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"SteveB" <toquerville@zionvistas> wrote:

> My wife and mother in law (I see where my wife got it) have the idea that if
> you put something in the refrigerator, there is no such thing as shelf life.
>
> "Well, it's been in the refrigerator," is the common answer to "Is this
> good?"
>
> I finally made a rule that if you can't tell me when it was cooked, I won't
> eat it................ Oh, I cooked that last week some time ..............
> Was it Thursday, or the Thursday before .........
>
> I'm telling you, we went through the Clorox wipes thing after she saw it on
> Oprah, and wiped down everything in the kitchen if so much as a fly landed
> on anything in the kitchen including the ceiling, but she will leave chicken
> to thaw from 7 AM to 4 PM in the sink at 70 F.
>
> I need to get ahold of Oprah and have her do a show on shelf life and
> kitchen safety foods.
>
> I mean, it can have brown mold on it, be unrecognizable, and she will still
> say, "I don't understand it. It's been in the refrigerator."
>
> Help me out. I've tried explaining it. Some good sites that I could send to
> her friends, and they could forward to her (she won't believe it if it comes
> from me, but her friends and Oprah are Goddesses).
>
> Steve

You can't educate some people. <g>
For cooked foods, my limit is 7 days. Period.

I generally thaw some meats on the counter for 3 or 4 hours, then they
go in the 'frige but that's only if I'm planning on cooking them THAT
day. If I plan far enough ahead, they get thawed in the 'frige for
however long it takes.

Shelf life of veggies is up to the veggie. I've recently discovered
tho' that many veggies keep better at room temp! I'm taking my examples
from the grocery store. I figure there is a reason the produce section
is not refrigerated.

Iceberg lettuce especially I've noted turns brown FASTER in the
refrigerator than it does if left in the kitchen produce baskets.
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