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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:49 pm
by GORDON
Just saw someone say, "Nobody refrigerates ketchup after opening."
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:05 pm
by Leisher
If it says "Refrigerate after opening" on the bottle, I put it in the fridge.
Although, restaurants don't put it in the fridge...
I think you need a "either or" option.
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:48 pm
by TPRJones
Huh. I refrigerate, and if for some reason a bottle is left out for a couple of days (or the power goes out at work over the weekend, or whatever) I've always thrown it out. It never occurred to me that unrefrigerated ketchup might be okay. Even though I've seen it so in restaurants my entire life.
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:22 pm
by GORDON
Well, in a busy restaurant a bottle will typically not last a day.
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:44 pm
by TPRJones
True, but most places they top them off at the end of the day. So some old ketchup stays with the new. Some of the molecules in there have probably been in there since the restaurant first opened, in some cases.