What is in your fridge/pantry/bathroom?

[boughtwithaprice]

How long has it been there? Here is the list of the shelf life of common household products. Enjoy


http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/content/print/0,22304,676079,00.html

 

[ShannonMcCatholic]

I have placentas in my freezer...I think that makes me a big wierdo....

(they are my girl's placentas...the plan has always been to bury them under a tree we plant...but Lucy was born in Maryland and we waited until we moved, then when we got here there was a drought for like the first three years, and you can't plant a tree then...and last summer we were so broke I couldn't afford to by the trees/ bushes... so year after year I have placentas in my freezer...)

 

[boughtwithaprice]

I have placentas in my freezer...I think that makes me a big wierdo....

(they are my girl's placentas...the plan has always been to bury them under a tree we plant...but Lucy was born in Maryland and we waited until we moved, then when we got here there was a drought for like the first three years, and you can't plant a tree then...and last summer we were so broke I couldn't afford to by the trees/ bushes... so year after year I have placentas in my freezer...)

ummmm ........I think those are expired

 

[ShannonMcCatholic]

ummmm ........I think those are expired

Well I'm not gonna eat them!

My dear Perfection, uh I mean my mother-in -law...has stuff in my freezer that is sooooo old....she kind of lives like once it's frozen it's good FOREVER! And instead of eating what's in the freezer, she just keeps buying more and more...If the bird flu hits my family could survive for a year on SaraLee pound cake.

 

[BillH]

Well I'm not gonna eat them!

/me Slooooooowly backs out of the thread...

 

[bostonlass]

lol I have nail polish from when I was like 18 years old. Time to clean out that particular basket!

 

[LongingForLight]

lol I have nail polish from when I was like 18 years old. Time to clean out that particular basket!

LOL! I know what you mean about makeup . . I love trying on new stuff, but I almost never wear makeup, so before I know it my barely-worn favorite lip gloss has gone bad. "But . . . didn't I *just* buy that?" I have sooo many cheap one-dollar nail polish bottles in the weirdest colors from my teen years, too! Bright blue, purple, hot pink (ugh!), etc.

Our fridge is actually pretty good. But then, I'm eating for three now Things don't have time to go bad anymore!

We won't talk about the pantry, though.

 

[AMDG]

My dear Perfection, uh I mean my mother-in -law...has stuff in my freezer that is sooooo old....she kind of lives like once it's frozen it's good FOREVER! And instead of eating what's in the freezer, she just keeps buying more and more...If the bird flu hits my family could survive for a year on SaraLee pound cake.

My mother does that with her pantry or should I say pantrIES (she lives by herself)! And she has 3 freezers and two refrigerators, yet she goes shopping EVERY week! Can't figure it out. Wonder what it IS with some older folk. Fear of being without food?

 

[Tonks]

fridge: beer
pantry: bachelor food
bathroom: toothpaste, listerine.

 

[poppinskw]

Well I'm not gonna eat them!

I have a friend who also took the placenta home from the hospital after her baby was born to do the same thing as you are going to...the hospital packed it in a little chilly bin and also gave her a recipe sheet incase she wanted to eat it...

 

[WarriorAngel]

I have placentas in my freezer...I think that makes me a big wierdo....

(they are my girl's placentas...the plan has always been to bury them under a tree we plant...but Lucy was born in Maryland and we waited until we moved, then when we got here there was a drought for like the first three years, and you can't plant a tree then...and last summer we were so broke I couldn't afford to by the trees/ bushes... so year after year I have placentas in my freezer...)

When I looked into 'saving' my placenta's for others to use for luekemia, I do know they can be good for 15 years. {Not sure of the freezing method used for storage by the medical field}

Maybe you should look into that...donating them for some kid with luekemia, and see if they are still an option for someone.

 

[AMDG]

I have a friend who also took the placenta home from the hospital after her baby was born to do the same thing as you are going to...the hospital packed it in a little chilly bin and also gave her a recipe sheet incase she wanted to eat it...

Sorry, Just the thought.

 

[poppinskw]

Sorry, Just the thought.

Me too, I kept looking at the chilly bin and the recipe sheet attached to it and thought

 

[Tonks]

chilly bin

Is that what the call the freezer down around your parts? If so, that's fantastic.

 

[Protinus]

Is that what the call the freezer down around your parts? If so, that's fantastic.

I remember my condiments used to last for years when I was a bachelor. Why throw stuff out like that? Everything is purged at 2 month intervals now.:o

 

[ShannonMcCatholic]

I have a friend who also took the placenta home from the hospital after her baby was born to do the same thing as you are going to...the hospital packed it in a little chilly bin and also gave her a recipe sheet incase she wanted to eat it...

I have friends who have made a stroganoff...what can I say I have wierd friends...that's what you get when you're a birth junkie...

WA...These I am sure have lost all medical value, as they have been sort of semi- thawed when the freezer has been de-iced.


I just went shopping...in the freezer now are some nice loaves and rolls of yummy whole grain bread. Some cheese ravioli. SOme Boca sausage and burgers. SOme organic frozen waffles (mainly because those are egg and dairy free). The rest is cans of beans, seasonal produce (yay! for asparagus season!! ), pasta, tortillas, dried goods, tea, and stuff to bake cakes and cookies and yummies. Then some soy milk and OJ and lemonade and San Pelligrino (which is my soda addiction substitue).

 

[poppinskw]

Is that what the call the freezer down around your parts? If so, that's fantastic.

ha! I love the different lingos each country has, I had so much fun last year in the States with everyone asking what I was talking about, and me asking them as well....

Chilly Bins here are an insulated box with a lid that you can keep things cool in, with frozen blocks in it. They are transportable, what do you call them there? In Australia they call them Eskys I think.

We just say freezer here for a freezer.. how boring,

*goes away to think of a kiwi name for freezer*

Les

 

[ShannonMcCatholic]

I remember my condiments used to last for years when I was a bachelor. Why throw stuff out like that? Everything is purged at 2 month intervals now.:o

My theory is that those condiments are good until the crust is too thick to actually get anything out of the bottle....


I am so lazy

 

[WarriorAngel]

How long has it been there? Here is the list of the shelf life of common household products. Enjoy


http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/content/print/0,22304,676079,00.html

Things never last in my house.
Neat info ....

 

[Tonks]

Chilly Bins here are an insulated box with a lid that you can keep things cool in, with frozen blocks in it. They are transportable, what do you call them there? In Australia they call them Eskys I think.

Pretty cut and dry - we call it a "cooler." lol. I'm sure there are other things people call it around here. So many different words for everything in the states.