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Fridge Clutter: Keeping Track of Leftovers in the Refrigerator

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Date: 08/16/2004 Topics: Food Tips and Info > Leftovers | Organizing > Kitchen | Old Categories > Organization  
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Don't you hate it when you clean out the fridge and have a bunch of leftovers from weeks gone by? One way to help keep track of you leftovers is to put a leftovers list on the door of your fridge. When you put something in there, write down what it is and the date. When you remove it, cross it off the list.
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Post By Lorizin (Guest Post) (03/05/2007)
I've been reading the comments about throwing out food and food scraps and feel sad at the waste of a resource which should NEVER go into landfill. Maybe if you live in a flat 12 stories up in a condiminium it may be unavoidable, but if you live in a home with even the tiniest of gardens there is no need to waste anything. I feed all food scraps to our various birds and animals, plus to the wild birds which know that I'll put out food for them. What doesn't get eaten, plus any manure the animals have left (we don't have a dog, by the way) gets buried in a hole in the garden then covered with soil. As each hole fills I move along to the next section of garden soil. This fertilises the plants and at times I get the bonus of the most nutritious potatoes, tomatoes and other vegetabels in return from seeds which have grown - and I didn't have to do a thing for them. Any pieces of paper, cardboard or other similar non-plastic waste is used as mulch to save loss of water by evaporation (I cover the paper or cardboard with leaves or other better looking mulch) and of course that also finally rots down to help improve the soil even more. I re-use plastic margarine containers for freezer storage, I recycle glass jars for jams and pickles. By the way if fruit becomes soft, don't chuck it - turn it into jam or fruit butter before it goes off. Do the same with vegies - make soup, or mash it up, add an egg and some flour and seasoning and make delicious vegies patties or whatever. Wash plastic bags (except those that have had meat stored in them), hang them to dry and re-use them to save buying new ones to use. Then use them to put real waste into to dispose of when they are not able to be used again.There is hardly anything goes into the rubbish from our house!


Post by Debbie52 (699) | (05/14/2006)
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This is a great idea....especially when you have such a busy hectic life ....and for those of us whose memories aren't what they used to be. I'm pretty good about knowing when I fixed something and I like to use it up within just a few days....if it's worth freezing then I like to get it in the freezer soon if we're not gonna eat it up quickly. I've had food poisoning....not in my own house tho...but it is not fun....so I probably pitch food before it's really bad. Now a days if it's not enough to mess with or we didn't really like it that much, it just goes in the trash after dinner. I hate wasting food but I kinda know if something will be eaten at a later date.

Oh and I don't think you need to smell things to know if they are still good. I've seen shows on TV about this and most things do not keep very long at all....so I just pitch after 3 or 4 days. It can already have bacteria growing in it but smell perfectly fine. Also you need to get foods in the frig shortly after the meal....leaving food out for too long is a bad habit to get into. My mother in law always leaves food out for people to help themselves later in the day but yuck....I don't want to eat something when it's set out for hours!


Post by Alph (180) | (08/16/2004)
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Good ideas! I have a particular problem with this because some years ago I lost my sense of smell. Now it is difficult for me to tell if leftovers are still good. I think I'll combine both methods to help keep track of this stuff.

One trick I learned many years ago from a friend who had no sense of smell (this was before I lost mine) was to always keep a cat. He would go to the animal shelter and pick out the homeliest kitten they had and feed it mostly table scraps. Then when in doubt about any food he'd just give some to the (very unpicky) cat. If she'd eat it he would too. I do this some now but my cat is spoiled rotten so it is a less reliable test with her. If she's less than impressed with something she'll just turn up her nose and wait for something she likes better.


Post By Deb (Guest Post) (08/16/2004)
This is a church idea that works at home too. Keep a roll/pkg of small labels in the fridge, and put a dated label on every package, jar, container etc that you put in. Little extra work, but no food poisoning!


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