Refrigerate or no?

[Aqua Letifer]

@jon-nyc said in Refrigerate or no?:

I suspect the biggest predictor of whether or not one refrigerates butter is whether or not your mom did when you were growing up.

Mine refrigerated butter and ketchup and eggs, did not refrigerate bread. I do the same.

WRONG, Sampson!

At least sort of. My mom always refrigerates. As does my wife's mom. Always has.

But our grandmothers, on the other hand...

We kick it old-school and don't refrigerate.

[Mik]

@George-K said in Refrigerate or no?:

@Mik said in Refrigerate or no?:

I do refrigerate bread. It lasts a lot longer.

I was going to ask about that...

Not unusual for a loaf to go moldy here. I frequently buy a loaf and, after vacuum-sealing, freeze it.

Yep. I buy several loaves of Whole Foods sourdough and freeze them. Pricey, but great stuff. When I keep them in the fridge, no mold.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Mik said in Refrigerate or no?:

@George-K said in Refrigerate or no?:

@Mik said in Refrigerate or no?:

I do refrigerate bread. It lasts a lot longer.

I was going to ask about that...

Not unusual for a loaf to go moldy here. I frequently buy a loaf and, after vacuum-sealing, freeze it.

Yep. I buy several loaves of Whole Foods sourdough and freeze them. Pricey, but great stuff. When I keep them in the fridge, no mold.

We don't freeze or refrigerate ours, just because we buy weekly and burn through it that fast.

[George K]

@Mik said in Refrigerate or no?:

loaves of Whole Foods sourdough and freeze them

No freezer burn?

[Mik]

Not if it's only in there a few weeks, no.

[George K]

Interesting. Googling around, it seems that bread storage is quite controversial.

• It's fine to freeze!
• It's fine to freeze, but it might taste stale!
• Use a breadbox on the counter
• NEVER wrap in plastic
• Refrigeration makes it taste stale
• Refrigeration is great

Wow.

[jon-nyc]

I freeze fresh bread for a week or so no problem.

I’ll buy a fresh baguette and cut it in quarters and use it for sandwiches. Frozen right after cutting and thaw each section out the morning I’m going to use it.

[mark]

We routinely leave butter out of the refrigerator. After a few weeks, if it has not been consumed, and it starts to turn color, we toss it.

Refrigerate and freeze bread, buns, bagels. But also have a breadbox. When we get more bread then we will consume within a few days, into the refrigerator or freezer.

Eggs are purchased at the grocery store so they stay refrigerated.

[Copper]

Bread and butter both go in the freezer.

Bread moves to the countertop, remaining in the plastic wrap, the day before use.

Butter moves to the refrigerator the day before use.

[Renauda]

We only use butter for baking so when we have it in the house at all, it goes in the fridge.

Bread in a basket on kitchen counter.

[Jolly]

@George-K said in Refrigerate or no?:

@Axtremus we don't go through a lot either. However, the Butter Bell that @jolly recommended worked really well for a couple of weeks. I just kept forgetting/neglecting to fill it

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Two weeks or maybe a bit more. Since we do about a stick/week, it's a Sunday night routine.

[Jolly]

The bigger question is how you keep your bacon grease....

[Mik]

@Copper said in Refrigerate or no?:

Bread and butter both go in the freezer.

Bread moves to the countertop, remaining in the plastic wrap, the day before use.

Butter moves to the refrigerator the day before use.

I freeze butter too. Buy a bunch when it's on sale.

[Mik]

@Jolly said in Refrigerate or no?:

The bigger question is how you keep your bacon grease....

In a Rubbermaid container in the fridge.

[Axtremus]

@Jolly said in Refrigerate or no?:

The bigger question is how you keep your bacon grease....

Usually just let it sit in a bowl near the stove, sometimes covered.

I rarely have bacon grease to keep, and what little I keep from time to time gets consumed pretty quickly, usually within a week or two of preserving the grease.

[jon-nyc]

@Jolly said in Refrigerate or no?:

The bigger question is how you keep your bacon grease....

I don’t. My mom used to keep it in a mug in the fridge.

[Renauda]

@jon-nyc said in Refrigerate or no?:

@Jolly said in Refrigerate or no?:

The bigger question is how you keep your bacon grease....

I don’t. My mom used to keep it in a mug in the fridge.

We let it set up then soak it in paper then throw the greasy paper in the organic compost bin for garabage pick up every Tuesday.

We have no reason to keep food grease.

[Copper]

@Jolly said in Refrigerate or no?:

The bigger question is how you keep your bacon grease....

My mother used to keep it in a frozen OJ can, in the fridge, the can was mostly made out of cardboard.

That seems kind of odd, now that I think about it.

[jon-nyc]

Also, is it my imagination or does commercial bacon simply not make as much grease as it did years ago? I remember having a pan full of it when done cooking as a youngster.

Now there’s barely a tablespoon or two when I’m done.

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in Refrigerate or no?:

Also, is it my imagination or does commercial bacon simply not make as much grease as it did years ago? I remember having a pan full of it when done cooking as a youngster.

Now there’s barely a tablespoon or two when I’m done.

We keep it in a mug next to the stove when we keep it. But I always get a full pan..