27 Things People Claim Do Not Need To Be Refrigerated

it doesn't; not an urban myth

It gets grainy in the fridge or if it gets old. If you put the container in hot water for a few minutes, it will reliquify.

Not a myth. It's been found in Egyptian tombs, still perfectly edible.

It doesn't, It has a copious amount of sugar and antimicrobial properties from bees saliva which makes it stay on the shelf indefinitely. It can only "go bad" in a for of sugarization, crystalizing sugar

Putting it in the fridge makes it go hard it’s still edible just really annoying

I once heard that it has a theoretical shelf life of 3000 years. So, it does "go off", it just takes a while, a very long while ;)

Bees produce a special enzyme thingy so it doesn’t go bad out in the nature.

It doesn't but it'll crystallize

Maybe that's what happened to all the bees.

It doesn't go bad it changes form and all of them are edible.

runny honey may set, but it doesn't go off

It doesn't. People have eaten honey from ancient Egypt that was recovered from pyramids

No urban myth...they have found honey in pyramids that was still edible.

As long as it stays properly sealed it's fine

It doesn't, mostly due to the high percentage of sugar. It's the same reason why you can'T freeze syrup

Yes! We use it to heal wounds from time to time where I work!

If you do this please please please use medical grade honey.

I put mine in the fridge because sometimes we'll get ants

Thanks! I always wondered what to do with it.

Ok, I came here wondering why anyone would keep Nutella in the fridge, but this sounds like a pretty solid reason. I will have to try it

There are varying levels of self control 😉 /s

Noice. Writing this down.

Don't give me ideas please. :)

Yes but not as cold as other products. I work in a food warehouse, the reefer side has 3 rooms one that's about 45° that is for tomatoes. Bananas, and onions. Things that keep longer if kept cool but not cold. One room that's 38, that holds the peppers and other things we need below 40 but at the 33 the rest of the the fridge space is kept it would be too cold. Then there's the ice room. It's 33 in there but the product is iced. And then the main space is 33° that way all the product gets it's best hold times. And doesn't kill the quality by holding it too cold.

When I'm chilled, I turn blue, not red.

That's why they taste like water

A lot of people grow their own tomatoes

Yes and that's why store tomatoes don't taste good.

No that would be far too expensive. They come with normal food trucks. Cold trucks are small and only contain what absolutely has to be chilled

Many a time I've seen trucks hauling tomatoes spill a bunch on the road on sharp turns, so I'm gonna say no, they're not refrigerated.

Tomato transport trucks around here (n California) carry them open air

No. I worked in a produce department. Never put tomatoes in the cooler.

great point !

Tomatoes yes, banana slightly because cold turns the skin brown fast.

Our company places a sort of blanket around the container they are stacked on to keep the cold out during transport. In the store they remove it and sell. We do this with banana's, tomatoes, cucumbers...

yes during transport, however at the stores they are not kept in the refrigerated walk in cooler. They are stored in the back room that is usually 45° or more (Fahrenheit)

Those round red things that are industrially grown on black plastic, are not, IMO, tomatoes. So they are tasteless to begin with.

Well, yeah but those aren't real tomatoes anyway.

I have to disagree with you on cucumbers. Chilled cucumbers are amazing. Might also be because it is so hot where I live.

Us too, but it's only because we don't eat it fast enough.

same, just pull a few slices out when you need to use it.

And defrost a few slices at a time. If fact for toast, I don't even defrost it.

I do that with extra bread. Very helpful!

So you use your refrigerator more as a safe. Ever hear of a bread box?

We buy a lot of bread, and keep the "extra" in the freezer. It works so well!

The freezer is good, the fridge ruins bread!

I've got a lousy freezer. If I put bread in the freezer, it comes out ruined because of the humidity.

That's the correct way to do it. On a chemical level the freezer preserves the bread texture, the refrigerator drys out the bread.

My hilarious son calls our freezer the "Breadatorium."

That's dumb. The starch crystallizes and makes the bread stale.

Me too

Only when I buy it in bulk

That's because you're an insane person. It's okay, we're all a little crazy. You're just a lot crazy.

same!

Worser and worser, Freezing bread is simply making instant stale bread/

I think it's brioche