How to tell when it's time to clean the fridge

[superninjaadmin]

or wrecked, anyway-- by the time you pry them out with a kitchen knife.      



MEAT - If opening the refrigerator door causes stray animals from a three-block radius to congregate outside, the meat is spoiled.      :  



LETTUCE - Bibb lettuce is spoiled when you can't get it off the bottom of the vegetable crisper without Comet.    



CANNED GOODS - Any canned goods that have become the size or shape of a basketball should be disposed of - carefully.    



CARROTS - A carrot that you can tie a clove hitch in is not fresh.    



WINE - It should not taste like salad dressing.      



POTATOES - Fresh potatoes do not have roots, branches, or dense, leafy undergrowth.    



CHIP DIP - If you can take it out of its container and bounce it on the floor, it has gone bad.      :  



GENERAL RULE OF THUMB: Most food cannot be kept longer than the average life span of a hamster.  Keep a hamster in your refrigerator to gauge this.  

 

[radaro]

I'm sending this to our facilities manager who, last week, had the unenviable job of cleaning out all the fridges in our building.  YUCK!

[countrigal]

I think this has to be posted on my refrigerator!  Wonder if that'll work as a hint for hubby?..  



addition to Dairy products (or correction):

regular cheese is bad when it turns green, unless it's a strange foreign brand.