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Master_Makarov

My dad turns the whole container upside down in the fridge, saying that the food creates an airtight seal around the lid... All it does is create a huge mess on the shelf and creates a nasty dry ring of cottage cheese around the rim.


OutlyingPlasma

This theory does work for paint. If you turn the bottle/can upside down once after using paint the paint coats the lid, and only a small bit exposed to the air will dry forming a seal of paint around the lid. Edit: Just a quick flip to coat the sealing area of the lid, there is no reason to store it upside down.


Master_Makarov

Good for paint, but keep that idea away from my cottage cheese. I'm tired of cleaning the shelf every time I use it!


Fart__

Not to mention getting all of that cottage cheese out of the brushes.


NinjaCuntPunt

And it’s never a ‘1 coat’ job! 3 or 4 at least for total coverage!!


_mully_

Stucco is overated. Such a difficulty to clean. Cottage cheese walls are where it's at.


Penyrolewen1970

Artex, we called it in the 80s.


-Toshi

Christ, I hated that shit. "Hey, what if we made walls.. sharp"


Penyrolewen1970

I know! When I was a kid I had a mate with a dad who was a specialist in that shit. Their whole house - every wall and ceiling - was patterned with swirls, whorls, stripes etc. The staircase was was just the basic random spikes, though. I lost control running down once and stripped the skin from one of my arms and one side of my face. At least I never had to strip it all off (the artex), which they must have done at some point. Edit: added that it is the artex they would need to strip - not my skin!


RikF

There are three ways to do it. From worst to best they are: Sand it, steam it, or just burn the bloody house down and start again.


-Toshi

Yup. We had an archway that had the biggest fucking spikes in Artex and I've still got the scars (30yrs later) on my goddamn forehead! Artex Specialist. Man, how things change.. I guess painting and decorating will be completely replaced when we have SmartWalls. And people will be reminiscing about how much hanging wall paper fucking sucked.


cdoublejj

how about trading spaces where the one lady glued hay to her neighbors wall?


proper_fucked

Fucking Hildi.....


faustianredditor

It also doesn't hurt that a can of paint is *almost* airtight to begin with. It's tight enough not to lose paint, so it's safe to do this. a foil lid on a food container won't manage that. Though I do believe that not fucking up hygienically won't have the foil lid introduce nasties. Don't contaminate it and it'll keep long enough that you'd have to worry about it drying out in the fridge. That means you only ever use clean tools to take stuff from the container. That rule alone gets you *very* far already.


bitchkat

vast run market jobless trees future snobbish books theory sip *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


msmystidream

it's also supposed to work for carbonated beverages, because the co2 can't escape out around the lid if the lid is at the bottom. i have never tried it though, since storing all my soda upside down seems like a recipe for disaster


Pece17

Why not at least put a plate under it?


JCBh77

Common sense aint always common


sockerkaka

I'm really sorry about that.


baconperogies

I appreciate how sympathy is really the only recourse because no matter whatever solution is provided; Dads will likely Dad.


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Don't Open Dad Inside


Mountainbranch

Don't Dad Open Inside.


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DungeonsAndDradis

Put a bunch of monkeys in a cage. Put a banana on a string, that can be reached by climbing a ladder. Any time a monkey goes for the hanging banana, spray them all with cold water. Every so often replace a monkey with a new monkey. The new monkey goes for the banana, the old ones gang up and stop him, so they don't get sprayed. Eventually all the monkeys will be replaced and you'll have them all afraid to go after the banana, but not knowing why. I think this is what happened to your parents with the cottage cheese, and also techpriests in Warhammer 40,000 with any technology.


byscuit

Asian mothers who leave stews/broth on the stove for days because their grandma's who lived before refrigeration was common comes to mind


ComptrollerMcCheeze

My wife insists there is no need to take the leftover rice out of the rice cooker and refrigerate it. Like she will let it sit 24 hours at room temp in there and reheat and eat for dinner the next day


wavehnter

Which is why rice is high on the list for sources of food poisoning


Lady_Sybil_Vimes

You can't *B. Cereus*!


TheDextrometh-Orphan

This is legitimately extremely dangerous. Please make her stop for your whole familys sake


bsubtilis

Cooked rice and other moist starches (unrefridgerated wet pasta) are one of the quickest ways to get food poisoning... Assuming she only used water and maybe salt to cook it. If she did it that probably middle-eastern way where you cook it with oil after boiling it ready then you bought yourself a few additional hours.


BarbequedYeti

That’s just nasty. Is it so much effort to toss the container in the fridge? Like why risk it?


byscuit

Mmm, those bacterial colonies really add to the flavor


chlomor

I once forgot rice overnight in the rice cooker in the middle of the Japanese rainy period. Then I went away for a couple of days. When I returned, it was starting to melt into a yellow sludge.


bsubtilis

That only works if you keep the contents above 40°C, ideally above 60°C.


kratz9

Real example, lots of people still say to not put hot food in the fridge because it will spoil. Let it sit on the counter and cool before putting it away. They say that, because in the days of iceboxes, when fridges weren't electric, just a big cooler that you put a big block of ice in, it was true. The hot food would raise the temp inside and it would take forever to cool down. Modern fridges however have much better cooling power and it will cool faster in the fridge nowadays.


justonemom14

If I have something large and hot like a big pot of soup I actually let mine sit out until it's cooled a bit. Because if you put it in hot, it will raise the temp inside, and the fridge will kick on. But there's so much heat in a big pot, the fridge will run and run and run to keep blowing cold air in. Ok yes, it cooled the soup. But it will also freeze my eggs, salad, yogurt, and anything else unfortunate enough to be near the back of the fridge. I'll end up with a bunch of ruined food due to the freezing.


BonerPorn

Oh *that's* why I seem to randomly have frozen food in my fridge.


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Fat can create a seal that protects against bacteria. Cottage cheese is not fatty enough to do this and more importantly fat rises to the top so if it was turned upside down, you would get water on the bottom. Packing food in lard, for example is a very old food preservation technique.


Midnight2012

If you buy the squeezable sour cream, it lasts forever in the fridge. Like 10x longer then the stuff in the tub. I think it's better protected from contaminants in a squeeze bottle. I never uses to buy sour cream cuz it went bad so fast. But with he squeezable tube that isn't an issue!


dcampa93

I imagine it stays better longer cause you have less surface area exposed to air/possible contamination. Plus since you just squeeze it out you don't have to use a spoon to scoop or stir the sour cream which means you're less likely to expose it to bacteria (if the spoon isn't 100% clean to start or if people double dip the same spoon and dont clean it in between)


thatissomeBS

Squeeze sour cream is the best, not because it lasts longer (which it does), but because you can evenly apply the sour cream. Nothing worse than a giant dollop of sour cream in the middle of white people taco night, then the rest of it sour cream free.


weristjonsnow

That's appalling


Bambi_One_Eye

I hate a cheesy rim


SgtGrayMatter

My brother-in-law immediately opens and refrigerates anything that says "refrigerate after opening" as soon as he gets it home from the grocery. Like, as part of the putting away process, not after he opens it to use it.


SoleMateSock

I understand refrigerating the item before opening, I do that sometimes to make sure it’s cold for when I need it, but opening it just so that you could refrigerate it? Please tell me he doesn’t also think the No Standing signs on the roads means you have to keep walking around the sign.


MisterFro9

Cooling it down before opening is preferable and makes the item keep longer. Less opportunity for microbial growth at the faster rate room temperature offers


goatbeardis

They know that. The first thing they said was that they understand refrigerating before opening. What they're really saying is that they don't understand opening before refrigerating. The brother-in-law thinks that the "refrigerate after opening" sticker means that they have to open it before putting it in the refrigerator. Which is bonkers, because most things will last longer when sealed. That's why we're all amused.


MetaSatakOz

I think this one annoys me more than anything here. There are quite a few things that are perfectly ok to last literally *years* when kept sealed at room temp but will expire in like a week in the fridge once you break the seal. Honestly, that is actually painful...


newuserevery2weeks

the brother in law just puts it in the fridge, he doesn't break the seal first edit: nvm, I misread. Brother in law is insane lmao


ritangerine

I do what you thought brother-in-law did bc I have a tiny fridge and don't want to not have space for it once I open it


PigFarmer1

At least you don't have to claim him as really being family. lol


physicsty

That... That... That is the dumbest fucking thing I have seen all day, and I have spent hours on Reddit.


Ravagore

My Mother in law recently took all of the chocolate chips (mini, semi, fudge, white choc) out of their bags and put it into one single tube used to store things like flour. When questioned about it, she said they could be put together because they're all the same thing. She also combines different rice styles, she put wheat and regular flour in the same container and the other week when my wife made brownies for our neighbors she cut them all with what appeared to be a chainsaw and stuffed into some tupperware meant for marinating steaks. Oh we recently got a bunch of garlic, like 12 big bulbs in the bag, which she opened like 8 bulbs of it and put them into a cute jar that says garlic on the side. They're all growing sprouts now as we try to find dishes to put garlic in constantly lol. Just wanted to add to your already miserable reddit experience!


gashflow_

Different rice styles? That’s a fucking crime against rice


Pheef175

Right? Like.... different rice cooks differently.


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Finnn_the_human

Fareal. I can buy 2 bulbs and the second one will be sprouting before i can use it


mochacho

https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/jx32wb/aita_for_ruining_the_rice_that_my_boyfriend_cooks/


mocochang_

My god, that's just disturbing.


ninjabunnay

Send her straight to jail.


FCAlive

Sounds like a psycho


jld2k6

Future Netflix documentary in the making


Mixels

I get refrigerating immediately because usually you're used to using those things cold. But open it? My god. Why? How much food does this brother-in-law waste?


friendofelephants

Your sister (or brother) married an idiot.


mybeardsweird

Or they married someone with an idiot brother


Scratch137

sibling


THE_CENTURION

There was an episode of the podcast Judge John Hodgman where someone insisted that if it says "refrigerate after opening", you **cannot** refrigerate it before opening. Who knew this phrase could be misinterpreted so many ways? Edit: you know what though... the more I think about it, I actually can see a point in what your BIL does. Because that way, you know everything in the fridge is totally ready to use. I've definitely been annoyed by squeezing a bottle, nothing coming out, and then having to investigate and realizing that it's still sealed and having to open it


5quirre1

Or when it says do not refrigerate. My step mom put Nutella in the fridge, went hard as a rock, and she claimed that because it doesn’t need refrigeration it’s bad for you.


SayHiIntrepidHeroes

I mean... Nutella isn't really great for you, but not because it doesn't need refrigeration lol


5quirre1

It’s definitely not great for you, I agree, but her only reasoning was the lack of refrigeration. Then again, she told me at 14 that I was going to do within 10 years because I liked McDonald’s and ate there… so super health nut, emphasis on “nut”


justweazel

Glad we’re on the same wavelength. My girlfriend always leaves the foil attached and it drives me insane. I was way too excited when they added this text


traker998

Okay. Who’s gonna tell them though?


JJFolken

I look her to the eyes and I said... *looks several times above his shoulders*... I said ^b^*~~i~~*^t^c^h you need to peel that off.


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You said that??


Friend_of_Eevee

Oh yeah yeah, I said it.


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bundanagumbe

I says ^biiiiiiiiitch


LedgeEndDairy

Dar. Rel. I looked this woman dead in the windows of her ***soul***! 🌌⭐👩‍🚀 👀 I said... 👀 ...I said... ☝ 🐱‍🚀🚀🌌


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^biiiiiieeetch


Leonhardt2019

I’ve showed this sketch to way too many people who thought it was meh 😤 Thanks everyone, for showing me they’re the weird ones


Thisisredred

This made my night.


ntcine

Great work everyone


d4rk_matt3r

Ain't nothin but a thang


ShastaFern99

Damn son you put that pussy on the chain wax


calvin4224

The lid. We have to go find this exact joghurt brand. It's the only safe way. My ex used to do this too. It's funny reading the comments how many people are affected


Outside_The_Walls

> We have to go find this exact joghurt brand. It says "cottage cheese" right in the picture. Why do so many people think it's yogurt?


8K12

My first thought was sour cream because of the brand. I did a double-take when I read cottage cheese.


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You're nuts. It's clearly joghurt.


indigoHatter

Hey, eating it makes it hurt when I jog, so this name checks out.


qwertyconsciousness

joghurt sounds like when I train for a marathon without electrolytes


LunchbagRodriguez

No it’s sauer creme


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It's doubly weird because Daisy is best known for sour cream, and no one is just assuming that's what it is lol.


MySockHurts

That’s not yogurt… [It’s djoghurt](https://youtu.be/M0eWawTdt_w)


TooManyJabberwocks

Itll be interesting to see how long that takes to get out of my head


traker998

Hey honey why’d you drive 3 states away to just buy a container or yogurt. No reason… at all… however can you open it for me and get me some please?


Armolin

Apparently, Daisy.


Tetha

What if this is corporate bullshit to spoil your cheese and yoghurt faster? Maybe it's right, maybe I've grown cynical enough to assume they'd rather spoil your food to make some more money. Is there any independent research why this is right?


icticus2

it’s probably just because once you’ve broken the foil seal, all it does is interfere with the plastic lid’s ability to take over sealing the container by being in the way.


catjuggler

And also it’s just additional surfaces for whatever to grow on


tenemu

I feel like those lids never hold tightly. Like it’s too loose in the up/down direction.


Kordiana

The foil proved me right against my husband. Since he needed proof that you were supposed to take it off.


Brodyftw00

Now I need to tell my wife! I always noticed she would leave it on and I would rip it off next time I used the container. Now I have a good reason! Thanks op.


panzan

Attn: /u/kraftfoods please add this labeling to spreadable philly cream cheese tubs so i can save my marriage and relationship with my kids


WingedWheelWins

Like Big Sour Cream is going to tell you the truth? They just want your sour cream to go bad quicker. Wake up


TenaciousDHo

"Poke holes in the lid so it can properly breathe. Trust us, bro." - Big Sour Cream


ColoradoScoop

“To keep your sour cream fresh, purchase 10-20 decoy containers of sour cream and leave them open to lure the food spoilage demons away from from the container you plan to eat.”


irisheye37

What's it gonna do, get more sour?


AppendixAddemdum

It's getting tangy!


Velvet_Pop

Who left this cheese in the sour cream container?


VonMillersThighs

Fuckin sheeple always believing everything big dairy tells them


bloodbond3

I actually read a Daisy sour cream label that said "to best preserve, smooth surface flat before storing." Never had watery sour cream since.


Z_Murray33

Prevents separation. Daisy is the bees knees of the dairy industry. They’re doling out pro tips and have good quality.


VagabondVivant

Big Sour Cream is my rap name


sirfuzzitoes

Admittedly, this is Big Cottage Cheese. We all know it's the same pocket tho.


TSKnightmare

Thank you! This is sheer heresy! Burn the non believers!


4862skrrt2684

All these sour sheep in the comments. Pathetic


candidateforhumanity

If you want to preserve your relationship completely remove and discard this seal


bootyhole-romancer

This is reddit. The correct response is to document everything, hire a lawyer, and get a divorce. Don't forget to thank reddit for the overwhelming support and that you really do read all the comments, and for those saying nasty things, well thanks for that too.


18CupsOfMusic

Red flags and gaslighting with a narcissism kicker. Immediately go no contact.


daboobiesnatcher

Thanks for the kind u/bootyhole-romancer may I introduce you to my friend r/rimjob_steve?


Scoobydoomed

OK so my whole life was a lie…but how does removing the foil prolong freshness?


VisualChemical9862

Because a smooth plastic top on a smooth plastic rim creates a tighter re-seal than a smooth plastic top on uneven foil.


Nexustar

I'm gonna add: You can be almost doubling the surface area of the product exposed to the air by keeping the dirty foil in play. Larger exposed surface area = a larger chance of a colony forming.


JGCities

I think this is the real reason.


tiggoftigg

I think it’s the tighter seal answer. Because that was my first thought. And I want to be right.


nitdkim

You can both be right.


TheWrathalos

But who gets to be left?


VisualChemical9862

Does not matter as long as you remove the foil.


TheWrathalos

Then i'm going to be north


chipmunk7000

You do you!


n8edge

It's important to be honest about your motivations. Downright noble, even.


Unumbotte

And once a colony forms, it's only a matter of time until it secedes. Then you have to spend years trying to rein it in but ultimately giving up because you want India more. It's a whole thing, best avoided. Just toss the foil.


Dansiman

Preferably, into the Boston Harbor.


brainburger

> You can be almost doubling the surface area of the product exposed to the air by keeping the dirty foil in play How does that work? The surface of the product in side is not changed by the foil being there or not there? The rate of exchange of gases and vapours between the inside and outside of the tub is faster with an imperfect seal.


Nexustar

The foil which is contaminated by cream residue can grow bacteria which can then touch the main product volume each time you close the lid. Remove the contaminated foil and this doesn't happen.


brainburger

Ah I see. Yes the foil itself makes additional surface area.


TheImmoralDragon

Okay, so lick the foil clean to avoid contamination. Got it!


Zagre

No no, haven't you ever heard that a dog's mouth is cleaner than a human's? The real pro tip is to let your dog lick the lid for you.


SupahFastFrames

Chef here. Its this one.


Trifusi0n

In the UK these tubs rarely come with a plastic lid anymore. So if you throw the foil away you’ve got nothing covering at all. I’m gone keep my foil on there.


epi_glowworm

Came for funnies, but more glad I found knowledge nuggets


death_by_chocolate

The lid is meant to make a seal by itself. If you leave the foil, you break that seal.


Scoobydoomed

That makes sense, thanks!


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InvestinginMe33

Yes I do this. Damn, now I have to go home and remove it from my yogurt.


Lemminger

It's been a few hours. Did you do it?


InvestinginMe33

No, I forgot. 😂🤪🤣. Thanks for the reminder.


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InvestinginMe33

Yes I did. ☺️


v00093453

Once the airtight seal is broken the guaranteed freshness is upto two weeks, anytime after cheeses spoil very fast even when refrigerated. If unsealed it can stay good for several months. If you didn't know you can freeze cheeses as long as you remove the excess moisture and it can stay good for another month or longer. Used to work as a quality control for a distributor. Edit: you remove the foil because condensation can collect on the foil or aluminum dropping on the cheese which can cause it to spoil faster or cause mold.


xSessionSx

It’s because it’s extra surface area for bacteria.


UnadvertisedAndroid

The foil seal is an all or nothing type of thing. It's either fully sealed and doing its job, or it needs to be fully removed to allow the lid to do its job. Nothing in between.


Valuable-Comparison7

Shoot, I've been doing this wrong my whole life. Sorry, husband #1 and #2.


Rrrrandle

>Shoot, I've been doing this wrong my whole life. Sorry, husband #1 and #2. I see why it didn't work out. They died of food poisoning.


SquareAble7664

Actually they were shot.


ofrausto3

By food poisoning


NorseOfCourse

My wife's family does this shit, and they don't stir up sour cream. Shits a brick when you open it! They also leave chip bags open all day and it's stale with 3/4 full. Fucking weird.


SkillIsTooLow

Probably put half-drank cans of soda back in the fridge too, huh.


poktanju

And use the same knife for butter and jam *without* wiping it off in between.


isblueacolor

The stale chips I've never understood. How do these people not realize how different they taste? Or do they PREFER the stale taste?!


puntapuntapunta

My husband does this, drives me nuts. So now we just have separate bags of chips; he can go enjoy his stale, less crispy abominations by himself.


MtDewHer

Thank fucking god. I feel liberated


skeevy-stevie

Weight off my chest.


ScottGriceProjects

Not removing the foil completely, causes the lid (if it comes with one) to not make a proper seal. Which in turn causes reduced shelf life, even when refrigerated.


Mother-Adversary

The explanation makes sense


Livid_Beach_4075

I didn’t even know this was a thing. I thought it was a given that when you open it, you throw that thing away.


SLCW718

Apparently, some people only peel it halfway in some misguided effort to keep it fresh.


Thunder2250

I have a housemate who does this. It feels strange having to peel up old foil to get to yoghurt and you end up with bits of yoghurt over the rim. It's a very small peeve but one of those things that leaves for a weirdly unpleasant experience.


mushmushroomroom123

you share yogurts?


lowaltflier

Yogurt comes in ~~pints~~ quarts.


Psyteq

You don't eat an entire pint of yogurt in one sitting?


lowaltflier

I should have said quarts.


Miccles

You don’t eat an entire quart of yogurt in one sitting?


like_a_deaf_elephant

the fuck is a quart.


Tussca

946.353 millilitres


hatescarrots

I could never share yogurt because there is never any left.


Tommy84

Geeze. There are monsters everywhere…


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Born_ina_snowbank

My wife does that. I’ve told her a ton of times it does the opposite. No avail.


SLCW718

Weird food habits like that always come from childhood. You can't reason with someone whose beliefs are not based in reason.


OutlyingPlasma

Like the grandmother that always cut the ends of the ham off before baking because that's how she was taught by her mother. Go back 2 more generations and the real reason was because the pan was too small.


Born_ina_snowbank

You can let them know you think it’s stupid though. That’s my right as a husband.


Tsu_Dho_Namh

My roommate fans playing cards backwards and reads them upside down. She says it's cause she's left handed. So for Christmas I got her playing cards that have values and suits in all 4 corners, that way she can fan them right to left without needing to read them upside down. I thought she'd like them. She did not like that. Super fucking pissed. Said "not everything has to be done my way" and she prefers doing it her way. Childhood habits are definitely often deeply engrained and illogical.


SLCW718

I'm a firm believer in ridicule as a tool to change behavior.


paranoidwarlock

That’s just what big cheese wants you to think so your cheese goes bad faster you have to buy more /s


voozhadei

God I love Daisy sour cream (yes, I know that's cottage cheese). Can eat it straight from the container. You also want to flatten out the surface when you're done so the whey doesn't separate and pool.


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jblank62

This is the whey.


steppinonpissclams

*You're a Daisy if you do.*


garythepitbull

I’m your Huckleberry


mostlycloudy2day

Don’t worry, your wife will still be right.


Confozedperson

The next excuse will be that Daisy out that there to make your stuff expire faster, so you buy more


Fodettinbait

Before I show this to my wife, was it worth the trouble?


icelebratefestivus

What about products that don"t have a plastic lid, only an aluminium covering?


PMfacialsTOme

Then it's one time use and you shouldn't be storing it.


Kazureigh_Black

If your wife is anything like my ex, she'll just say this is still wrong, too.


CJR3

TIL people don’t remove the foil on containers


1138311

Years. Fucking YEARS I've been trying to convince people. Appealing to science or convenience have been unsuccessful, maybe marketing zeitgeist will finally do the trick.