Think My Junk Drawer is Too Neat?
food April 16th, 2008
For those of you who think my junk drawer is too neat and clean, you haven’t seen my refrigerator.
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April 16th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
The real question is……….what year?
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April 16th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
By the signs of the holes on the carton of eggs, it looks like you may have a chick trying to get out of the fridge.
April 16th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
I think the chicks are already hatched…:)) I should talk.. I have mayonaise in mine that I am afraid to look at the date…
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April 16th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
1) Scared of what ‘picture’ the yolk will make in the frying pan.
2) Spin off blog?: “The Junk Fridge”
3) Not like the expiration code is hidden or anything.
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(In a gesture of good faith, points 4 and 5 of my patented 5-point comment format are being offered to Jaffer to complete.)
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April 16th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Don’t eat those!! LOL… I never thought the inside of one’s refrigerator would be so interesting! More please!
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April 16th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Wait. If this blog is called “The Junk Drawer” then does that mean you have to post about all that crap in your fridge and drawer?
April 16th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
EWWwwwwwwwwww! I am a stickler with expiration dates. I usually subtract a few days, just to be safe. Throw them out, now! Please! You’re making me nervous…
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April 16th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
I actually held my breath for fear the smell would travel through the screen.
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April 16th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Yikes… I had to empty one of the drawers in our fridge recently… it was full to the top with hundreds of mustard, ketchup, soy sauce, honey, and salsa packets from fast food restaurants. They were YEARS old. I swear we could have poisoned ourselves. Now I am only keeping them a few weeks and out they go.
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April 16th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
It’s only a couple of months! Probably still good enough for putting in cakes or cookies….LOL!
What’s really scary is finding an ancient yogurt in the back of the fridge, from about 6 months ago, because you know you have to open it, just to look..ewwww!
April 16th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
I expect if I look hard I could find a piece of moldy cheese or something else that gets pushed to the back of the fridge and forgotten about. But right in front, with large print? If that’s in the front, what’s in the back in a corner? ha ha!
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April 16th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
I wouldn’t post a picture of my fridge if you paid me. StephanieC’s comment made me snort.
btw… ooh watch everybody… comment luvin!!!
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April 16th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
4) I thought I was being the laziest because I get to taste expired milk. You beat me with eggs !
5) I sense that there is yet more to come !
(I offer BigNerd a Coconut Prasad in return)
April 16th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
I’m afraid if I cleaned out my fridge, I might find Jimmy Hoffa wrapped up in tinfoil in the back.
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April 17th, 2008 at 5:12 am
EVERYONE: Let it be known the eggs are on their way to a landfill. They’ll go out with today’s trash. Feel better?
Bruce — Don’t worry. It’s current year. I know, still bad. But could be worse.
Rattln Along — I dared to open the lid before I tossed them. No chicks, but one of the eggs’ shells was kind of glowing yellow. I think something scary happened inside that one.
robert bourne — Possibly. In the one that looked yellow to me. But it wasn’t making any noise, so I think we’re safe.
BigNerd — How kind of you to leave 2 for Jaffer! I don’t know why we left them there. Other cartons have come and gone. Kept putting new ones on top of the old. But you know by now how lazy we are.
Corrina — The rest of the fridge isn’t bad. Although there’s something in the bottom salad crisper drawer and I’m not sure I’ve looked there lately.
Regan — I promise this won’t become the Scary Places Inside Kathy’s House blog. I’ll post about something non-rotting this weekend. Promise.
JD at I Do Things — Breathe easy. They’re going today!
StephanieC — One of the reasons we kept them this long is that they absolutely do not smell. Now, if I cracked one — whole different story.
Maureen — We’re not a packet household, thankfully. But ask me how many almost-empty bottles of mustard and ketchup we have.
Shadowsrider — Curiosity killed the curious. Don’t open it!
babs (beetle) — Do you really want to know? In the far right corner (you can barely make it out, white container with plastic wrap on it) is old ground beef. Thanks for the reminder. That’s going out today, too. OK. I’m back. It had a “use by” date of April 6.
Jeff, whose comments I luv again — To steal a trademark from our friend JD, I post my fridge pictures “so you don’t have to.”
Jaffer — See, now you can’t hold onto milk too long past expiration. Its smell grabs you by the throat and MAKES you toss it! Eggs — different story. We could have gone longer. I want a Prasad!
Libertine — Doubtful. If he’s anywhere, he’s in mine.
April 17th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I’d still eat them.
Also, I’d appreciate it if you would take a quick peek at today’s post, if you love animals at all.
Spread the word, eh?
April 17th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
I ate some out of date eggs the other day. I just didn’t feel they were ready to go! And I survived to tell the tale.
My junk drawer is supposed to be my filling drawer but it all went wrong!
April 17th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
The real test of courage will be when you post pictures of the cabinet under the bathroom sink. For some reason, every woman I have known has used that area to hoard the oddest things imaginable.
April 18th, 2008 at 7:16 am
Mike — But you might not live to tell about it. Oh, that post is simply heart-breaking. I can barely think about it. I hope the petition works.
Forest parks — I have a filing cabinet somewhere that used to be very neat and tidy. Now I can’t get it open. It happens to the best of ‘em.
Lee — Nope. Can’t go there. Won’t go there. It’s best that way. Trust me.
April 18th, 2008 at 9:27 am
I bet you have bacon in there that is fresh!!!!
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April 18th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Both the fridge AND thr junk drawer are PRISTINE compared to mine …
April 18th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
You know, I’ve never thrown eggs out because they were expired. Never. Is that bad? I don’t think I have ever even looked at egg dates.
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April 18th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
I just moved, so my fridge isn’t too bad- yet. My junk drawer was moved as is, so… it’s still pretty bad, actually.
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April 18th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
KFJ — I wish I had bacon. We’ve been trying to be good with the diets we’re on, so bacon isn’t allowed in the house right now. Shame, I know.
Canucklehead — Prove it. I’d dare you to post pictures of yours and let me be the judge.
Shieldmaiden9 — I really think nature made them to last forever. They have their own packaging for crying out loud. OK, so go ahead and eat an old egg and let us know how you make out (after you get out of the hospital, that is).
Loraine — Funny. I remember when we moved out of our old house. I took our junk drawer, grabbed the biggest box I could find and dumped away. Got to the new house and dumped it in the new drawer. Who says you have to clean them out?
April 18th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
You’re killing me Kathy!
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April 19th, 2008 at 12:20 am
I’m suddenly craving scrambled eggs…
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April 19th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Swubird — I know it probably scares you to click The Junk Drawer. Don’t forget, if I put up my Tupperware mold pictures, it’ll carry a big warning.
kev — Yeah, same here. And me without any eggs. I had cupcakes instead.
April 19th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
WAAHAA!! Great blog.
JJ
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April 20th, 2008 at 8:40 am
HAHAHAA. Oh dear.. I just threw out an expired jam from the fridge, Sept 2007. I’m sure if I dug deeper I could beat that date too but I never like to venture too far into the back……!
April 20th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Looks like you could use a LARGE DOG. Large dogs help clean out the fridge. I read once that one of the things you will never hear a southerner say is “Don’t feed that to the dog!”
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April 21st, 2008 at 3:26 pm
I haven’t gotten around to fixing my gravitar yet…but I have tagged you!
It’s optional.
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April 21st, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Oh yeah- and tag you’re it! Ha
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April 21st, 2008 at 7:11 pm
JJ Loch — Thanks. Drop by again sometime.
1st Lady — It’s best to just ignore it until you need a hazmat suit –or– see if you can get someone else to do it on a dare.
Mizmell — Garbage disposal with fur! Brilliant!
Drowsey Monkey — Might take you up on it. I’m due! Thanks!
Corrina — Tagged twice in one day. Must be a record! Thanks!
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:07 am
Update - I actually cleaned my junk drawer last night. I’m afraid Canadian decency laws prevent me from actually posting photos online of either it, or my fridge. Well, let me see what I cannot work out …
April 22nd, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Hey Kathy,
Hope you don’t mind, but I tagged you for the six truths meme. If you go to my blog, you can read all the rules.
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April 22nd, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Canucklehead!!! Bask in the glow of your clean junk drawer. Behold its orderliness! You are my hero!
StephanieC — I’ll check out the meme. Thanks for thinking of me.