To have a whole fridge shelf for condiments/jars?

Snap! I’m adding as I go! Need rosemary and nutmeg next.

@bumchic theres loads of those items that definitely do not need to be in the fridge. I keep soy, ketchup, mustard etc in the cupboard. Opened jams go in the fridge and other opened jars and mayonnaise etc.

The trouble with suggestions of putting things in ice cube trays is that not only do I have upward of about 20 jars and bottles floating around the place, the suggestion is also made for left over fresh herbs as well

Ice cube trays hold barely anything. My whole freezer would be full of these trays

Jars, bottles, pastes etc, dont go off. Pesto sometimes, but not chutneys, pickles, sauces. I certainly dont put things like soy sauce or harrissa or chipotle sauce in the fridge, thats in the spice cupobard. Jam, ketchup, mustard, mayo, thats in the cupboard. Chutneys and pickles are in the cupboard, olives in the cupboard. I think I have other jars in the fridge which I delve into from time to time. But its a whole shelf yes.

Sort of. My mums fridge is like this and I can’t imagine for one second everything is in date and used.

Most things are use within 6 weeks and I just can’t see how someone has 15/20 jars of items they will used all within 6 weeks 🤣

but if you do.. fair enough! I’m a chronic fridge de-clutterer and can’t stand having jars of stuff that’s unused 🤣

The problem is not your fridge it’s your husband. Can you identify something he has lots of but doesn’t use. Then the conversation can go Hey I’m the cook in this house and I use these items and throwing them is wasteful. If you want to reduce the amount we have to move why don’t you start on your stuff Give examples 27 screw drivers, 5 drills, 50 golf balls, light bulbs from the car before last etc Then offer to compromise and say you will reduce the number of jars by the time you move if he does the same. Point him at I love Freegle to get rid so his stuff doesn’t go to waste. Meanwhile identify the jars with the least in and make sure to cook something with them. Every time you empty a jar make huge production disposing of it in front of him. If there is no progress on his disposals make a point of asking how it’s going. Ps don’t forget to make an After the move shopping list. Pps grrr pesto fur - anyone tried freezing remains? Or flooding top with olive oil?

I reckon it is the reduced salt and sugar content that means needing to be stored in fridge. That and generally higher room temperatures and companies covering their arses.

Jams, pickles chutneys etc were made specifically because they didn't go off. They are a way of preserving fruits and vegetables and were never even kept in fridges not many years ago.

If you use them all, it's fine.

We have an entire fridge shelf dedicated to jars of condiments, an entire cupboard dedicated to bottles of sauce, and an entire cupboard dedicated to bulk bought spices! It drives me nuts (DH!)

My problem are the condiments that sit there forever and go off because I only use them rarely, like lemon grass.
Radio 4's Kitchen Cabinet had the great suggestion to decant them into ice cube trays, and freeze in plastic bags labelled with a sharpie.

Condiments fridge shelf here too that is full. I did find 3 part used jars of mint sauce on Sunday and I bet there’s no cranberry sauce when i want some !but I do have tartare sauce

34 here. I started a thread on it.
I have told my (adult) DC they were allowed to pick three things and then I was going to run them all down.
Wish things like chili crisp or mint sauce were sold in tiny sachets. They would probably cost the same though!
Does everyone have 3/4 of a jar of harissa paste mouldering at the back?!

most expired in 3-12 weeks are you eating all that before it goes out of date? I’d compromise and chuck anything older than the use by date and keep the rest.
We have-
ketchup
brown sauce
mayo
salad cream
mustard
horse radish
mint
hot sauce
jam

i do throw out after the time given (except the salad cream and hot sauce as I don’t use them. ) But if I know say the mint sauce needs eating I’ll make a lamb dish or a mint yoghurt dip.
it’s only really the brown sauce I struggle to finish.

Yes same here OP and a cupboard full of them as I dont necessarily believe in putting things like that in fridges but I have chutneys, mustards, pastes, jars of things all over the place.

No date checking here either, they never go off.

Horrified by people talking about chucking stuff after so many weeks or so.

I always have, in sealed Pyrex. I assumed it preserved the aromatic oils?

I don't have much cupboard space but my fridge is quite big.

OP the only thing I would dispute is if the olives are pitted. If they are then the 'black' olives are green olives that have been coloured.

I have:

Dijon and whole grain mustard
Pickled onions
Olives
Capers
Tartar sauce
Apple sauce
Marmalade
Jam x 2
Cherry something, a bit like a jam
Dark soy sauce
Light soy sauce
Mirin
Sweet chilli sauce
Hoisin sauce

I have an entire shelf of cheese

those you listed but also ground coffee

Surely coffee is not meant to be kept in the fridge!

If they are out of date, or going out of date, then you aren't using them. Although when we moved recently, we were eating just sandwiches/rolls/toasties with soup for a few days (as well as a chippy meal), so I was glad I moved with my condiments.

If you are using them and truly will use them I would get a box and put them in there and move them with the house move.. it will be expensive to replace them and it’s unnecessarily wasteful. If something breaks just wipe the others down and make the best of what moved safely

Sounds fine to me, especially if they are all items that are being used. We have very similar in our fridge for all the sauces and condiments and it takes up the entirety of all the door shelves.

I don't refrigerate condiments

Just the one shelf?

I do too. The top shelf - jams, pickles, chutneys…cocktail cherries…

it gets a regular clear out but nothing else goes on that shelf.

They would be in the bin on day 29 in this house 🤢🤣

On a quick review - 3 of our 4 fridge shelves are opened jam/condiment/sauces/cooking paste. And half a shelf of opened jarred pickled things.
Actual Branston, all the mustards, soy sauce' Worcestershire sauce and chutneys are in a cupboard.

But use by dates / use with 10 mins of opening... no. I'll bin them if mouldy. I finished up some harissa paste yesterday which was use by 2022 (i probably opened the jar 6 months ago) It looked fine - we're not dead yet!

Crikey. I don't keep any of that lot in the fridge. Not bottled sauces, condiments, pickles, jams, chutneys; even mayonnaise is fine. Soy sauce in the fridge? Never heard the like. It doesn't go off any quicker. DH likes jars of olives, which I do keep in the fridge, and those little buggers go mouldy if they're not eaten quickly enough.