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Do you keep your ketchup and mustard in the fridge or pantry?

 
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Do you keep your ketchup and mustard in the fridge or pantry?

Growing up my mom kept the ketchup in the pantry.  Dear hubby's family kept the ketchup in the fridge.  I asked him why take up space the in fridge.

We quit buying ketchup and now only buy Chili Sauce.  It has a permanent spot on the table.

Mustard is also not kept in the fridge.

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Wait, ketchup and mustard doesn't have to be refrigerated?

Huh...

I have something to read up on!
 
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Yeah, that's news to me, too! We keep it in the fridge but we also don't use it up very quickly. I can see how in a diner, those condiments on every table would be OK being left out because they'd be cycled through so regularly.
 
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We also put the Chili Sauce in the pantry along with hot sauce.

Ours are store bought so I think homemade might need to go into the fridge.
 
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Seldom do they see the inside of a fridge.  Very much like salt and pepper, they sit on the island within easy reach.
 
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I was taught that they can be in the pantry until they're opened and then they need to be refrigerated.  Is that wrong?  Can they stay out even when opened?  When they're unopened we keep them in the cupboard, and they go to the fridge once they're opened.
 
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I don't feel there is a right or wrong.  It is just how it is done.
 
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We haven't had either ketchup or mustard in the house since our boys left home but back then they were stored in the refrigerator once opened....and back even further no refigerator, no ketchup unless company brought some.

Growing up mom kept it in the refrigerator but the only thing it got used for was topping her meatloaf ....the jar of mustard was in there also, for dad's balonie(sp?) sandwiches🫤
 
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