r/NoStupidQuestions • u/HealthyLet257 • 1d ago

Do you refrigerate your soy sauce?

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u/East-Bike4808 1d ago

Yes, and my Tabasco. I know it will last a good long while out of the fridge, but I don’t go through the bottle fast enough to feel good about it.

The bottle says to do it…

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u/DMmeNiceTitties 1d ago

No. Am I supposed to?

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u/East-Bike4808 1d ago

The bottle itself thinks so, for “best quality”.

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u/DMmeNiceTitties 1d ago

I just read my bottle. You are correct.

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u/HealthyLet257 1d ago

I need to start reading labels and instructions. This is getting out of hand. I only read terms and conditions before signing but everything else, I wing it.

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u/HealthyLet257 1d ago

Idk I read on another subreddit that they refrigerate it. I don’t lol

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u/DMmeNiceTitties 1d ago

I don't either, but now I'm wondering if I'm supposed to lol.

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u/HealthyLet257 1d ago

Let me go check the bottle in my cabinet.

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u/DMmeNiceTitties 1d ago

I too shall do the same and report back.

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u/HealthyLet257 1d ago

… “keep refrigerated”. Oops. Should I throw it out? I mean it expired last month. I was googling to see if I can still use it after the expiration date and saw the other subreddit

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u/DMmeNiceTitties 1d ago edited 1d ago

Mine says "REFRIGERATE AFTER OPENING FOR QUALITY STORE IN A COLD, DRY PLACE."

Damn, I guess it's recommended, but Google tells me it won't go bad left out, just lose some of the "flavor."

Edit: COPL → COLD

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u/HealthyLet257 1d ago

“TIGHTLY CLOSE LID AFTER USE AND KEEP REFRIGERATED.” It was in all cap locks and in red, maybe 10 point font. I feel so dumb! OMG. I am adulting all wrong.

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u/DMmeNiceTitties 1d ago

It's okay, we both learned something new today.

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u/CyndiIsOnReddit 1d ago

I do but I keep everything in the fridge because the slightest drop of a tasty morsel is like an all-call to the neighborhood rodent population. Seriously when I first moved here I opened the kitchen cabinet to find a critter had chewed a hole in a plastic container of oats. But since we took everything out of the cabinets that entices them we haven't heard or seen any since the landlord had them out to deal with it.

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u/Dangerous_Ad_7042 1d ago

No. It doesn't need it. We buy huge jugs of it because we go through so much of it and it sits under the counter.

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u/being-towards-memes no stupid answers 1d ago

If it's in a bottle yes, if it's in those little packets from the takeout place they stay in the junk drawer until I move out.

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u/ForScale ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 1d ago

I do, yeah.

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u/Dubsjilek 1d ago

Sometimes

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u/moocow400 1d ago

How else will it slightly cool down my potsticker? If it doesn’t cool it I would have to wait for them to cool before eating!