oh, ugh.

[curgoth]

Every now and then, I go through the fridge and get rid of stuff that has gone off.

Apparently, this time I waited too long.

Things I found in the fridge tonight:

• two bunches of celery, one rubbery, the other mummified


• a tub of hummus with an inch thick layer of something clear, yellow, thick and sticky on the outside of the lid


• a jar of pickles with the lid only half screwed on


• a bag of what was once carrots,gone black, sitting in 2 inches of black slime in the crisper drawer


• a bag of grapes, 80% of which were now raisins


• several containers of leftovers turned colours food should never be


• some perfectly intact hot sauce I made a couple years ago


• something dark and leathery in an unsealed package labelled sliced turkey


• a dozen eggs in perfect condition, but poorly balanced on the shelf. I know have 5 eggs in a ziploc.

I should go back and scrub the shelves, but I am Done for the night.

Comments

[curgoth]

After some consultation, our current theory is that the sticky yellow goo on the hummus container was half-dried pickle juice.

I hate pickles. :)

[sylvarthorne.livejournal.com]

Sodium and vinegar make me a happy camper, so pickles (and olives - yum!!) are a major treat food for me.

So don't worry. I will make the sacrifice and devour your fair share of the world's pickled objects so you don't have to!

[curgoth]

See, olives are fine, since they're pickled in brine rather than vinegar. I just have a low tolerance for vinegar.

Of course, adding gin to the olives usually helps. :)