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Another photo of little jars
Cleaning out my fridge, I found twenty-three jars of jam, jelly, chutney, marmalade, mustard, and spread. Can you spot five types of mustard?*
Not pictured: a dozen more jars of pickles, relishes, peppers, capers, and assorted vegetables in brine. Several jars of things made at home, mine or my mom's. And all the usual refrigerator-door stuff: ketchup, yellow mustard and honey mustard, BBQ sauce, salad dressing, aloe vera gel.
(OK, the gel is a cool treatment for sunburn, not intended to be eaten. But it looks like something you could squeeze onto a sandwich.)
Anyway, I think I have a condiment problem. The little jars, they call out to me in the store, and I cannot stop myself from buying them.
Also, who the hell keeps seven types of mustard?
*TJ's dijon, Grey Poupon country dijon, Auntie Lilikoi's passion-fruit mustard from Kauai, Hop Kiln crunchy cranberry dijon, Stonewall Kitchen bourbon molasses mustard -- which is hidden under another jar.
December 4, 2006 11:40 PM
I love this -- it's like spring cleaning for your fridge.
You are not alone in your condiment addiction, guys. If I were to unload our fridge right now, I'd find... many mustards, many jams, various kinds of stuffed green olives, and at least 5 kinds of pickles and relish. There would be MORE of all of these but we've only been here for 4 months. It takes at least a year to build up that delicious crust of flavorful goodness in a new fridge after a move. It also helps to not shop when hungry (mmm, those feta-stuffed olives look so gooood when I haven't eaten in many hours). Let's not even talk about the collection of cheeses in there...
I am with you there. I even had some Aunt Liliokoi's from a trip to Hawaii LOL.
Then I have salt: Hawaiian sea salt (same trip), Kosher flake salt, La Baleine french sea salt, Red Hawaiian salt, and French grey fleur de sel.
My brain. Honestly.
Like passengers on a crowded bus, old condiments tend to slowly drift toward the back of the fridge, and then you forget about them, so you purchase more. Later you clean out the fridge you have like six jars of Vlasics, each about 2/3 full.
WOW! Just how big is your refrigerator?
my immediate thought (which i said out loud to brian) is 'omg! ariel has a condiment problem!'
he he. i suppose it's a good problem to have, as problems go... :)
Nice to know I have company in the condiment problem arena.