25 Things In Your Fridge That Don’t Need To Be Refrigerated (2024)

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• 1.
  Tomatoes. -u/catfoodspork

  

• 2.
  Onions or potatoes. Honestly most produce doesn’t necessarily need to go in the fridge but it does help it last longer. -u/DannoWhamo

  

• 3.
  Bread. We put it in the fridge because my precious little ones and pets (cats) like to take chomps out of the bag. -u/ChipTheOcelot

  

• 4.
  Molasses in the refrigerator, Grandma's molasses turns to "sludge." -u/Back2Bach

  

• 5.
  Soy sauce. -u/ToothbrushGames

  

• 6.
  Bananas. -u/Viker2000

  

• 7.
  Peanut butter. Why people do it, I don't know. -u/TrukerJay

  

• 8.
  People who put honey in the fridge should be charged as criminals. -u/DuckingGolden

  

• 9.
  When I got married my wife showed me that butter can just sit there right on the counter, even right next to the stove, forever. What is this conspiracy to make people think butter needs to be refrigerated? Is it by the margarine makers to sell their stuff as a softer alternative to butter? -u/obsertaries

  

• 10.
  Revenge. -u/PossessivePronoun

  

• 11.
  Nutella in the fridge should be a major felony. Who tf wants rock-hard Nutella? -u/BackHDLP

  

• 12.
  I just tried leaving cucumber and zucchini on the counter for the first time, and they've stayed fresh for over a week. -u/DubUbasswitmyheadman

  

• 13.
  Pepto Bismol. It doesn’t need to be refrigerated but it tastes just awful if it isn’t. -u/pantzoptional

  

• 14.
  Store-bought mayonnaise. I was raised in the South, and my mother (born in 1924) was kind of obsessed with the idea that mayonnaise left out of the refrigerator would "turn" and grow a bunch of salmonella. We were repeatedly cautioned to be sure to return the mayonnaise jar to the fridge immediately. When Mom was a girl, mayonnaise was homemade out of raw egg yolks, lemon juice, salt, and cooking oil. Then I took a food safety course (I was an RN and got assigned to be the safety inspector at my hospital) and to my great surprise, the county food safety instructor told us that unrefrigerated commercial mayonnaise only very rarely was ever a problem. I still don't trust it though. (My mama never steered me wrong, I don't care what the county food safety guy says.) -u/KaBar2

  

• 15.
  Vinegar. -u/Pilzoyz

  

• 16.
  Mustard. -u/slip1byyou123

  

• 17.
  Those 2-month-old leftovers hiding in the back in the takeout container. -u/Dylsnick

  

• 18.
  In the US, you have to refrigerate eggs. You don't always in Europe. -u/Sir_Distic

  

• 19.
  Tortillas. -u/jolie-renee

  

• 20.
  Batteries. -u/stick_psd

  

• 21.
  Vinegar-based hot sauces are generally shelf-stable. -u/JustTheTipAgain

  

• 22.
  Cinnamon rolls....at least that's what my family does. -u/herax79153

  

• 23.
  My wife insists that we keep the ketchup in the fridge. The large bottle we refill it from every now and then is kept in the pantry. -u/lessnonymous

  

• 24.
  In our household, the older generation insists on keeping the eye drops and eye medicine cold. -u/urbankittypryde

  

• 25.
  My Argentinian flatmate used to keep coffee powder in the fridge. I didn't know why but this was working for him. -u/jehacas74

  

• 1.

  

  Tomatoes. -u/catfoodspork

  See Also

  How To Store Pepto-Bismol After Opening – StorablesPepto: Do You Have to Refrigerate This Medicine? - Appliance UpdateHow To Store Pepto-Bismol After Opening – StorablesShould you take pepto bismol before or after eating? - Chef's Resource

• 2.

  

  Onions or potatoes. Honestly most produce doesn’t necessarily need to go in the fridge but it does help it last longer. -u/DannoWhamo

• 3.

  

  Bread. We put it in the fridge because my precious little ones and pets (cats) like to take chomps out of the bag. -u/ChipTheOcelot

• 4.

  

  Molasses in the refrigerator, Grandma's molasses turns to "sludge." -u/Back2Bach

• 5.

  

  Soy sauce. -u/ToothbrushGames

• 6.

  

  Bananas. -u/Viker2000

• 7.

  

  Peanut butter. Why people do it, I don't know. -u/TrukerJay

• 8.

  

  People who put honey in the fridge should be charged as criminals. -u/DuckingGolden

• 9.

  

  When I got married my wife showed me that butter can just sit there right on the counter, even right next to the stove, forever. What is this conspiracy to make people think butter needs to be refrigerated? Is it by the margarine makers to sell their stuff as a softer alternative to butter? -u/obsertaries

• 10.

  

  Revenge. -u/PossessivePronoun

• 11.

  

  Nutella in the fridge should be a major felony. Who tf wants rock-hard Nutella? -u/BackHDLP

• 12.

  

  I just tried leaving cucumber and zucchini on the counter for the first time, and they've stayed fresh for over a week. -u/DubUbasswitmyheadman

• 13.

  

  Pepto Bismol. It doesn’t need to be refrigerated but it tastes just awful if it isn’t. -u/pantzoptional

• 14.

  

  Store-bought mayonnaise. I was raised in the South, and my mother (born in 1924) was kind of obsessed with the idea that mayonnaise left out of the refrigerator would "turn" and grow a bunch of salmonella. We were repeatedly cautioned to be sure to return the mayonnaise jar to the fridge immediately. When Mom was a girl, mayonnaise was homemade out of raw egg yolks, lemon juice, salt, and cooking oil. Then I took a food safety course (I was an RN and got assigned to be the safety inspector at my hospital) and to my great surprise, the county food safety instructor told us that unrefrigerated commercial mayonnaise only very rarely was ever a problem. I still don't trust it though. (My mama never steered me wrong, I don't care what the county food safety guy says.) -u/KaBar2

• 15.

  

  Vinegar. -u/Pilzoyz

  See Also

  Does Pepto-Bismol Go Bad? + Other Facts - IYTmed.com

• 16.

  

  Mustard. -u/slip1byyou123

• 17.

  

  Those 2-month-old leftovers hiding in the back in the takeout container. -u/Dylsnick

• 18.

  

  In the US, you have to refrigerate eggs. You don't always in Europe. -u/Sir_Distic

• 19.

  

  Tortillas. -u/jolie-renee

• 20.

  

  Batteries. -u/stick_psd

• 21.

  

  Vinegar-based hot sauces are generally shelf-stable. -u/JustTheTipAgain

• 22.

  

  Cinnamon rolls....at least that's what my family does. -u/herax79153

• 23.

  

  My wife insists that we keep the ketchup in the fridge. The large bottle we refill it from every now and then is kept in the pantry. -u/lessnonymous

• 24.

  

  In our household, the older generation insists on keeping the eye drops and eye medicine cold. -u/urbankittypryde

• 25.

  

  My Argentinian flatmate used to keep coffee powder in the fridge. I didn't know why but this was working for him. -u/jehacas74

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