tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post1424846717889457479..comments2024-03-29T11:29:58.276+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: 4 out of 6 ain't badKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-83292442239357200992018-07-23T19:08:50.811+09:002018-07-23T19:08:50.811+09:00Here's hoping, but it's only the "ips...Here's hoping, but it's only the "ipshi" team that will be eating with us R&Ders this time, so I might still have to weather the wrath of the SIS team and the IT team. However, one nice guy in the IT department said I could use the empty space in his department's midget fridge if I needed to. That was a kind gesture.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-3857622918802805122018-07-23T18:45:17.752+09:002018-07-23T18:45:17.752+09:00Perhaps they will be forgiving after you've co...Perhaps they will be forgiving after you've cooked them all that delicious food?Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-84353056548011433452018-07-23T13:23:09.717+09:002018-07-23T13:23:09.717+09:00Good points, and boy, I'm learning some new te...Good points, and boy, I'm learning some new terms, here. "Retrogradation" is immediately understandable, but I've never actually heard that word before. My own vocabulary doesn't get much more specialized than "denaturing," which I think is more closely associated with pure chemistry.<br /><br />It occurred to me that, at the office, I've got the use of both (1) my own team's fridge in the R&D room and (2) the communal fridge in our office's faux-kitchenette ("faux" because it looks mostly like a kitchenette, with a counter and cabinets and a microwave, but it lacks a sink). <br /><br />I just stuffed almost everything into the communal fridge: the beans, the chili, the corn salad, the Shack Sauce, the BBQ sauce, and the bread (which barely fit inside the freezer). Coworkers are gonna be pissed at the amount of rude rearranging that was necessary to fit everything inside. I should probably write an apologetic note.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-61480244611649732602018-07-23T09:34:57.319+09:002018-07-23T09:34:57.319+09:00Rule of thumb: Freezing bread is fine; refrigerati...Rule of thumb: Freezing bread is fine; refrigerating it, not so much. Refrigerated bread will go stale much faster than at room temperature (although, granted, it will not go moldy). Technically speaking, you can reverse the "staling" process (starch retrogradation) by heating up the bread, so if you are planning on toasting the hot dog buns, a fridge would probably be better than nothing. But if neither the fridge or the freezer are available, the closet is probably the next best place--keeping bread out of the light will slow staling (won't do anything about mold, though).Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.com