# What is sitting atop your refrigerator right now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 25, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sitting-atop-your-refrigerator-right-now/789796 "2017-06-25T00:33:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sitting-atop-your-refrigerator-right-now/789796/61 "2017-06-27T12:21:18Z")
Three boxed of cereal, and a bag with my daily medications. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sitting-atop-your-refrigerator-right-now/789796/62 "2017-06-27T13:58:20Z")
A box of Kleenex and 2 insulated lunch bags. Boring! ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sitting-atop-your-refrigerator-right-now/789796/63 "2017-06-27T14:08:37Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Mason jars. > Mixing bowls. > Bamboo Steamer. > Espresso pot. > Dust. Except for the espresso pot, all of this stuff. And a wok. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sitting-atop-your-refrigerator-right-now/789796/64 "2017-06-27T14:40:52Z")
A bottle of gin, a bottle of Deep Eddy grapefruit vodka, two bottles of Juicy Juice, an empty cookie tin, and three jars of my mom’s preserves. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sitting-atop-your-refrigerator-right-now/789796/65 "2017-06-27T21:04:56Z")
A cabinet filled with things my lesser-statured wife would never need on her own. Pyrex baking dishes, a Yogotherm, a huge enameled steel pot for boiling wort or steaming tamales, and I just checked to see what else and realized that I lied. I will live with the lie. But, still stuff shortie won’t need like corn husks (for said tamales), bulk unground spices (I will grind and fill separate containers as needed), bulk pepper sauces, bulk sucralose and xanthan gum and other goodies, dried hibiscus (jamaica), dried chiles, and stuff she otherwise doesn’t use but that I want close at hand. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sitting-atop-your-refrigerator-right-now/789796/66 "2017-06-27T22:42:19Z")
A ginormous dried, empty gourd that you can put over your head, with a huge “nose” and two holes to see through. A 100-ice-cube tray that I bought in Seville, Spain. An assortment of powders for diet drinks. A toaster that we never use. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sitting-atop-your-refrigerator-right-now/789796/67 "2017-06-27T23:44:44Z")
Nothing. We did remodel the kitchen 5 years ago. The cabinets go all the way to the ceiling. That helps a LOT. Used to store all kinds of exposed crap between the top of the cabinets and the ceiling. There is a cabinet above the fridge, but it’s not a build in fridge. So there is about 18"s of the top of the fridge before the cabinet. The only thing in the cabinet above the fridge is a coffee maker that we have for guests. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sitting-atop-your-refrigerator-right-now/789796/68 "2017-06-28T03:16:22Z")
Two 24-packs of water bottles. Three 6-packs of V8 cans ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sitting-atop-your-refrigerator-right-now/789796/69 "2017-06-28T14:09:37Z")
Bunches of probably stale snack foods like Cheetos, and what have you. Some foil cooking pans because when I need 1 I have to buy 3. A Fanny Farmer Cookbook, paperback, worn to death (always a quick reference for temps. etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sitting-atop-your-refrigerator-right-now/789796/70 "2017-06-28T16:17:59Z")
My Wok hangs from a ceiling hook above the fridge. My set of large bamboo steamers My set of small bamboo steamers My Chinese clay pot Wicker basket with chip bags ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sitting-atop-your-refrigerator-right-now/789796/71 "2017-06-28T18:21:52Z")
> [@Dorjan](#): > > My Wok hangs from a ceiling hook above the fridge. > My set of large bamboo steamers > My set of small bamboo steamers > My Chinese clay pot > Wicker basket with chip bags Burma shave ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sitting-atop-your-refrigerator-right-now/789796/72 "2017-06-29T00:49:43Z")
Wooden basket with a bag of potatoes. Plastic container of white flour. Bowl of onions and garlic. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sitting-atop-your-refrigerator-right-now/789796/73 "2017-06-29T01:15:27Z")
A small (1 ft by 1 ft by 8 inch) cooler. On top of that is a 2 gallon water jug\* A 3/4 full syrup bottle (I ran a pancake breakfast) Many (\>20) egg crates. My sister has chickens – I keep meaning to bring them to her Brian - sorry metric folk ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sitting-atop-your-refrigerator-right-now/789796/74 "2017-06-29T01:36:19Z")
Microwave oven. There is no where else in my kitchen to put it. Counter space sadly lacking. Assorted dog cookies and treats, because anything edible needs to be above human eye level or the dogs will self serve. Extra box of Tetley Tea. I suppose it could go in the pantry, but like so many other things, I haven’t gotten around to moving it. Soda stream soda maker. Again, nowhere else for it to go. ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sitting-atop-your-refrigerator-right-now/789796/75 "2017-06-29T02:03:09Z")
Bag o peanuts for the next ballpark trip empty lunchbox A ziploc with these nasty corn-syrup coated pecan halves that a little old lady customer of mine imagines I like ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sitting-atop-your-refrigerator-right-now/789796/76 "2017-06-29T08:45:08Z")
[ul] [li]Container of dog food[/li][li]water jug for filling water bowl[/li][li]empty water jug with missing lid[/li][li]empty donuts box that I left up there[/li][li]plastic fork for some reason[/li][li]some Worcestershire sauce[/li][li]a gallon of soy sauce, about 3/4 full.[/li][/ul] Unrelated question: anyone know how long soy sauce stays good? Worcestershire? ---
**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:** [June 29, 2017, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sitting-atop-your-refrigerator-right-now/789796/77 "2017-06-29T10:30:28Z")
> [@bigt](#): > > unrelated question: Anyone know how long soy sauce stays good? Worcestershire? ∞ 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sitting-atop-your-refrigerator-right-now/789796.md?page=3)