I couldn't help laugh as I listened to the descriptions of disgusting things found in fridges. I work at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History in the Collections Unit and our fridges are, by far, without a doubt, THE MOST INTERESTING. Our deep freezes contain....drum roll please.....various animal carcasses. Road kill, window kill, shoe heel kill....yup. Lots and lots and lots of dead animals. Squished dead, slithering dead, puffed up dead. Dead, dead, dead. These animals are brought in to the museum to be placed in Collections. They are kept frozen (and safe from destruction) until they are prepared and placed permanently in our Collections, where they come to represent our province's incredibly diverse and amazing natural history. Now...try to top that one!
I work in a government office and our fridge usually has a science project or two growing inside it! People put stuff in there and forget about it and then it "grows"! It is disgusting. If I do use it on occasion, I double bag anything I put in there!!!!! I would guess that about 30 people use it ... so it can get really bad. Some of the stuff you can't even tell what it USED to be at one time!
I have one of those Harvest Gold fridges from the 70's, still chugging along, sucking up vast quantities of electricity......the thing vibrates so much it makes the stove rattle. No matter how much I clean and organize, the first time I want something in there, it's lurking somewhere in the back, meaning that I root through the whole thing and mess it up again. I do, however, have some rules by which to refrigerate: 1. If it is blue and or hairy, it does NOT belong in the fridge. 2. If it moves, leave the door open until it leaves of its own accord. It's best not to mess with it, since it probably has not had its shots. 3. Potatoes should NOT have more whiskers than I do. 4. Any produce which has loosely retained its shape but has been reduced to a gelatinous consistancy should be delicately extricated with a spatula. 5. ALWAYS check the expiration date on your eggs before cracking them.........they can get really mean and ugly with little provocation. 6. If your bottle of milk makes a sound like a 2 litre Coke when opened..........RUN!!! 7. If it is freezer-burned, DO NOT listen to your elderly mother who says "Oh, dear that's just fine, cut that part off and the rest will be fine" because this just does not apply to a a two pound roast that used to be 5 pounds.
And a final note: Really fresh live lobsters CAN escape and do the free-range thing in a fridge.....I once had a 4 pound jumbo who laid claim to the leaf lettuce and quite actively defended his squatter's rights before being consigned to the pot.
I hope this helps all the other single guys out there...the fridge can be a scary place!
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Deborah sent us this e-mail.....
Hello Breakfast Club!
I couldn't help laugh as I listened to the descriptions of disgusting things
found in fridges. I work at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History in the
Collections Unit and our fridges are, by far, without a doubt, THE MOST
INTERESTING. Our deep freezes contain....drum roll please.....various animal
carcasses. Road kill, window kill, shoe heel kill....yup. Lots and lots and
lots of dead animals. Squished dead, slithering dead, puffed up dead. Dead,
dead, dead. These animals are brought in to the museum to be placed in
Collections. They are kept frozen (and safe from destruction) until they are
prepared and placed permanently in our Collections, where they come to
represent our province's incredibly diverse and amazing natural history.
Now...try to top that one!
Thanks - I love your show,
Barb sent us this e-mail....
HI Guys,
I work in a government office and our fridge usually has a science project or two growing inside it! People put stuff in there and forget about it and then it "grows"! It is disgusting. If I do use it on occasion, I double bag anything I put in there!!!!! I would guess that about 30 people use it ... so it can get really bad. Some of the stuff you can't even tell what it USED to be at one time!
I have one of those Harvest Gold fridges from the 70's, still chugging along, sucking up vast quantities of electricity......the thing vibrates so much it makes the stove rattle. No matter how much I clean and organize, the first time I want something in there, it's lurking somewhere in the back, meaning that I root through the whole thing and mess it up again. I do, however, have some rules by which to refrigerate:
1. If it is blue and or hairy, it does NOT belong in the fridge.
2. If it moves, leave the door open until it leaves of its own accord. It's best not to mess with it, since it probably has not had its shots.
3. Potatoes should NOT have more whiskers than I do.
4. Any produce which has loosely retained its shape but has been reduced to a gelatinous consistancy should be delicately extricated with a spatula.
5. ALWAYS check the expiration date on your eggs before cracking them.........they can get really mean and ugly with little provocation.
6. If your bottle of milk makes a sound like a 2 litre Coke when opened..........RUN!!!
7. If it is freezer-burned, DO NOT listen to your elderly mother who says "Oh, dear that's just fine, cut that part off and the rest will be fine" because this just does not apply to a a two pound roast that used to be 5 pounds.
And a final note: Really fresh live lobsters CAN escape and do the free-range thing in a fridge.....I once had a 4 pound jumbo who laid claim to the leaf lettuce and quite actively defended his squatter's rights before being consigned to the pot.
I hope this helps all the other single guys out there...the fridge can be a scary place!
Don
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