Olive Oil. I go thru it too fast. It lives in it's
bottle at the side of the stove. I DO refrigerate Sesame Oil as one
small bottle lasts a good 6 months. That stuff is strong. 5 or 6 drops
in a stir fry is more than enough! Of course, I'm referring to toasted
sesame oil. :-)

I never have refrigerated Vinegar, even the herbal vinegar that I make
to use on fish and salads, and sometimes steamed veggies.
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Sheldon said:

I'm very busy processing those limes I bought, and processing, and
processing, and processing... and trying to decide what to have for
dinner, and enjoying my freshly mowed lawn, and my babies are enjoying
the view too... and I bet I know which they want for dinner.

BEEF!!

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Limes are easy to process, not quite sure how to incorporate the
pretty peaches, probably just dive in and much au jus:
http://i17.tinypic.com/5yvrdr9.jpg

THOSE limes are easy to juice! Key limes are a pain in the ass! I won't
buy them but dad did. :-P I'll take the time to juice them rather than
let them go to waste.

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Eeny, meany, miney, mo.. which one, which one... I curios about those
brats (seen em advertized on tv like crazy so I broke down), but I
know which my babies want, brats can wait until Saturday.... bought
those two beauties today, never frozen: http://i10.tinypic.com/4ts7wj8.jpg

Heh! I get that same brand of brat's down here. I've got to try making
my own if I can get the spicing right. New York Strip here has been
running $7.99.

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My basbies got the life, I bust my ass twelve hours in 90 deg sun
mowing and all they do is count passing hummingbirds in 68 deg central
air, the two boys, Blackie and Jack:
http://i11.tinypic.com/5z56crn.jpg

Sheldon

Kitties look relaxed... but is that a peeping tom tool I see in that
doorway? ;-)
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Default User said:

I got one of those lime squeezer deals at the Mexican grocery store, it
works well for chugging through a bag of them. It can handle Persian
limes and the small lemons as well.

Brian

Will it handle KEY limes?
They are the size of an Aggie marble.
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On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:02:06 -0500, Omelet <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

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blake murphy said:

you can't go wrong with the minute maid frozen stuff. two bucks for
the juice of seven lemons vs. $1.80 for three (plus labor)?

your pal,
blake

Yabut isn't there sugar added to that stuff???

I don't want that.

nope. admittedly, it's from concentrate, with filtered water. not
even your 1/10 of a percent sodium benzoate, which i guess is why they
sell it frozen. lemons from argentina. says it keeps eight weeks
after thawing. two bucks, take a chance.

your pal,
blake

Hm. Might do that if lemons go up too high, but I just bought 6 of them
at 3 for $1.00...

And that is about as high as they've ever been around here.

I mainly buy them for salads. I like to try to use fat free dressings as
much as I can and a light mix of lemon juice, FG black pepper and a
little soy sauce works well.

I also use them on fish, shrimp and some steamed veggies.
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PeterLucas said:

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This is a commercial frige and I have to call a commercial service to
repair and maintain it. It's worth every darned dime...

If it was a freebie, it's worth it. But as soon as the repairs build up
to the cost of a new one, I'd ditch it the next time it needs repairs.

--
Peter Lucas

No argument there, but the last compressor worked for 20 years. :-)
This is a used unit...

As long as I take good care of it and it does not spring leaks,
maintenance should be good for awhile. It's been 2 years now since it
needed service. The last freon leak was just a loose joining so it did
not need soldering.

I use that same concept with cars. When annual repairs get to be higher
than making car payments...
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Omelet said:

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Default User said:

I got one of those lime squeezer deals at the Mexican grocery
store, it works well for chugging through a bag of them. It can
handle Persian limes and the small lemons as well.

Quoted message said:

Will it handle KEY limes?

Isn't that what I said? Note the references to "bag" and later to
Persian limes.

Brian

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won't shut up.
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Omelet said:

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Sheldon said:

I'm very busy processing those limes I bought, and processing, and
processing, and processing... and trying to decide what to have for
dinner, and enjoying my freshly mowed lawn, and my babies are enjoying
the view too... and I bet I know which they want for dinner.

BEEF!!

Quoted message said:

Limes are easy to process, not quite sure how to incorporate the
pretty peaches, probably just dive in and much au jus:
http://i17.tinypic.com/5yvrdr9.jpg

THOSE limes are easy to juice! Key limes are a pain in the ass! I won't
buy them but dad did. :-P I'll take the time to juice them rather than
let them go to waste.

Quoted message said:

Eeny, meany, miney, mo.. which one, which one... I curios about those
brats (seen em advertized on tv like crazy so I broke down), but I
know which my babies want, brats can wait until Saturday.... bought
those two beauties today, never frozen: http://i10.tinypic.com/4ts7wj8.jpg

Heh! I get that same brand of brat's down here. I've got to try making
my own if I can get the spicing right. New York Strip here has been
running $7.99.

Quoted message said:

My basbies got the life, I bust my ass twelve hours in 90 deg sun
mowing and all they do is count passing hummingbirds in 68 deg central
air, the two boys, Blackie and Jack:
http://i11.tinypic.com/5z56crn.jpg

Quoted message said:

Sheldon

Kitties look relaxed... but is that a peeping tom tool I see in that
doorway? ;-)

Sure is, and pretty high powered, only as you can plainly see there
are no windows to peep into. :-( But with that scoop I can see a
robin pull a worm from the ground at 1000 yards up close and personal
like it's in my dinner plate.

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Quoted message said:

Omelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Default User said:

I got one of those lime squeezer deals at the Mexican grocery
store, it works well for chugging through a bag of them. It can
handle Persian limes and the small lemons as well.

Quoted message said:

Will it handle KEY limes?

Isn't that what I said? Note the references to "bag" and later to
Persian limes.

Brian

Did you miss the key word, KEY? You know, the shape of a key that goes into
a lock? Will it handle that shape of limes?
Dee Dee

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Default User said:

Omelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Default User said:

I got one of those lime squeezer deals at the Mexican grocery
store, it works well for chugging through a bag of them. It can
handle Persian limes and the small lemons as well.

Quoted message said:

Will it handle KEY limes?

Isn't that what I said? Note the references to "bag" and later to
Persian limes.

Brian

Okay, thanks!
Pardon me, but I did not associate persian limes with key limes. Please
forgive my ignorance.

And as for "Bags" I can get "bags" of full sized lemons or limes (or
onions, or potatoes, or oranges, or apples....)
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Sheldon said:

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Kitties look relaxed... but is that a peeping tom tool I see in that
doorway? ;-)

Sure is, and pretty high powered, only as you can plainly see there
are no windows to peep into. :-( But with that scoop I can see a
robin pull a worm from the ground at 1000 yards up close and personal
like it's in my dinner plate.

Sounds like fun. :-) Should be cool during moon eclipses too.

Be neat if you could attach a camera to it.
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Omelet said:

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"Default User" <[email hidden]> wrote:

> I got one of those lime squeezer deals at the Mexican grocery
> store, it works well for chugging through a bag of them. It can
> handle Persian limes and the small lemons as well.

Quoted message said:

Will it handle KEY limes?

Isn't that what I said? Note the references to "bag" and later to
Persian limes.

Brian

Did you miss the key word, KEY? You know, the shape of a key that goes into
a lock? Will it handle that shape of limes?
Dee Dee

Thanks Dee Dee. ;-)

I think!
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