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snot

(11,927 posts)
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 07:31 PM Saturday

Name 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.)

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Name an item that you've had in your frig. for 20+ years (Original Post) snot Saturday OP
Thanks snot. I would throw it away. debm55 Saturday #1
A stupid freezer thermometer buzzycrumbhunger Saturday #2
What brand of refrigerator you got that's lasted 20 years? Emile Saturday #3
Reasonable question. snot Saturday #4
Should probab;y... 2naSalit Saturday #5
Well, not 20 years, but JustKay Sunday #11
Haha malaise 19 hrs ago #24
Ha! buzzycrumbhunger Saturday #10
A Kelvinator Niagara Sunday #12
You got a keeper. Hang on to that one. Emile Sunday #13
I will for as long as it keeps running. Niagara Sunday #14
Not sure what it is. Sneederbunk Saturday #6
Im Guessing Just One ProfessorGAC Saturday #7
I have a bottle of Grappa in my fridge too LNM 22 hrs ago #20
Funny Grappa Story ProfessorGAC 22 hrs ago #21
Thanks. I'll do that. LNM 21 hrs ago #22
My parents had a Zenith chest freezer that ran for 52 years. lastlib Saturday #8
Nothing. greatauntoftriplets Saturday #9
A Light Bulb justaprogressive Sunday #15
Sourdough starter... FormerOstrich Sunday #16
Mine is about 15 years old LogDog75 Sunday #17
I forget Floyd R. Turbo Yesterday #18
I have a candy bar that qualifies: Totally Tunsie Yesterday #19
It might be that open box of baking soda. surrealAmerican 21 hrs ago #23

buzzycrumbhunger

(2,374 posts)
2. A stupid freezer thermometer
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 07:43 PM
Saturday

It’s always in the way and we never check it. It’s a freezer. If everything’s hard as a rock, it’s working. No need to check or keep a log for scientific purposes…

Emile

(44,060 posts)
3. What brand of refrigerator you got that's lasted 20 years?
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 07:53 PM
Saturday

I haven't had that kind of luck. Seems like all they make anymore is junk.

snot

(11,927 posts)
4. Reasonable question.
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 08:08 PM
Saturday

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)
5. Should probab;y...
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 08:21 PM
Saturday

Rotate stock.

I have moved too many times to have anything for 20 years.

JustKay

(213 posts)
11. Well, not 20 years, but
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 08:14 AM
Sunday

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!

malaise

(299,499 posts)
24. Haha
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 08:24 PM
19 hrs ago

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)
10. Ha!
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 10:56 PM
Saturday

The thermometer is a metal one that hangs on a rack. I think it’s lasted for three fridges. 🙂

Niagara

(12,397 posts)
12. A Kelvinator
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 08:31 AM
Sunday

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.

ProfessorGAC

(77,660 posts)
7. Im Guessing Just One
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 08:37 PM
Saturday

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)
20. I have a bottle of Grappa in my fridge too
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 05:00 PM
22 hrs ago

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)
21. Funny Grappa Story
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 05:45 PM
22 hrs ago

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)
22. Thanks. I'll do that.
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 06:02 PM
21 hrs ago

I’m sure my Grappa isn’t the good stuff. I still like it but my friends hated it.

lastlib

(28,816 posts)
8. My parents had a Zenith chest freezer that ran for 52 years.
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 09:20 PM
Saturday

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......

FormerOstrich

(2,899 posts)
16. Sourdough starter...
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 12:54 PM
Sunday

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.

Totally Tunsie

(12,228 posts)
19. I have a candy bar that qualifies:
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 12:51 PM
Yesterday

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)
23. It might be that open box of baking soda.
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 06:15 PM
21 hrs ago

I never actually remember when to change that.

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