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??!! / Chow Poll: Which Is Grosser?
Posted by Lindy West on Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Ketchup water?
Or milk crust?
Please advise.
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Both look like they could be found in the crotch of a pair of panties.
Great, now I'm hungry. Thanks, Lindy.
Great, now I'm hungry. Thanks, Lindy.
5
Milk crust. Just shake the ketchup bottle.
Speaking of milk grossness... I have an ongoing debate with the significant other about the "sell by" date on milk. He doesn't drink it after that date. I say it's good for a week after that date (or, obviously, if it smells bad, earlier). Another poll?
Speaking of milk grossness... I have an ongoing debate with the significant other about the "sell by" date on milk. He doesn't drink it after that date. I say it's good for a week after that date (or, obviously, if it smells bad, earlier). Another poll?
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If you said "ketchup crust", I'd be all over that one. But, milk crust is worse than dumb ol' ketchup water. Especially when it's slightly green.
10
@5,
When the lumps no longer fit through the opening, that's when it's time to stop drinking the milk.
I have another poll... who refrigerates their ketchup? I've never done it.
When the lumps no longer fit through the opening, that's when it's time to stop drinking the milk.
I have another poll... who refrigerates their ketchup? I've never done it.
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Milk crust. Milk in general is gross. Although most other dairy products, such as ice cream, yogurt and cheese, are yummy. But a crusty version of any of those is gross.
12
Milk crust is WAY more gross! Ketchup crust is kinda gross, but less so than milk crust. And I have a giant bottle of ketchup and don't use very much, so I refrigerate.
15
I almost threw up in my mouth a little. Which, in fact, is the grossest.
Thanks for a spectacularly gross return to work after lunch.
Thanks for a spectacularly gross return to work after lunch.
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As a kid I learned the deliciousness of (unrefrigerated) ketchup crust one day when normal snack foods were nowhere to be found.
21
Milk crust gets my vote. For something really interesting see if you can find a box of oatmeal that has been on the shelf for about three years untouched. When open it there is a small zoo of tiny critters slithering around.
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@10 Ketchup gets refrigerated in my house. Supposedly regular yellow mustard does not have to be, but I do it anyways.
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Shouldn't it be Ketchup "Crud"? (or Tomato Paste, as mom called it before stirring it in from toothpick to sauce.) Ketchup never dries out enough, really, to crust out.
28
milk is way more gross than ketchup ( i have a friend that calls it cow pus). gives me the willies just thinking about drinking a glass of it..
although now that i think of it a glass of ketchup might be grosser..
but milk crust ?
shivers
although now that i think of it a glass of ketchup might be grosser..
but milk crust ?
shivers
29
Neither. Brush away the crust, shake the ketchup. Problems solved.
@5 It goes bad when it starts to smell/get lumpy. Usually the "use by" date is about a week after the "sell by" date, but frankly, it doesn't automatically go bad on any one day or a week after any one day; some milk lasts longer than others. I usually throw milk out on the expiration date, but unless it's lumpy and smelly I don't think it's a big deal.
@10 I always refrigerate ketchup. I don't know if it makes much of a difference, but I always assumed you were supposed to. On a slightly different note, my girlfriend refrigerates peanut butter after opening, but I never have and thought it was weird. Do other people do that too? What are other things that some people refrigerate and others don't?
@5 It goes bad when it starts to smell/get lumpy. Usually the "use by" date is about a week after the "sell by" date, but frankly, it doesn't automatically go bad on any one day or a week after any one day; some milk lasts longer than others. I usually throw milk out on the expiration date, but unless it's lumpy and smelly I don't think it's a big deal.
@10 I always refrigerate ketchup. I don't know if it makes much of a difference, but I always assumed you were supposed to. On a slightly different note, my girlfriend refrigerates peanut butter after opening, but I never have and thought it was weird. Do other people do that too? What are other things that some people refrigerate and others don't?
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Also, all my previous [serious] girlfriends have hated milk, but I love it. Have I just had weird luck with girls or is there a lot more people who hate milk than I think, and do more girls hate milk than guys?
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I refrigerate "natural" peanut or almond butter (the kind with oil that you need to stir). But, if you have something like Jif or Skippy, refrigerating it just makes it hard and impossible to spread. Plus, it's unnecessary.
33
Not only do I not refrigerate ketchup, I also leave out mustard, hot sauce, and butter.
People always freak when they see that I leave butter at room temp for some reason, but it's the only way to keep it soft.
I've left it out for months sometimes and still eaten it and as far as I know, nothing bad's happened.
People always freak when they see that I leave butter at room temp for some reason, but it's the only way to keep it soft.
I've left it out for months sometimes and still eaten it and as far as I know, nothing bad's happened.
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Yeah, milk is gross to begin with, which is why milk crust is the clear winner.
Seriously, it's cow body fluids. If cow spit tasted good with cookies, would you drink it? Bleh.
Seriously, it's cow body fluids. If cow spit tasted good with cookies, would you drink it? Bleh.
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What the fuck is wrong with all of you people?!
Ketchup water! By far! You hardly even notice milk crust unless you go searching for it. But ketchup water. Gross. Ick. Ick ick ick. It just fuckin' sits there and then you shake it up and eat it anyway? Nasty.
Ketchup water! By far! You hardly even notice milk crust unless you go searching for it. But ketchup water. Gross. Ick. Ick ick ick. It just fuckin' sits there and then you shake it up and eat it anyway? Nasty.
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And on the fridge front:
Do not refridgerate my peanut butter or my parm cheese either. Didn't know this was the norm until this year.
How are you supposed to spread frozen peanut butter? What the hell.
Do not refridgerate my peanut butter or my parm cheese either. Didn't know this was the norm until this year.
How are you supposed to spread frozen peanut butter? What the hell.
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i don't want ketchup juice absorbed back into my ketchup. at least with milk flakes, i don't have to integrate them to use what remains of the original product.
both are nasty when they catch you off-guard. but even though the surprise milk crust is gross (experienced most often when drinking straight from the bottle) it's not as off putting as having ketchup water ruin the bread -- and it really has the power to instantly turn bread soggy.
both are nasty when they catch you off-guard. but even though the surprise milk crust is gross (experienced most often when drinking straight from the bottle) it's not as off putting as having ketchup water ruin the bread -- and it really has the power to instantly turn bread soggy.
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Milk crust because for those of us who drink straight out the carton, they get on your lips =X
yeah, ketchup water can be shaken up.
yeah, ketchup water can be shaken up.
42
definitely the ketchup, on principle. That type of tomato product always makes me retch a little, even when it's "fresh."
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The ketchup water is grosser because it will land on your food before you can stop it, but milk crust rarely falls in the glass.
44
I can't believe so many of you don't refridgerate stuff. put your peanut butter, katsup, eggs, milk, mustard, mayonaise, soy sauce, tabasco, franks red hot, butter, bagles, bread, -- all of it -- in the fridge! Otherwise you're putting the health of your potential house guests in danger!
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@33 I agree with you on the butter-softening technique! But I had an argument with a roommate once about whether or not it would ever go bad. We left some butter out on a dish for about 3 months, and it did turn rancid. Eventually.
Lindy - both of these things make me laugh! not gross.
Ketchup, Hot Sauce, & Mustard: I refrigerate. Peanut Butter: not. Maple Syrup: didn't used to refrigerate, but now I do.
Lindy - both of these things make me laugh! not gross.
Ketchup, Hot Sauce, & Mustard: I refrigerate. Peanut Butter: not. Maple Syrup: didn't used to refrigerate, but now I do.
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Milk crust.
Human tallow at least can be used in dark rituals.
Or for when the high winds knock out the power tonight.
Human tallow at least can be used in dark rituals.
Or for when the high winds knock out the power tonight.
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Bread goes stale almost immediately in the fridge. When it's really hot you have to refrigerate it because it goes moldy even faster out of it, but this time of year there is no reason to refrigerate bread. Butter, likewise, lasts a long time on the counter in this weather. Things like ketchup are probably best refrigerated but they are so full of sugar they won't mold for a long time out of it. Soy sauce? Soy sauce isn't going to go bad if left out for a hundred years. Likewise Tabasco or any kind of vinegar product like that.
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It's funny 'cause if you take the ketchup water and add it to the milk crust, it would look exactly like the dump I just took.
Thanks Papa Johns.
Thanks Papa Johns.
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@28: An old high school friend (who actually lives in the Seattle area) called milk "cow pus." I laugh whenever I think of it (while puking, of course).
HIgh school friend's mom taught me that real butter stays fresh-tasting at room temp for the week or two it takes to finish the stick, but margarine with all its chemically engineered fats goes rancid almost immediately.
Maple syrup grows green furry mold on top at room temp.
It's really only plastic milk jugs with friction-fit or screw caps that have milk crust. Cardboard cartons stay clean (unless the pour spout gets all chewed up). Milk in glass bottles from good dairies is dee-licious!
HIgh school friend's mom taught me that real butter stays fresh-tasting at room temp for the week or two it takes to finish the stick, but margarine with all its chemically engineered fats goes rancid almost immediately.
Maple syrup grows green furry mold on top at room temp.
It's really only plastic milk jugs with friction-fit or screw caps that have milk crust. Cardboard cartons stay clean (unless the pour spout gets all chewed up). Milk in glass bottles from good dairies is dee-licious!
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Neither is gross. Ketchup water you just shake back into the ketchup. Milk crust is just powdered milk, and it's easily brushed off. Drinking out of the carton, unless you're the last one to use that milk, however, is gross. Shame on you!
I don't refrigerate cooking oil, olive oil, or honey. (I would refrigerate cooking oil, but my partner insists on keeping it in the cupboard, and we haven't died yet). I keep bread out for a day or two and then slice it & freeze it. I keep butter out (covered) but usually manage to use it up in a few days. Everything else mentioned above I refrigerate.
Oh yeah, and I'm a girl who loves milk. Mmmm....
I don't refrigerate cooking oil, olive oil, or honey. (I would refrigerate cooking oil, but my partner insists on keeping it in the cupboard, and we haven't died yet). I keep bread out for a day or two and then slice it & freeze it. I keep butter out (covered) but usually manage to use it up in a few days. Everything else mentioned above I refrigerate.
Oh yeah, and I'm a girl who loves milk. Mmmm....
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I always heard that milk starts to smell bad long before it can make you sick. So I keep using it as long as it smells OK, sell-by date be damned.
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Milk Crust = Vomiting to the 10th power
Milk in general for me (a girl) is pretty disgusting and according to my parents and friends I have a cast-iron stomach. I think it's the level of fat content that does it for me. 2% is okay on a good day. As for the freshness of the milk, I say use it by the sell by date. I am very attuned to smells and most milk that I buy smells a little "off" come sell by time. The smell alone is enough to make me throw the hell up.
As for ketchup, mustard, and honey I have and have not refridgerated it at times. I've never refridgerated peanut butter or oil.
@49. It's true. Margarine has a lot of crap in it that breaks down really fast if it's not kept cool, butter can last days (i've never eaten anything left out over a week, so I don't know about 3mos.)
Milk in general for me (a girl) is pretty disgusting and according to my parents and friends I have a cast-iron stomach. I think it's the level of fat content that does it for me. 2% is okay on a good day. As for the freshness of the milk, I say use it by the sell by date. I am very attuned to smells and most milk that I buy smells a little "off" come sell by time. The smell alone is enough to make me throw the hell up.
As for ketchup, mustard, and honey I have and have not refridgerated it at times. I've never refridgerated peanut butter or oil.
@49. It's true. Margarine has a lot of crap in it that breaks down really fast if it's not kept cool, butter can last days (i've never eaten anything left out over a week, so I don't know about 3mos.)
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