The big Mayo question

[MikeH]

Fridge is where you might keep mayo, frig is female masturbation.

But it does make this thread more entertaining, especially the post before this one.

[Dis]

hmm never heard that. Guess it's an English slang. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frig

[chequita guevara]

Pickles should be refrigerated if they're good quality pickles (Claussen or better). Not for safety, but for quality; refrigeration maintains the 'crisp' texture of a pickle. That's why, for example, Claussen burger slices are way better than Vlasic; the former are refrigerated from production to point-of-sale (including refrigerated trucks), while the latter are not.

I keep my mayo in the fridge, because I think it oxidizes less there (colder = less possibility of chemical reaction), but I'm not actually sure if that is for the best in the scheme of things, since it does pick up refrigerator taste.

You are probably correct that oxidation occurs less quickly in colder temperatures, but we go through mayo pretty quickly, and it hasn't been a problem.

As for pickles, I don't like kosher dills. I don't get Vlasic either. They're cooked (that's what makes them floppy), and pickles shouldn't be cooked. When I buy pickles I usually get Bubbies or I buy pickled hot okra.