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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsName an item that you've had in your frig. for 20+ years
Only mention particular items, e.g., don't include ketchup unless you're talking about the same, unique bottle of ketchup.
I've got a 20+ -year bottle of pomegranate soda.
(Credit to @debm55 at https://www.democraticunderground.com/10182327035 for inspiration for this post.)
debm55
(62,515 posts)buzzycrumbhunger
(2,374 posts)Its always in the way and we never check it. Its a freezer. If everythings hard as a rock, its working. No need to check or keep a log for scientific purposes
Emile
(44,060 posts)I haven't had that kind of luck. Seems like all they make anymore is junk.
snot
(11,927 posts)Not the same frig., just the same bottle.
I'm beginning to wonder if my question is only relevant for people who live alone.
I've got lots of ancient condiments as well.
2naSalit
(104,724 posts)Rotate stock.
I have moved too many times to have anything for 20 years.
JustKay
(213 posts)I recently cleaned out the door of my refrigerator and it was full of condiments that were a decade past their prime! And yes, I live alone!
During my Pre Christmas clean, I threw away three bottles of salad dressing and a bottle of black beans. All had been in the fridge for two plus years.
buzzycrumbhunger
(2,374 posts)The thermometer is a metal one that hangs on a rack. I think its lasted for three fridges. 🙂
I recently completed a deep clean inside and outside of our Kelvinator. It's a fridge that we keep for extra food storage, it's 14 cu ft.
I discovered the serial and model number when I took the crisper drawer. This refrigerator was manufactured in June of 1992 which makes it 34 years old this month.
Electrolux owns Kelvinator and today they only make Kelvinator's for commercial and not residential use.
I don't know how much life this Kelvinator has left in it. Just for fun I've been looking online at the classic retro looking refrigerators that are between 12 to 16.5 cu ft.
Emile
(44,060 posts)Niagara
(12,397 posts)Sneederbunk
(17,761 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,660 posts)A bottle of grappa I bought in Italy around 2001 or 2002.
Really high end version of it. It was almost a hundred bucks then.
It's an extremely acquired taste & I don't drink much, so it's lasted a very long time.
Keeping it cold keeps the vapor pressure of the alcohol & volatile flavor components low.
Since it's been opened over 2 decades I figure keeping it cold maintains the flavor.
LNM
(1,273 posts)Since about 2007. I always forget about it. I should give it a taste. No one else I know likes it.
ProfessorGAC
(77,660 posts)I went to Italy a lot! (Over 40 times, don't know the exact number.)
On those trips, probably 18 or 19 times I took 1 or more people with me. Some directly reported to me, others were development staff to see the manufacturing sites.
Anyway, it became a thing to have after dinner grappa the first night out together. (We may have only had 2 nights as we spent odd hours at the site.)
But, when it was somebody's first time, I'd pull the waitperson aside & tell them that when we ordered the grappa, they should bring the new guy the cheapest, most horrible grappa they had.
If there were 2 other of us, we were both in on the bit.
We'd simply watch this person try to drink it, figuring they must be missing something because we weren't reacting badly to it.
After a few sips, we'd let them in on the bit & the waiter would bring the good stuff.
There is such a HUGE difference between good & very cheap grappa. The latter is like paint thinner.
I probably did that bit a dozen times!
BTW: Let it come to room temperature before drinking it. Grappa is very bitter when cold.
LNM
(1,273 posts)Im sure my Grappa isnt the good stuff. I still like it but my friends hated it.
lastlib
(28,816 posts)The only problem it had until it died was the light bulb burned out after about 40 years.
--* Sigh *-- they don't build 'em like they used to......
greatauntoftriplets
(179,556 posts)My refrigerator is only 2-1/2 years old.
justaprogressive
(7,312 posts)FormerOstrich
(2,899 posts)Okay, maybe not 20 but it almost made it that long. I don't recall the year of origin but I know I had it before my great nephew was born....but he is soon to be 17. I tossed it about a year ago. Up until a few weeks prior I used/fed it fairly regular.
LogDog75
(1,461 posts)And the oldest things in it are the shelves.
Floyd R. Turbo
(33,636 posts)his name!
Totally Tunsie
(12,228 posts)When my first grandchild was born, my son and d-in-law gave out "Here*he*is" (a play on "Hershey's) chocolate candy bars with his name, birth weight as net wt., his vital statistics of date, time, length, mfg. by [parents' names], and ingredients of "frogs and snails and puppy dog tails". It was so cute that I couldn't bear to open it, and it's been in my fridge since. My grandson just turned 25!
surrealAmerican
(11,944 posts)I never actually remember when to change that.