You guys refrigerate your tomato sauce?
I was surprised when someone pointed out that sauce says “refrigerate after opening”.
Poll - Tomato Sauce in Fridge?!
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Last edited 10/06/2018 - 19:05
Last edited 10/06/2018 - 19:05
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- 149Fridge
- 61Cupboard
- 0Freezer
- 2I steal single use sachets from mcdonalds
- 1Prefer not to say
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I can read fine, I just don’t have any fingers.
my jar of tomato paste starts growing fuzzy stuff on top unless i keep it in the fridge. i'm guessing that unless it is packed with preservatives then you need to keep it in the fridge
i keep my olive oil in there as well :)
Olive oil solidifies in the fridge.
Tomato paste is different from tomato sauce. Tomato sauce has vinegar and preservatives in it that stop the mould, generally.
ketchup - in the fridge. ALWAYS.
What are you, an American?
A Brit. It is important to distinguish between ketchup and tomato sauce. Tomato sauce taste like it has been watered down with vinegar.
Ketchup or nothing in my house.
well I learned something today. I thought it was American word for same thing.
@SlickMick: I am not sure on the nuances in the US, but in the UK we have Ketchup. This is also referred to as Tomato Sauce or red sauce in the UK. It is the same product/item. However, in Australia, we have Tomato sauce and Ketchup. Two very different products. Ketchup, which is produced by Heinz, is thicker in consistency and less tart than Tomato sauce in Australia. It is also more expensive.
Sometimes, in the UK home brand versions of Ketchup taste like the Aussie tomato sauce.
This is one of those items where brand matters. But it is possible to find passable knock-offs in the UK. I am yet to find one in Australia.
If you don't keep tomato sauce in the fridge you're an animal and there's no room for you in civilized society
harsh.
I know this makes no sense, but we used to keep a 4 litre bulk bottle in the cupboard ,and use it to refill a small bottle in the fridge. I guess I didn't think it needed refrigeration but kept it with the other sauces in fridge for convenience.
I did eventually see the label on a bottle and threw our entire supply out and started again with a small bottle in the fridge.However, just recently I was wondering why some things don't need refrigeration, and had a quick google just enough to realise there are lots of other ways of preserving besides temperature. One of them is sugar.
Which explains why my tomato sauce kept seemingly fine in the cupboard.
My conclusion is that tomato sauce, having a high sugar content, probably does not require refrigeration, and somebody should bring it to the attention of the manufacturer's labellers. In the meantime, I now keep it in the fridge and no longer buy in bulk.
yep, sugar = fermentation.
Depends on the product. I assume manufacturers know if their product needs to be refrigerated or not. I'd also be wary of what exactly is in products that don't need refrigeration because seriously, if it kills bacteria/mold/etc, do you really want to eat it?
That's the thing - it isn't necessarily chemicals or whatever that preserves. Science has worked out what bacteria and mould requires to thrive, and there are a whole heap of processes that they don't like. Refrigeration is just one example.
Cupboard or my desk since i use it almost always
I had a friend who kept a bottle of tomato sauce in my kitchen cupboard for when he’d come around because he refused to use my refrigerated tomato sauce.
Pointed out that it says to refrigerate after opening on the label. He still wouldn’t touch it.
I should keep it in the fridge - but it just takes up too much room.
Ketchup, in the fridge.
Tomato sauce, still on the shelf at the supermarket cause it’s sh17.I keep it in the fridge because it starts to ferment and taste like vinegar if you don’t.
However if you have a large family and you eat a bottle in couple of weeks it doesn’t need to be in the fridge, just depends how quick you use it and how hot it is in your pantry. A bit like margarine, but that’s a different argument.
Cupboard. I can't fathom using cold sauce on hot food.
Pantry. Never had a problem with this method, sauce tastes fine, no one has gotten sick, and don't need to worry about cold sauce on food
If I dont store my commercial Tomato Sauce in the fridge, MOULD develops 🤢
I also make home made sauce & keep it in jars in my wine cooler 😎✔What kind of monster puts dead 'orse in the fridge?
Also, regarding the labelling, for you lunatics who think it needs magic coldness, is there for legal more than actual health reasons. Isn't that obvious?
Mind you, I've met people who throw out milk a day before the use by date so they don't get sick. I lump you nutbags in with them.Nothing better than cold sauce straight from the fridge.
No I don't mean drink it straight.
You don't have to, I've no idea why it says that. I only use smokey BBQ, but I WOULD NOT let cold sauce touch my mouth nor any part of me! Just thinking about it gives me uncomfortable shivers, like a spider running up my thigh.
I rarely eat food that requires or could benefit from the addition of tomato sauce.
here's something for all those people that don't refrigerate their sauce, transfer if to a clear container, and when you see bubbles starting to form in it you know it's started to ferment
How are your reading lessons going?