Help, there is less and less space in my fridge for food due to my condiment… problem. Which aren’t essential?

by PandosII

44 comments

  7. Ketchup, mustard, mayo and HP can all go in a cupboard. Never once have I needed to refrigerate those in my 31 years.

    Soy sauce, Worcestershire and tabasco could probably go up there too.

  8. The majority of those shouldn’t be in the fridge

  9. We can all argue about what should and shouldn’t be kept in the fridge but if you just read the info on them all, it will tell you what needs to be in the fridge after being opened and what lives in the cupboard

  10. Who is keeping hot sauce and mustard in the fridge?

    Really?

  11. Soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and Tabasco can probably go cupboard.

    No way you need burger mayo, and I doubt those two mustards are that different.

    Not a big chutney fan so I’d never have two on the go but you do you.

    Agree on the rest

  12. The soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce don’t need to be in the fridge to begin with. As for non-essential, that really depends on how often you use them. I’d probably say any you haven’t used for a month or longer can go

  13. Ive never stored the following in the fridge: Tabasco, Soy sauce, Lea&Perkins, Franks RedHot.

    FYI, making your own burger sauce is dead easy, its just mayo, a bit of ketchup, vinegar and relish, salt and pepper and paprika. It saves room to just whip up a little when you need it.

  14. Ketchup, mayo, soy sauce, one chutney and mustard can stay and the rest can go. You could probably make most of the sauces from those anyway.

  15. We like to cook, and we love a lot of different cusines, and have an ongoing Condiment Warfare scenario. We need to do a cull at least every 6 months, or there’s just no room in the fridge.

    It’s way worse than yours. Like, triple what you have there. I’d be keeping all of those but apparently in comparison to everyone else here, we are insane fridge-condiment-hoarder people.

    (We found meal planning a help, I.e. do asian week to use up mirin, soy sauce, gochujang paste, following week do something that uses up mint sauce / mustard etc).

  16. All condiments are essential, life without them would be too plain.

    I personally would only store the dressings, chutney and caramelised onion thing in the fridge though – the rest would just be in a cupboard. I can’t speak for if this is the proper method of storage but it’s how we did it back home and carried on into adult life and I haven’t died yet! Your results may vary.

  18. The only sauces I keep in the fridge are anything white. Things like mayo or creamy dressings. Everything else is in the cupboard

  19. Read the ingredients, anything with egg or dairy goes in the fridge, the rest go in the cupboard. By the look of these labels, there are only 3 or 4 sauces that will need to be refrigerated. Problem solved.

  20. You have ketchup, mayo and mustard but also burger mayo? I mean, make your own?

  21. If you get through a bottle of hot sauce in under 6 months, they can go in the cupboard too.

  22. Probably don’t need the burger mayo, you’ve got most of the ingredients there. Mix the mayo with a bit of ketchup and the American mustard. Add gherkins if you like, but a bit of that jalapeño sauce will probably add a similar vinegary bite. It’ll save you space, money, and best of all you can control the ratios so you get it exactly as you like it

  24. OP after reading the comments

    “I need more space in my cupboards”

  25. Soy Sauce and Worcestershire Sauce can definitely live in the cupboard.

    Light “Mayo” belongs in the bin because it is an abomination against God, Man, and Nature – Buy proper mayo or buy nothing at all.

  26. Axe the Cesar, the burger mayo (it’s just ketchup and mayo which you already have) and the honey mustard.

  27. i would not put soy, hp, lea & perrins, redhot(both) tabasco and ketchup in the fridge. the rest i would, apart from the chutney which im unsure.

  28. No Salad Cream? Pathetic, it’s like you’re not even trying.

  29. Chutney and marmalade should continue to fridge the rest can cupboard

  30. I have a 4litre lunch box/ tupperware box that all my condiments sit in. I just pull the box down and rummage.

    When you need a particular sauce you need a particular sauce. Don’t restrict yourself.

  31. Next thing you’ll be telling us you drive around in your rolls with grey poupon in the dashboard

  32. The light mayonnaise is not only non essential but actively detrimental to everything within a ten foot radius. Its evil will slowly permeate the kitchen and make other food taste of disappointment as well.

  33. I tell you what. If you make your own tomato chutney, you won’t need half of these.

  34. Don’t even go there. I’ve had to put a ban on my wife buying any more condiments until we’ve used the vast array we already have. And that was after I’d binned a load that we were never going to use before they were 3 years out of date rather than the 2 that they already were.

  35. Sriracha, ketchup, mayonnaise, HP, Soy, Tabasco don’t go in the fridge in my house.

    Don’t think mustard should either, but my other half disagrees. Rest I don’t have, so don’t know.

  36. I would toss the mayo and burger mayo. It wouldn’t help though because I’d then go and buy some decent mayo from the Polish aisle of Tesco.

    I would also chuck both mustard jars and get a tub of Colemans mustard powder for the cupboard. Mix with water or mayo depending how hot you like it.

    Everything with a ton of sugar in like ketchup/HP doesn’t need to be refrigerated. Nor does soy sauce because of all the salt.

    The chutney is nearly empty. Put it out of its misery already.

  37. I’d get rid of the Frank’s stuff and Tabasco. I love hot sauces but there are better alternatives and, in any case, I dont trust American products and am trying to remove American stuff from my life in general. Have a look at the [Sauce Shop](https://www.sauceshop.co/pages/our-story), lots of different hot sauces made with natural ingredients and no shit. And they are all made in Nottingham, UK.

  38. If it’s creamy = Fridge

    If it’s vinegar based or sugary = cupboard. Sugar and vinegar stop it going bad.

  39. You have three different mustards and four different hot sauces,

    Ketchup, HP, worcestershire, soy, mayo, chutney, ONE (or two, max) hot sauce(s), and ONE mustard.

    ^ That will halve your condiments without sacrificing any you currently enjoy.

    As for burger sauce, make your own. It’s basically ketchup, mayo, and mustard. Experiment with the ratios until you find the one you like best. Same with salad dressing. You can whip that up in minutes with a few basic ingredients.

  42. The Heinz mayo lite can eff off because it’s horrendous. The chutney needs to be finished, look at the poor thing begging for relief. The rest I think I’m right in saying needn’t be in the fridge anyway except the Caesar, Honey Mustard and maybe the onion marmelade. Job done.

  44. Get a lazy Susan and put it in the fridge for easy access to the ones you leave in there

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