You may ask yourself, "How did this get here?"

[cjsmith]

I just cleared out the fridge. It was appalling.

I'm one of those people whose refrigerators are ruled by guilt. I throw a party and carefully store the remaining third of a bottle of ranch dressing that didn't fit on the veggies plate, because pitching it would be wasteful. I take a failed cooking experiment and put it into Tupperware anyway, guilting myself into believing I will someday be hungry enough to eat it.

Then I open the fridge and see all this stuff I don't want to eat. Reminder! My Cooking Sucks! Reminder! Eat This Before It Develops A New Civilization! Gee, that's appetizing. Maybe it's time for a run to the grocery store, to get something I do want to eat? But the fridge is full...

Gone now. All gone.

At that, it isn't even a complete sweep. We still own soft drinks, which is ludicrous given that neither of us has touched that sort of stuff in years. We still own six distinct and separate jars of mustard. But anything we would neither eat nor give to someone else is history.

I'm surprised at how good it feels to look in there now.

Comments

[apparentparadox]

We had the remainder of a six-pack of beer in our fridge for about 4 years -- a remnant from when my brother-in-law was visiting. I know how you feel!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I think my mother is the only human being in the world who drinks Diet Pepsi. (Er, wait. Is Corey a diet Pepsi or diet Coke drinker?) Anyway, every time she's over we get a bunch of that stuff, and there's always a can or three left afterward.

And then there's the Sam Adams from the last party...

Yeah. *nod* That.

[apparentparadox]

I think that Corey & Carla are both Coke people (diet by preference).

[nosrednayduj]

So, have Rob bring all your soda to one of Jane's dances. Getting rid of soda is easy if you have a big enough crowd. Please don't bring the beer, though :-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Square dancers will eat ANYTHING! ;-)

(That's handy for baking. I like to bake, but I don't like to eat an entire pie or batch of brownies myself!)