Re: [CH] refrigeration

Jim Campbell (mwph2hot@indy.net)
Fri, 06 Feb 1998 19:00:28 +0000

The admonition to 'refrigerate after opening' is often offered under the guise 
of 'better safe than sorry', rather than a strict necessity.  As a sauce maker I 
too, put that on the label just as a good hygenic precaution.  I know the 
temperature of someones' refirgerator but not someones' kitchen cabinet.  
Most (not 'all') sauces ARE plenty stable enough to be left out though they 
might discolor a bit.  I routinely keep my sauces (and others) out of 
refrigeration for years without the first bit of trouble.  Just to be safe 
though, I'm going to tell you to refrigerate given this litigiuos society.  In 
the fire service we say 'you can never be wrong for calling, you can only be 
wrong for not calling'.  

-Jim Campbell
http://www.wildpepper.com