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soupyspoon · 2025-08-04T18:35:15+00:00

Yes thats right, I do. I havent got time to wait for things to come up to room temperature and HATE fridge cold food. Plus my fridge is too cold even on the lowest setting, all the watercress I just bought yesterday looks like its perished because it might have semi frozen, anyway thats for another thread But the gist is, I had to put my salad in the microwave for 10 seconds, I tested it after 5 and it still wasnt the right temperature. I cant stand cold cucumber, cold olives, cold mayo, cold chicken.

TheAutumnCrow · 04/08/2025 20:15

BMW6 · 04/08/2025 19:54

I think your fridge is fucked.

But why don't you get your salad ingredients out of the fridge for 1/2 hour before eating to gey to room temperature?

Or it could be in the wrong location?

My DP has quite lengthy opinions on optimal fridge locations and don’t we all know it, Gavin.

godmum56 · 04/08/2025 20:13

soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 19:41

The voting is unanimous. I am completely unreasonable.

i do that too. fridge cold food is hell on my teeth

fthisfthatfeverything · 04/08/2025 20:12

Stay unique 🫶

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 20:12

youhavenoidea6 · 04/08/2025 20:10

Have you definitely got your fridge temperatures the right way round? The numbers mean the amount of cooling, so min/1 is lowest cooling i.e. warmest fridge temperature and max/highest number is max cooling. Always confuses me.

Edited

Yes its on min.

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PurpleChrayn · 04/08/2025 20:12

Madness.

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 20:11

Beamur · 04/08/2025 20:08

I often have salad with something hot so it combats the too cold food thing 😄

Oh I like your style

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 20:11

DappledThings · 04/08/2025 20:06

How do you feel about hot food going the other way? I'm with you and don't like stuff too cold but not too hot either. I would never warm a plate. Food that is served hot is always too hot to start eating for ages, don't want it to stay too hot.

Same with drinks. I'd never put ice in a drink or keep any drinks in the fridge. But hot drinks take forever to cool down too. I like to make a cup of tea just before I go and get in the shower so it's a nice drinkable temperature by the time I come back downstairs

That goldilocks story was written about people like us. I really do like it just right. I dont have tolerance for too hot, or too cold. Too many burnt lips, tongue and roof of my mouth to be complacent nowadays.

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SparrowFeet · 04/08/2025 20:11

Seawolves · 04/08/2025 20:02

My mother used to Milton ours when we were kids, I was 18 and had left home before I realised salad, soft fruits and unwrapped sweets did not need to taste like Milton.

I remember the Milton adverts that had 'safe enough to wash a lettuce in'

ClaredeBear · 04/08/2025 20:10

Not thought of doing that before. Thanks for the tip.

youhavenoidea6 · 04/08/2025 20:10

Have you definitely got your fridge temperatures the right way round? The numbers mean the amount of cooling, so min/1 is lowest cooling i.e. warmest fridge temperature and max/highest number is max cooling. Always confuses me.

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 20:09

AuntMarch · 04/08/2025 20:04

I prefer room temp too, but that has never crossed my mind. And although I understand the logic, I just don't know if I could do it.

It takes a big leap of faith. I didnt do it for a long time but now Im out and proud, and I feel the need to share this information for people who dont know that its possible

Its quite liberating.

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Beamur · 04/08/2025 20:08

I often have salad with something hot so it combats the too cold food thing 😄

Nugg · 04/08/2025 20:07

BeachPebbleWave · 04/08/2025 19:41

Well you need to sort your fridge out. However ripe tomatoes should always be at room temperature. Chilling tomatoes inhibits both their flavour and ability to take on flavour.

I challenge anyone to slice some ripe tomatoes and sprinkle with salt, pepper, oregano, dill and olive oil and tell me room temperature is not better.

100% I never refrigerate tomatoes. Love the smell in my kitchen as I always get vine ripened. Heaven!

DappledThings · 04/08/2025 20:06

How do you feel about hot food going the other way? I'm with you and don't like stuff too cold but not too hot either. I would never warm a plate. Food that is served hot is always too hot to start eating for ages, don't want it to stay too hot.

Same with drinks. I'd never put ice in a drink or keep any drinks in the fridge. But hot drinks take forever to cool down too. I like to make a cup of tea just before I go and get in the shower so it's a nice drinkable temperature by the time I come back downstairs

AuntMarch · 04/08/2025 20:04

I prefer room temp too, but that has never crossed my mind. And although I understand the logic, I just don't know if I could do it.

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 20:03

LittleBobbyDazzler · 04/08/2025 19:59

Things that aren't illegal but should be.

😀

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vodkaredbullgirl · 04/08/2025 20:02

Weird 😂

Seawolves · 04/08/2025 20:02

My mother used to Milton ours when we were kids, I was 18 and had left home before I realised salad, soft fruits and unwrapped sweets did not need to taste like Milton.

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 20:02

RhaenysRocks · 04/08/2025 19:57

Im the total opposite. If I want lunch after I've shopped I have to wait 30mins for the cucumber and tomatoes etc to NOT be room temp. Can't stand tepid food.

Shocking!!

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 20:01

BMW6 · 04/08/2025 19:54

I think your fridge is fucked.

But why don't you get your salad ingredients out of the fridge for 1/2 hour before eating to gey to room temperature?

Its not long enough to get to that temperature and its just too long, I havent got time to faff around.

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 20:00

MargotMoon · 04/08/2025 19:57

I keep butter out of the fridge year-round. I just put half a pack in the butter dish at a time and keep the rest in the fridge. Eggs as well, they never see the inside of the fridge.

My eggs and butter are currently out of the fridge

I had a few weeks recently when we had that very very hot weather when the butter went back in the fridge but currently its a nice dipping consistency for me to dip biscuits into.

Which I would never do obviously.

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Hoppinggreen · 04/08/2025 20:00

soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 19:44

I had to leave a burrata out of the fridge for an hour at the weekend in order to consider it just about ok to eat.

I am with you there
As for the rest of it, thats weird

JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff · 04/08/2025 20:00

One of my favourite ever MN comments was somebody who had kept and stored their placenta in the fridge long term and remarked that it was "next to the eggs".

The FIRST comment was "but why are you keeping eggs in the fridge????"

Priorities, people.

LittleBobbyDazzler · 04/08/2025 19:59

Things that aren't illegal but should be.

RhaenysRocks · 04/08/2025 19:57

Im the total opposite. If I want lunch after I've shopped I have to wait 30mins for the cucumber and tomatoes etc to NOT be room temp. Can't stand tepid food.