• snooggums@midwest.social
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    2 months ago

    Pretty sure they will say refriegerate affer opening somewhere on the bottle. They slap that on pickled or high acidity condiments that probably don’t need refridgeration for safety reasons.

    I have no idea if it is necessary, if it extends the shelf life, or has no purpose other than making it more likely for people to throw it out if they don’t put it in the fridge.

    I put it in the fridge if it says to assuming it might keep it fresh longer. But if I leave something pickled out overnight I will just put it back in the fridge.

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    2 months ago

    Your question is answered, but I just wanted to say; good on you for being food preservation conscious. When I first started dating my now wife she thought that you needed to store syrup in the refrigerator, and things like mayonnaise and unwaxed cheese could sit in the open. I had to go through her whole pantry 🤢

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      2 months ago

      My partner’s family from Philippines grew up in a home without appliances like refrigerators, like many, many people in developing countries.

      So while now they have every modern convenience, old habits die hard and stomachs seem to adapt to even the most adverse conditions of foodstuffs.

      Not mine. I love their cooking but can only eat food that I’ve seen opened or cooked in front of me. They will legitimately leave meat dishes out on the table for two days or more and then simply “reheat” and consider it good to serve. The cabinets are full of things like mayo, cheese dips, opened gravies and open bottles of fruit juice.

      I have had some of the very worst food poisoning in my life from inadvertently eating something there like chicken salad that I thought was fresh, but made with hard-boiled eggs that had been sitting on a counter in summer heat for several days that a “friend” brought over so they “wouldn’t waste.”

      Of course I’m the only one that gets sick, so I’m the “special one” that everyone now thinks has some terminal illness and treats me like a hospice patient.

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      2 months ago

      Yikes, I am not sure I have found a bottle like this that doesn’t say, “Refrigerate after opening” on the side of it was required. I assumed it was a FDA rule, never looked into it.

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        2 months ago

        Some syrups do require that, yes. The 100% natural syrups absolutely do require refrigeration, but the ones with preservatives do not need to be refrigerated. And just to be clear, I make a dish that requires syrup an estimated 2 weeks

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    2 months ago

    Pickling is one way to preserve food, but refrigeration is better.

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    2 months ago

    Yes. You can keep them out, but they will last less and may grow mold depending on the storage and handling conditions.

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    2 months ago

    It usually says this on the label, at least in my country it has a phrase like “Store refrigerated after opening and consume within a few days”.

    If it has no instructions or you are unsure, I’d default to yes, put them in the fridge after opening.

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    2 months ago

    Yes. They are sterilized when packaged and are ready to be colonized once open. If they were live fermented and still live, you’d be ok as long as they remain below the brine.

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    2 months ago

    Id say they’ll be pretty safe out of the fridge, but if you keep them in the fridge they might stay firmer longer. Like more bite. They might go mushy in the cupboard.

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    Ideally, if you can and know when you will use it, refrigerate them already before you open any jar, this reduces the time window when bacteria or molds can grow.