Where do you store condiments/sauces?

[HurdyGurdy19]

I keep ketchup/HP in the walk-in larder, but everything else - mustards, chilli paste, tomato puree, salad cream/mayo, burger relishes, salad dressings - are in the fridge. Mostly on a shelf, but also in one of the shelves in the door.

I could really do with the space in the fridge, but I'm a bit wary about storing opened containers in the larder (where I've got plenty of space).

Where do you keep yours?

Fridge door mostly. I try not to have more than fits on one door shelf in the fridge. Then vinegar, oils and commonly used dried herbs and spices I keep in a basket on a worktop near the stove.

Fridge, to stop them going off.
I've got a big tupperware box that fits neatly on a shelf, & I use that to save scrabbling around.

Fridge, including ketchup.

We have a stupid number of condiments, I really should do a cull.

Mayo, salad cream and anything in a glass bottle/jar (bar Marmite) = Fridge door.

Everything else in the cupboard!

Cupboard. They won’t go off - too many E numbers!

Fridge.

I have a spinny thing they fit into so I don't have to search for them

It says on the label where to store, usually the fridge, including tomato sauce.

Just like you, brown sauce snd ketchup in the larder, everything else in the fridge. Not sure why I think ketchup and brown sauce are exempt from needing to be fridged, probably because my DPs didn't keep them in the fridge when I was growing up.

Sauces and condiments are kept in the of the fridge but oils, soya sauce, herbs and seasonings are kept in the large spice rack by the oven

AND ANY UNOPENED SAUCES LIVE IN THE CUPBOARD

All in the fridge for me, once opened.

I keep opened condiments , vinegars and pickles in the fridge partly because some of them don’t have preservatives these days and also so that I know where they are. Herbs and spices are in a store cupboard and oils are by the cooker.

We tend to have lots of opened condiments, etc on the go at once. Stored in the fridge but a nightmare to find as they took up a whole shelf. I bought a rotating fridge organiser called a 'squircle' from Vinted and it's been a game changer.

Thank you. Looks like I'm still going to be playing fridge tetris and continue to store them there.

Like @kitchenplans , I don't know why I think the ketchup and HP sauce are "safe" in the cupboard once opened 😄

Because they are, at least for a few weeks. They are mainly sugar, which is a preservative.

How do you think people stored open jars of jam, pickles etc before they had fridges? Ketchup/ barbecue/ brown sauce, or any sugary sauce in the cupboard for 6-8 weeks will be absolutely fine.

If you have these things open for months and months on end then they should go in the fridge, but most bottled sauces on supermarket shelves are so full of preservatives they are not going to go off.

As for pickles, jams, chutneys etc - the whole point of them is that they last a long time. They'll be OK for several weeks at least. If you're going to take ages to get through them then put them in the fridge.

I have a very cavalier attitude to open condiments etc and a system based on gut feeling as to where I store them. Currently, (opened) mayo, pesto and cranberry and mint sauces are in the fridge, everything else (mustard, pickles, salad dressing, ketchup, HP...) is in the cupboard. I'm in my 50s and haven't poisoned myself yet.