Oh No!!! Just read the label on the Orange Muscat Champagne vinegar that has been sitting in my

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cynupstateny

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cupboard for a week and it says "refrigerate after opening"

It smells the same and it is vinegar. Can I use it-or, when in doubt.....

 
i find it amazing to see what manufactures say needs to be refrigerated...

it's vinegar. it oughtta keep.

 
Yep, I was pretty surprised and embarrassed when someone I was training pointed it out to me........

on soy sauce? I am gone from home a lot and mine has been on the shelf for months!! At work, I use it by the gallon, but it's still on the shelf for a few weeks. Vinegars are a preservative--maybe acid % ??

 
I was floored when I read to refrigerate my soy sauce! (Kikkoman)...

Well I've never refrigerated it ever. It's fine. It's so salty...not sure why that's recommended. And I usually follow instructions to the tee.

 
Absolutely NO need. It's a paean to the American litigious society!! ;o)

I don't refrigerate any of my Asian sauces (oh, I did put the XO sauce in the fridge) and saw specifically the other day that fish sauce did not need to be. So much salt and spices in those sauces.

 
That's very strange, Gretchen, cause after Wilma, and the loss>>>

of electricity for almost a week, I called the hotline (guess it was a division of the FDA?? don't remmeber).... and they told me to TOSS everything that had fish OR garlic in it. So out went the fish sauce & lots of other Chinese sauces that I normally store in the fridge. So that is my guide, now, on whether to refrigerate or not.

 
Not so strange coming from the FDA. . .

The ol' canning adage is "When in doubt, throw it out" and considering the weather conditions in the area after Katrina, I'd be thowing stuff out too.

I really think, though extremely salty (like fish sauce) and extremely vinegary things (like vinegars) don't need to be refrigerated, except for QUALITY control. You have much better quality over time with things refrigerated than things left on the shelf. Of course this varies as to the conditions in your house. If you live in Minnesota and your kitchen is always realtively cool compared to a New Orleans kitchen, powerless, after Katrina, you will be able to keep more on the pantry/kitchen shelf longer than the N'awlins folk.

And of course, if they tell you to throw it out they cannot be blamed if you don't throw it out and you get sick. . .

 
Moyn, last June I bought a generator. Do yourself a favor and get one.>>>

I was so happy not to have to worry about loosing food in the fridge and the stand alone freezer that I use as another pantry. It really took care of just one more problem. You won't be sorry. All we had to do was get the whole screen enclosure out of the pool. And here we go again...

 
Indeed, and that Honda 2000 is quiet and powerful enough to run your

frig as well as a few minor appliances at the same time.

 
Believe me, I've been working on the boss man for a few >>>>

weeks now, especially as the predictions from the media (Bless them!) have been worse & worse.
But Project #1 is our roof. We are waiting for tiles...to redo the roof, which, since last year, is in BAD shape. There is a shortage of white barrell tiles, and, since we'll be living with the new roof for the next 30 some odd years, I want the color that I want. But the fact that season begins in a few weeks is making me VERY nervous.
As for the generator, we can get one anytime...One of the Honda dealers in Ft Lauderdale are giving them away as bonuses on certain days, with the purchase of an auto!
My daughter had just bought a Hyundai from them, a few months ago, and, Teddy tried to have them waive the sale dates... but no go!!
Let's just hope that all the predictions are wrong and that we all stay safe & sound.
Where are you, Orchid?

 
If you have ever been in the HongKong harbor where the fish are fermenting to

make fish sauce you would know that it is already as "dead" as it is gonna get!! ;o)
You may certainly follow your own common sense.
I was a microbiologist in another life and studied different preservative methods. Salt and sugar are pretty powerful preservatives as are spices and the level of concentration of the ingredients--like the chili garlic sauces.

 
NFR:Sunrise, very near Sawgrass Mills Mall. Blue roofs are starting to>>>

disappear suddenly this week so maybe your tiles will be coming soon. I heard there was a shortage on them. Our screen room should go up very soon. Just waiting for the permit to clear. Hubby travels a lot so of course he was in Atlanta when Wilma hit. I have never been so scared so I don't look forward to this season.

 
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