Eeeewww….What’s that thing rotting in your fridge??
According to AsiaOne News:
After the China Milk health Scare…here comes another, the “culprit monster” is our own negligence haha
Yes, few days ago I did tried to open a bottle of oyster sauce to make the nice dish of home cook food nicer but only to find out…to my horror…it’s expired since Jan 2007!!! Arghhh
I am lucky I did not pour it all over the dish with the moldy-mix of “tasty yet poisonous” rotting oyster sauce hahaha…
Don’t think that some foods last forever just because you can’t see the rot.
Dr Charlotte Grayson Mathis, a specialist in internal medicine, shared these tips with WebMD (www.webmd.com). This is how long you should store the following:
Baby food: Unopened: one year; opened: two to three days in the fridge.
Butter: In the fridge: three months; You can store extra sticks in the freezer for up to a year.
Chilli sauce: Unopened: one year; opened: one month in the pantry, longer in the fridge.
Fresh eggs: Uncracked: two to five weeks in the fridge; cracked: use immediately.
Jams: Unopened: one year; opened: one year in the fridge. Best to store jam in the fridge, even before opening.
Juice: Unopened: one year; opened: one week in the fridge.
Ketchup: Unopened: one year; opened: one month in the pantry, longer in the fridge.
Mayonnaise: Unopened: two to three months; opened: two months in the fridge. Be sure to refrigerate after opening and never leave out of the fridge for more than two hours.
Mustard: Unopened: two years; opened: six to eight months in the pantry or the fridge.
Olives: Unopened: one year; opened: one to two months in the fridge.
Peanut butter: Unopened: six to nine months; opened: two to three months in the pantry, longer in the fridge.
Pickles: Unopened: one year; opened: one to two months in the fridge.
Salad dressing: Unopened: 10 to 12 months; opened: three months in the fridge.
Sour cream: Unopened: two weeks in the fridge; opened: two weeks in the fridge.
Tomato paste: Unopened: one year; opened: five days in the fridge.
Vegetable oil: Unopened: six months; opened: one to three months. For best results, store opened vegetable oil in the fridge.
These list can go on forever depending on what you “don’t eat” after purchase. My suggestion is not to buy things to store in fridge unless you plans to eat them or buy things with at least 2 years expiry date.
