Syrup
The delicious maple syrup is always on our tables, and we enjoy it on waffles and pancakes. Unfortunately, most people don’t refrigerate it and then wonder why it goes bad so fast.
Once opened, maple syrup should always be stored inside the fridge. By doing so, you prevent it from going bad and growing mold.
In case you haven’t opened it yet, most syrup bottles are shelf-stable since they are hot-packed. You can store them in your cupboard or pantry at room temperature for more than a year.
If we are talking about breakfast syrup or table syrup, those don’t need to be refrigerated once opened because they don’t contain natural ingredients and will not spoil quickly.
If you have homemade syrups, like strawberry or cherry, those always need to be kept in the fridge for no more than two weeks.
4 thoughts on “7 Things You Should ALWAYS Refrigerate (But Probably Don’t)”
I never refrigerate my ketchup, as I don’t want cold condiment on a warm hamburger! I’m fortunate to have a pantry on an outside wall with no insulation so it’s very cool in there!
I’m glad to learn things I always refrigerate is the right thing to do.
Also glad to learn the things I don’t refrigerate is also the right way to go!
I have worked many restaurants as waitstaff and have NEVER dumped ketchup at the end of a shift and refilled bottles with fresh. I HAVE always topped off the bottle so that it APPEARS to be a fresh bottle. Not my idea of fresh but an industry standard and policy of most restaurant parent companies. You can bet that the bottles are not washed between fills even if the policy is to dump at the end of day.
Yep, it’s cross contamination and super gross. I watched a patron use his knife to run up in the ketchup bottle, after using it on his plate. Putting fresh product on top of old product is always wrong but I know what people do at the table, I always ask for packets. lol.