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Hot take: I just threw out $30 worth of fancy sauces I never used
Honestly, I got caught up in a cooking video hype and bought all these small batch hot sauces and weird mustards. They sat in my fridge door for like eight months, taking up space. I finally checked the dates and had to toss them all, which felt like such a waste. Has anyone else fallen for buying a special ingredient for just one recipe and then never touched it again?
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the_blair5mo ago
My fridge had a whole shelf of those fancy chili oils and truffle salts, a solid $40 worth of stuff I bought on a whim. I used to think having them made me a better cook, but @gibson.mark is right, it's just expensive clutter. Now I force myself to use any special sauce within two weeks or it gets donated. It stopped me from buying more just because some chef online said it was life changing.
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piperr585mo ago
My husband bought a fancy mustard that sat in the door for two years. We finally tried it on a sandwich and it tasted exactly like the cheap yellow kind. Sometimes the special stuff isn't special at all.
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gibson.mark5mo ago
Tbh I read an article that said the average home has like $50 of expired condiments in the fridge. Made me feel a bit better about my own sauce graveyard.
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