What's the oldest thing you've found in a refrigerator

[rgrugg]

And it can't be spoiled. In the fall of 1953 when I was a senior in high school, my mom baked a fruitcake. No one in our family was big on fruitcakes. She wrapped it in foil and would cut a sliver off from time to time. When she died in November of 1985 there was still a small piece of that fruitcake, still wrapped in foil. It was not rotten, not moldy, but it was VERY DRY. When we cleaned out her fridge we found it and threw it away without sampling it. True story.

[cpaharley2008]

I hope there was no connection between the two events??
I know ice turns white when old in the freezer, but the refer, was it the same unit over 32 years? Wow..

[Francesca Knowles]

Only the fridge, or can there be freezer entries?

I have a piece of my wedding cake in the freezer, and my 25th anniversary is coming up soon....

Francesca

P.S.

The cake is stored near the dead bat that's been in there since 2009...I'll save that story for a "weirdest thing in the fridge" thread.

F.

[Donna D.]

Well shoot, pre-hack we had a loooooong fruitcake thread going, but it was killed along with the looooooong Okra thread. Your story would fit right in Bob!

But the only old stuff in my refrigerator are old condiments that I forget about. How long does mustard last anyway?

[Alf S.]

Hi: rgrugg... The oldest thing in our refrigerator is the "Duplex action Refrigerator" itself!!! I have some very old glassware and some single malt Scotch. Unfortunately the 40 yr. old Bourbon seems to have sipped away.
Alf S. North shore of Lake Erie

[David Tilston]

Originally Posted by Alf S.

Hi: rgrugg... The oldest thing in our refrigerator is the "Duplex action Refrigerator" itself!!!

Duplex? Propane and electric?

[Alf S.]

Originally Posted by David Tilston

Duplex? Propane and electric?

Hi: David Tilston... Duplex = Warm air rises...cold air falls!!! No flame and no plug.
Alf S. North shore of Lake Erie

[john warren]

um,,,,does mold count?

[Alf S.]

Originally Posted by john warren

um,,,,does mold count?

Hi: john warren... Yes... If it's in Blue Cheese!!!
Alf S. North shore of Lake Erie

[monB]

Well, if a freezer counts, my step-father's fingers in a jar in the freezer. Not ALL of them.

My step-father would find SOME way/reason to stick his hand under the lawnmower and cut off bits of his fingers every summer. We'd see him running toward the house and mom would yell, "Grab a sheet, he's done it again!" The next thing we'd hear from her was, "Find the pieces!"

So, we kids woud look, quickly, for whatever pieces we could find so the doctors at the local ER could put bits of him together...again.

I don't know if it was because we didn't like him, because we were OCD, or just because we were kids, we'd keep looking for pieces after they left for the hospital. Then, we'd give those pieces to mom when she got home. She'd put them in a jar in the freezer just so she could shake them in front of our stepfather every spring and remind him NOT to stick parts UNDER the lawnmower. It never seemed to have worked.

Stepfather died long after I left home and after several years, mom decided to sell the house. Cleaning out the enormous chest freezer, mom found half pint jar in the bottom...with finger parts in it.

Mom was in a quandry...he was already dead and buried, so she just couldn't stick his fingers in somewhere with him. She couldn't toss them in the trash, either.

Truth is, I have no idea what happened to them, I only know that when mom died, we didn't find any spare fingers.

Mon

[Francesca Knowles]

Originally Posted by Alf S.

Duplex = Warm air rises...cold air falls!!!
Alf S. North shore of Lake Erie

So...it's an "Icebox"!!!!

If that's the honest-to-Pete mfr.s explanation of the "Duplex" name, it's got to be one of the first, best examples of American Ingenuity in Advertising!

Francesca

[David Tilston]

Originally Posted by Francesca Knowles

So...it's an "Icebox"!!!!

If that's the honest-to-Pete mfr.s explanation of the "Duplex" name, it's got to be one of the first, best examples of American Ingenuity in Advertising!

Francesca

Antique spin.

[Roger C H]

When we were married, we heard that it was romantic to save a piece of wedding cake in the freezer to eat on your first anniversary. So we tried it. Unfortunately, our refrigerator at the time didn't have a 'deep freeze' it was only the cold coils in the upper part of the refrigerator. Needless to say, after one year, that cake wasn't fit to eat and was tossed.

[Francesca Knowles]

Originally Posted by Roger C H

When we were married, we heard that it was romantic to save a piece of wedding cake in the freezer to eat on your first anniversary. So we tried it. Unfortunately, our refrigerator at the time didn't have a 'deep freeze' it was only the cold coils in the upper part of the refrigerator. Needless to say, after one year, that cake wasn't fit to eat and was tossed.

We saved ours for more practical purposes: Whoever files for divorce first has to eat that piece of cake.

It's the glue that's held our marriage together for 25 years so far!

Francesca, Incurable Romantic

[Frederick L. Simson]

Originally Posted by monB

Well, if a freezer counts, my step-father's fingers in a jar in the freezer...
Stepfather died long after I left home and after several years, mom decided to sell the house. Cleaning out the enormous chest freezer, mom found half pint jar in the bottom...with finger parts in it.

I think we have a Winner!!!

[james kent]

44 years later we STILL have the flowers, made of icing, from our wedding cake in the fridge. It's survived three fridges and two houses. I don't think that either one of us want to toss it out yet.

[Carol H]

Originally Posted by Frederick L. Simson

I think we have a Winner!!!

Yup it might be a bit hard to bet!!

[Ice-breaker]

What is the oldest thing you found in your refrigerator?

Came home late one night and found great grandma in the fridge searching for a mid-night snack. Does that count?