blake wrote on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:52:31 GMT:

??>>> Refrigerated essentials:
??>>> milk
??>>> eggs
??>>> Parmesan cheese
??>>> Tabasco sauce
??>>> carrots
??>>
??>> There's no need to refrigerate Tabasco. And I agree with
??>> your husband about the soy sauce. In fact, it says so on
??>> the bottle too.
??>>
bm> i don't refrigerate tabasco or soy (bottle be damned), but
bm> they're used up pretty quickly in my household.

When I buy soy sauce, I buy a gallon can and it keeps pretty
well at room temperature for months being opened to fill the
table bottle.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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