# The most disappointing dessert **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [July 9, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971 "2024-07-09T23:39:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/121 "2024-07-11T14:06:51Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Sriracha in the fridge?! > > If I refrigerated my hot sauces there’d be room for nothing else. According to this article, opened hot sauces should be refrigerated for peak flavor and freshness if not used within 6 months. So, if you have a lot of opened hot sauces, buy a second refrigerator! 😃 > **[The Best Way to Store Your Hot Sauce (Yes, It Matters!)](https://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/should-you-refrigerate-hot-sauce)** > > Experts weigh in on the best way to store hot sauce. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/122 "2024-07-11T14:08:54Z")
Hopefully my gf will never see this, but I’m going to mention crème brûlée. It is one of my gf’s specialties. She has a torch, special little dishes, the works. Her crème brûlée is the best I’ve ever had, but I’ve never really understood the fuss. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/123 "2024-07-11T14:09:27Z")
> [@solost](#): > > if not used within 6 months. Hah!! I use way too much. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/124 "2024-07-11T14:09:47Z")
> [@solost](#): > > So, if you have a lot of opened hot sauces, buy a second refrigerator! 😃 My wife and I have often joked about having a separate condiment fridge. There’s gotta be like 30-40 bottles of stuff in there (not just hot sauces, but mostly hot sauces). It’s definitely worthwhile to keep them in there – I’ve had opened hot sauces go off or start tasting different with a different consistency after several months at room temperature. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/125 "2024-07-11T14:45:53Z")
(Who doesn’t finish a bottle of hot sauce in under six months?) ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/126 "2024-07-11T14:52:29Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > The dessert that disappoints me is the kind a restaurant serves with the raspberry coulis or the chocolate sauce directly on the plate _under_ the dessert proper. Because they never bring a privacy screen, so you can get away with picking up the plate and licking it clean. My dad did that at a diner once. He would do that at home, but not in public, but that one time he forgot where he was. The food smear was that good. It was a plate that had held eggs and bacon though. Not raspberry or chocolate sauce. He got the plate licking habit from being a Latvian displaced person (refugee) in World War II as a child. In wartime, you waste _ **nothing** _ concerning food. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/127 "2024-07-11T14:54:25Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > (Who doesn’t finish a bottle of hot sauce in under six months?) I collect them more than I use them, so me for one. > [@pulykamell](#): > > My wife and I have often joked about having a separate condiment fridge. We are considering that right now. At the moment we have an old fridge still running but it’s going away one way or another before long and our plan is to get a glass wine cooler to hold condiments, sauces, and wine. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/128 "2024-07-11T15:21:06Z")
A bottle, sure. 30 bottles? No. There are certain ones I cycle through in a month or less. Others are used more sparingly. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/129 "2024-07-11T15:21:21Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > My wife and I have often joked about having a separate condiment fridge. There’s gotta be like 30-40 bottles of stuff in there (not just hot sauces, but mostly hot sauces). Yep, same here. Whenever we get a new hot sauce or condiment it’s like a puzzle trying to fit it in the fridge with all the others–“let’s see, I’ll move this shorter bottle to the shorter row so I can fit the taller one here…” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/130 "2024-07-11T15:58:49Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Yep, same here. Whenever we get a new hot sauce or condiment it’s like a puzzle trying to fit it in the fridge with all the others–“let’s see, I’ll move this shorter bottle to the shorter row so I can fit the taller one here…” I certainly hope you’re not neglecting the possibilities offered by the vegetable crisper drawers! ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/131 "2024-07-11T16:45:47Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I certainly hope you’re not neglecting the possibilities offered by the vegetable crisper drawers! My good sir, surely you’re not suggesting that I hide my hot sauces away in the crisper drawers, as if they were common vegetary staples such as celery stalks or heads of cabbage; fridge door racks, on the other hand, are ideal for the immediate visual edification of one’s hot sauce collection immediately upon opening. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/132 "2024-07-11T16:48:09Z")
No, I’m suggesting that you don’t waste available storage space. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/133 "2024-07-11T16:49:04Z")
I assure you, our refrigerator is a virtual Tetris game of unwasted space. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/134 "2024-07-11T16:50:00Z")
Good to know. Cheers! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/135 "2024-07-11T17:31:22Z")
Same here. No room in the crispers. We also have a counter depth fridge, so it’s got a little less room inside. ---
**Author:** ![vbob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vbob/32/4439_2.png) [@vbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vbob)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/136 "2024-07-11T17:46:16Z")
> [@solost](#): > > And the close relative, the corporate cookie. Ever since this junior engineer was tall enough to see over the edge of the counter, I was put in charge of the spritz cookie press, and became renowned for my perfectly formed, decorated and baked little Christmas trees and holly wreaths. No brown edges on mine! Some 50 years later, I realized that patching plaster was just the right consistency, and cranked out a bunch of ‘cookies’ to hang as ornaments. Apparently the hanging strings weren’t a good clue, and I got complaints about horrible taste, but ‘at least you didn’t burn them’, ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/137 "2024-07-11T19:03:07Z")
I grew up getting salmiakki at Christmas. That stuff is delicious. Lemon meringue pie is disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/138 "2024-07-11T21:09:14Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > We finally found some Hydrox cookies at our Menards home improvement store (they have a small grocery section, with decent prices); our local grocery stores just don’t bother with them. I was kind of excited to try them again after so many years. Nope. I threw them away about a quarter of the way through; the taste was just off to me. Sorry, Hydrox lovers. The “new” Hydrox were not anywhere close to the original cookies. I tried them, and they were not the same at all. Really disappointing. > [@kitap](#): > > Lemon meringue pie is disappointing. Back when Marie Callendar’s had meringue on most of it’s non-double crust fruit pies, I’d have them scrape off the meringue and replace it with whipped cream (I only like crunchy meringue – soft meringue? Barf). I still do that with the lemon pie, but I usually just go for the lemon double cream pie instead. No waste. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/139 "2024-07-11T21:21:33Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Outlier time: Tiramisu > > The last thing I want for dessert is coffee-flavored anything when I’m trying to placate a sweet tooth. You’re not alone. The only coffee-flavored thing I can tolerate is coffee. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/140 "2024-07-11T21:34:50Z")
Oh, I love coffee-flavored desserts. I’m always disappointed when the tiramisu doesn’t have _enough_ coffee flavor! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971.md?page=8)