# What's the grossest thing you've found in your refrigerator, freezer, root cellar, or storage cabinet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 22, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-grossest-thing-youve-found-in-your-refrigerator-freezer-root-cellar-or-storage-cabinet/968362 "2022-07-22T04:09:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-grossest-thing-youve-found-in-your-refrigerator-freezer-root-cellar-or-storage-cabinet/968362/21 "2022-07-24T00:56:47Z")
His name was Bob. 🤢 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-grossest-thing-youve-found-in-your-refrigerator-freezer-root-cellar-or-storage-cabinet/968362/22 "2022-07-24T01:06:04Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Root cellar-A jar of canned cherries from 1864. We knew they were canned cherries because the faded label said so. Without the label and just looking at the jar my first guess would have been rotted eyeballs preserved in old motor oil. Assuming that wasn’t a typo and you really found a can from the Civil War era, I imagine had you left it unopened, it might have gotten a few bucks on eBay. (Actually, an intact can from 1964 might still be worth something to someone.) ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-grossest-thing-youve-found-in-your-refrigerator-freezer-root-cellar-or-storage-cabinet/968362/23 "2022-07-24T01:17:52Z")
Not in my fridge, but while working at a pacemaker company, I was called to fix something in a development lab. While I was letting the machine run some tests, I decided to look inside the small fridge nearby, expecting to find snacks and soft drinks. No, just some chemicals, and a plastic bag labeled “Head, goat”. And that’s exactly what was in the bag. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-grossest-thing-youve-found-in-your-refrigerator-freezer-root-cellar-or-storage-cabinet/968362/24 "2022-07-24T01:25:32Z")
Not a can. Canned in a jar. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-grossest-thing-youve-found-in-your-refrigerator-freezer-root-cellar-or-storage-cabinet/968362/25 "2022-07-24T01:33:53Z")
I’m not sure what the grossest thing was. It may have started life as a piece of meat (well, as a beef or pig or chicken), but by time I got to it, it was unrecognizable. Thank you, ex-wife, for leaving it in the unplugged freezer of the house that I bought from you. ---
**Author:** ![dummygladhands71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-grossest-thing-youve-found-in-your-refrigerator-freezer-root-cellar-or-storage-cabinet/968362/26 "2022-07-24T04:39:26Z")
A hoarder tenant. 3 year old eggs, solid milk in a carton, 3 year old mayo. That’s just a sampling. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-grossest-thing-youve-found-in-your-refrigerator-freezer-root-cellar-or-storage-cabinet/968362/27 "2022-07-24T05:32:55Z")
I just found, as in this week, some bacon at the very bottom of the freezer drawer. It was black. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-grossest-thing-youve-found-in-your-refrigerator-freezer-root-cellar-or-storage-cabinet/968362.md?page=1)