Do you keep your eggs in the fridge? What about other things?

[donnashuggy]

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/should-you-keep-eggs-in-the-fridge/story-fneuz8zj-122672014109...

I do, but I don't keep soy sauce in the fridge yet it says to refrigerate after opening

[kengillard · Accepted solution]

unrefrigerated......everything has a use by date....much sooner than if it's kept in the fridge.

[donnashuggy]

I have never seen mouldy vegemite

[kengillard]

I hadn't either until yesterday    LOL   I thought it lasted forever

[donnashuggy]

I think most things get contaminated by either dirty cutlery - germs etc and that is why they go off, refrigeration probably delays that.

[happyroo_bunji]

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@kengillard wrote:

my daughter was here yesterday looking for something to put on her toast.  Vegemite was covered in mould.  yukko not in the fridge

peanut butter was still ok.

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ewww, didn't think vegemite could go mouldy.

[kengillard]

o dear.    germy cutlery!  I'm a bad mother... cant even keep the vegemite germ free and ready to eat.

[donnashuggy]

I didn't mean that, sorry, but if you have a group of people at breakfast all dipping their knives in the butter, then the vegemite, etc etc

[kengillard]

I'm the only one who eats vegemite in this house....guess it was just there too long.   in the fridge from now on.

[*crikey*mate*]

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@donnashuggy wrote:

I think most things get contaminated by either dirty cutlery - germs etc and that is why they go off, refrigeration probably delays that.

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Yes, cross contamination is the largest cause of food spoilage. The food danger zone is between 4 and 66 degrees celcius, with 37 degrees being the ultimate temperature for the fastest growth of food pathogens. So if there are pathogens present in food, it will grow fastest whilst in this danger zone. Keeping food (and thus any pathogens present) below 4 degrees inhibits the growth, so important to leave food in the danger zone for as short a time as possible.

[happyroo_bunji]

Its ok gill, I tried to feed my brother mouldy bread the other day (according to him, the pieces I toasted were fine).

He's never forgiven me for the time I gave us food poisoning