# Which of these items are in your refrigerator(s) (not freezer) right now? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 24, 2024, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652 "2024-09-24T10:49:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652/1 "2024-09-24T10:49:40Z")
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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652/2 "2024-09-24T11:41:22Z")
“American Cheese” is my only “yes” to that list. Bread would be there too except I’m out and need to go shopping. I _do_ have peanut butter, but not in the fridge; I use it often enough that it doesn’t need to go in there. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652/3 "2024-09-24T12:48:12Z")
Do tortillas fall under the bread category? I didn’t select bread because I too am out of bread. I do happen to have some italian dry salami though. My eggs are of the mundane white variety. No ostrich eggs or caviar. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2024, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652/4 "2024-09-24T13:11:40Z")
> [@DorkVader](#): > > Do tortillas fall under the bread category? I have those too. Soda goes flat if you keep it in the fridge. Several items I have frequently in the fridge, just not today, ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652/5 "2024-09-24T13:24:07Z")
An open bottle of wine? Never gonna happen at my house. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652/6 "2024-09-24T13:47:14Z")
I don’t drink alcohol, so no beer or wine. I do drink soda but have none at the moment, and never diet soda which I consider the worst of both worlds; tastes bad, _still_ unhealthy. Use margarine, not butter. Don’t like yogurt or cottage cheese. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652/7 "2024-09-24T14:05:00Z")
I used margarine right up until studies showed margarine had more unhealthy fats than real butter. Ever since I was a kid and tasted real butter at a friend’s house, I fell madly in love with the stuff. It wasa holiday treat, and was ignored the rest of the year. Margarine was cheaper, better for you, and tasted almost the same. Once the study came out about the “bad fats” in margarine, I never bought another stick, tub or squeeze bottle of the stuff. Pass the butter, please! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652/8 "2024-09-24T14:11:24Z")
Really, it’s just a matter of growing up using margarine instead of butter for me. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652/9 "2024-09-24T14:23:49Z")
I finished off the salami yesterday afternoon. Would cheddar cheese (slices) count? ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652/10 "2024-09-24T14:32:23Z")
I’m not even sure what some of that stuff is. Lunchable? Bologna? A lot of what’s listed I don’t keep in the fridge - peanut butter, bread, eggs, limes, coffee, baking soda, marmalade, condiment in little restaurant packet (I don’t have any, but can’t imagine I’d keep them in the fridge. The restaurants don’t) ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652/11 "2024-09-24T14:33:11Z")
There’s a lot of cheese in the refrigerator, but none of it’s American cheese. (Though it was all produced in America. English is, as usual, weird.) The “beer in cans” is also “an item that ought to be thrown out.” It’s been in there a long time. Most of the fresh fruit isn’t in the fridge. Some of those other items are in there sometime, but not right now. Some of them are never in there, at least unless some visitor arrives with them. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652/12 "2024-09-24T14:36:18Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > I’m not even sure what some of that stuff is. Lunchable? Bologna? Huh! Bologna is not a common lunch meat in the UK? Granted, I think there’s several lunch meats that are common in the UK but not the US. Bologna (pronounced “baloney”) is basically a sheet of skinless hot dog. Super processed meat or pork with spices, in disc form. It’s as common a lunch meat at ham, salami or turkey. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652/13 "2024-09-24T14:40:17Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > a sheet of skinless hot dog I think you’re making it sound better than it actually is! ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652/14 "2024-09-24T14:40:42Z")
Ha, ok, I can sort of visualise what you’re talking about. Not sure what we’d call it though. Similar to what I’d call luncheon meat, maybe, but not precisely. Not common anyway! I’ve heard of the word ‘baloney’ but only via US popular culture. Never been sure what it actually is! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652/15 "2024-09-24T14:45:33Z")
And a Lunchable is an amazing American invention where someone took the sandwich and de-constructed it, and put it into individual pieces to be pre-packaged and sold on the go. So you get a little container with a space for crackers, a space for cheese and a space for meat (such as bologna). If you’re cool there’s also a space with cookies. When you sit down for lunch you put the pieces together! It’s charcuterie for children, basically. Except also good for adults (now that those of us who grew up on them are adults). [BEHOLD!](https://www.lunchables.com/parents/products/00044700360002-ham-cheddar-cheese-cracker-stackers-snack-kit-with-vanilla-creme-cookies) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652/16 "2024-09-24T14:49:09Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Bologna (pronounced “baloney”) is basically a sheet of skinless hot dog. Bologna is just hot dog [pancakes](https://i.redd.it/eo6aog85h5h61.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652/17 "2024-09-24T15:03:35Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Soda goes flat if you keep it in the fridge. What?!! No! This is exactly _opposite_ of the truth. The solubility of CO2 in water is inversely related to temperature; i.e. the lower the temperature of soda, the higher solubility of the CO2 and the more “fizz” it is able to retain. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652/18 "2024-09-24T15:25:11Z")
It goes flat because the lower temperature means more CO2 must be released to equalize pressure in the increased space inside the bottle after you drink some of it. ---
**Author:** ![We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652/19 "2024-09-24T16:03:41Z")
There is no “equalization” of pressure going on in the bottle. A cold 2 liter bottle of soda will have lower vapor pressure in the headspace above the soda in the bottle than a room temperature bottle, due to the reduced amount of CO2 in that space. More of the CO2 will be dissolved in the liquid. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652/20 "2024-09-24T16:09:52Z")
There hasn’t been a soda in my fridge or near me for over a decade. There is Always peanut butter, Smuckers natural, always o.juice, and always a tomato. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-items-are-in-your-refrigerator-s-not-freezer-right-now/1007652.md?page=2)