What do you keep/ never ever put in your fridge?

I don't put eggs in the fridge because they are sealed units and not washed (as I live in the UK).
I don't put apples/oranges in the fridge unless I have loads of them.
Likewise Avocados.

I don't put coffee in the fridge as I use it regularly and it doesn't have time to go off. I have some of a particular sort in the freezer though.

I don't put bread in the fridge and don't buy coke etc.
I have a 70/30 fridge/freezer

Very similar to you Fran. My fridge is always full. I know they say you shouldn’t keep eggs in the fridge but I do, and just take out the number I need to come up to room temperature before use.

I have a 50/50 fridge freezer.

I don't put eggs, fruit or bread in the fridge. We don't drink fizzy pop - which would take up loads of room.

My fridge always seems full as I cook most meals from scratch so there is always loads of veg and raw meat in the fridge.

I think a 50/50 fridge is the problem.
We have loads of salad and veg stuff too. But vegetarian so no meats.
I wouldn't keep water for baking in there. I'd run the tap when I needed it and if not cold enough put ice cubes in it. I don't make pastry very often though.

We have a larder fridge and it is either full or nearly empty. We don't keep eggs in the fridge, nor bread (I am gluten intolerant but we freeze dh's bread in halves and take it out as and when)

We have a drinks fridge in the utility room so store wine, beer, soft drinks and box drinks in there.

I could easily find space for a message in a bottle as they are quite small.

I always have a full salad drawer, rest of the fridge is usually pretty full too. Always have butter, eggs, cheese, various cold meats for sandwiches etc, meat for dinner, plain yogurt and things like mayonnaise, coleslaw etc. I always have a refillable bottle of water which I top up during the day too. I'd never think of keeping things like bread, coffee or jams/marmalade in the fridge though, or most fruit (apart from soft fruits like strawberries, raspberries). No fizzy drinks - we don't drink them nor does anyone else in the family, including little GS.

We bought a new fridge/freezer in lockdown when the shops were all shut and choice seemed very limited. It was a brand I'd never heard of at the time and the exterior was the exact same size as the dead one. What a revelation. It has so much more usable space. My first comment on using it was, " This must have been designed by a chef ...or someone just like me"(someone who cooks from scratch). I love the bottle rack....not just for bottles ...but the odd can or stick of garlic bread.

However I never keep bread in there. When I make a loaf in the breadmaker, half goes into the freezer as soon as it is cool and half in the bread bin. Eggs never go in the fridge, or fruit. I have a massive veg drawer, twice the size of my last fridge.

We actually have two 50:50 fridge/ freezers, with one in the garage housing longer dated stock, to be brought through to the kitchen as required. After shopping they are both full. We have a fortnightly delivery, and I top up locally for milk, salad, veg.
Most days there are a fair few leftovers and items defrosting.

DH’s bread does not go in the fridge. I keep my bread in the freezer, but divided up into portions of four slices, which I defrost as needed.
I keep shop eggs in the fridge but new laid eggs from my daughter’s hens stay out.

I remember reading somewhere that having a full fridge is more economical and if you have space you should fill it with bottles of water. I couldn't possibly use all the stuff you list Franbern - not in a week, and there are two of us! I do a weekly shop and that gets used up.

Basically, I keep in the fridge anything marked "refrigerate once opened" and anything that is kept in the fridge in the shop. Milk, cheese, fresh pasta,, a bottle of white wine and any opened bottle of tonic. In the summer, a couple of bottles of beer.

Fruit and veg are not chilled in the shop, nor are eggs, bread or sauces containing a lot of salt, so I don't keep them in the fridge. Exception: if I have used half a courgette, apple, lemon, pepper, onion, etc, the other half goes in the salad drawer or in a screw top jar in the fridge until it can be used up.

However, I can't prevent jam from going mouldy. We eat very little jam and I have never been able to make it myself. I buy the tiniest jars possible and always use a clean spoon, and keep it in the fridge, but every time I go to use some, I have to scrape off half the contents and throw them away because they are thick with green mould. Often that means ditching the whole jar even though we've only eaten from it once.

Can you freeze jam?

Yes, you can freeze jam. I've never found a problem with mine going mouldy though.
We actually have three freezers - our fridge/freezer for everyday items, one which is mostly used for freezing excess produce from the garden and the third, which lives in one of the garden sheds, is exclusively used for our dog's raw food.

Grapes travel to and fro between fridge and fruit bowl. I like them chilled, DH doesn't.
I have to remember to keep peanut butter, Marmite and honey out of the fridge.

We changed form 75/25 fridge to freezer, to all fridge. Have freezer elsewhere.
We have large amount of people staying from time to time, and it was very tedious trying to squeeze things in the fridge.
Havent looked back.

I always thought eggs weren't meant to be in the fridge. And bread neither. I recently discovered that grapes keep better if kept in the fridge part of the time at least.

No bread, eggs, fruit or unopened sauces/jams in ours. Grandchildren drink squash, enough meat/fish defrosted or fresh for two days only, veg, salads a couple of cans of beer, 1 x butter and cheese.
In the door, milk, I bottle of soda water and that’s it.
The fridge is only packed when we’re expecting visitors for a meal.

We keep bread in fridge, seems to last better after baking if I cool it and freeze it or at least store in fridge. Apples and most fruit in fridge. If we buy eggs (to cook for our daughters) I refrigerate.

I freeze jam in small portions after it cools. Same with applesauce.

Small under counter fridge, with small freezer incorporated. Never keep tomatoes, spoils flavour, bread, most fruit, in the fridge., never coffee as apparently it can absorb other fridge smells, garlic etc. Airtight tin for that .

I never put eggs tomatoes or fruit in the fridge apart from melon which I only buy in the summer. I cut a block of butter put some in my butter dish the rest goes in the fridge.

I always have a jar of gherkins roll mops sauerkraut and Polish pickled tomatoes in the fridge. Any opened jars of jam pickle etc get cling wrapped before it goes in the fridge.

Cans of cider and lager and a wine box are a permanent fixture and Cava at the weekend.

Most veg go in the fridge, except potatoes and onions - new potatoes still go in, though. Tomatoes, never. Eggs do go in - I’m short of worktop space so it’s one less thing cluttering it up. Will take them out in advance if I’m e.g. going to be making a cake. Half a large loaf will go in the bread bin, the rest in the freezer.

If you think about the conditions the shops use for eggs and bread, it is obvious that they don't need refrigeration.

My fridge is mostly empty.
Milk in the door and eggs too.
Pack of butter and hard cheese and that’s about it, unless I’m having visitors, or I’m defrosting something to cook later. I have an old fridge in the garage where I store what vegetables I need - in those bags that extend the storage life. I keep an unopened carton of milk and a bottle of white wine in there too.

You must have a very big fridge, Franbern. Do you have all those things in it at once? I also live alone, but my fridge is an under-counter one. It gets quite full after a big shop, but not as full as yours sounds. I have a few large shallow plastic trays (one on each shelf) which I put similar things into. When I need something, I slide the plastic tray out to find it. This means I can pile stuff up in it , and also that I can find what I want without emptying the entire shelf to search. There is space beside each for large items. The trays were sold as litter trays - before anyone says "ughhh!", they were bought new and have never been used as such.

In your salad box^"lettuce, spinach, carrots, peppers, tomatoes, cucumber, celery, sugar snaps, etc."^ I agree with lettuce, spinach, carrots and cut cucumber, but if you are using them within a week, uncut cucumber, tomatoes, celery, and sugar snaps would be OK in the vegetable rack.

"I do a weekly shop - and the large proportion of this goes direct into the fridge., eggs, cooked meats (eg: ham, corned beef), ready made quiche, yoghurts, cheeses, ready made beetroot salad, coleslaw, chicken pieces/meats to be used in that weeks meals, breads (I know they say these should not be kept in fridge. but I find they all keep longer and fresher that way. I use Nimble bread - two slices a day and the occasional treat of a thin begal, but also have a packet of paninis in case someone comes to me for lunch any day"
Bread is very bulky. I freeze paninis. 30 seconds in the microwave will thaw them out, plus a few seconds more if they are still frozen in the middle. Bread freezes well, too, and a few slices can be removed from the still-frozen packet a short while before using (slide a table knife or a spatula between the slices if they try to stick together) , and thawed briefly in the microwave if they need it. I freeze unsliced bread in smaller pieces and freeze it, too, it will thaw out either in the freezer or in the plastic bag it was frozen in. All bread is as fresh when it comes out of the freezer as when it went in. Nimble always dries out even in the fridge, because it has no fat in it - you may find it stays soft better when it has just been defrosted from the freezer

"I also keep cooking apples, eating apples and easy peels in fridge to keep them longer, just putting a couple on the fruit bowl in the Living room to come to room temperature before they are likely to used"
Apples are stored for months at a time without being in a fridge. Are you sure they won't keep for a week at room temperature? I wouldn't have thought of doing anything else.

"Slimmer top shelf, which is difficult for me to reach, has items which I need only occasionally, container with ground coffee for cafetier, a few cola cans, for g.childrens visits, pickles, packet of pastry,"
Cola doesn't need to be stored in the fridge. If you have warning of the children's visits, you could put a couple of cans in to chill before they get there. Pickles do not need to be there - they are deliberately made with vinegar to preserve them, just as jam is made with sugar as a preservative.

"The door shelves are taken up with milk, mayonnaise, a good selection of jams, and marmalades, etc. lemon juice, cold water for pastry, selection of flavourings for coffee, etc. the occasional tetrapack of fruit juice."
Cold water just takes up space, there is plenty in the tap. If you want it colder, put a small amount into the fridge for a while before you start making your pastry, or use that packet of ready-made that is in there. Jams and marmalades are preserves - the sugar content preserves the contents, but once they are opened they need to be eaten within a reasonable time.. I only have one marmalade and one jam open at any time, so that they get used up, and I keep them in a cupboard, not in the fridge.
I think perhaps the changes of temperature as the glass jars are taken in and out of the fridge to use may encourage condensation and the resulting dampness may then grow mould even faster - but that is just a theory.

Another tray on your top shelf may make it easier to use. you could pull it right out and put it on the worktop to find things.

I don't put potatoes, sweet potaoes, squashes, onions or garlic in the fridge, or cooking apples. They hang in net bags from coat-hooks in my store-cupboard (which used to be a coat-cupboard until I turfed out all the assorted old shoes, shopping bags, gloves, umbrellas and so on that filled the floor, put all the coats but one into the wardrobe, and added an old bookcase to hold tins, packets and jars. An enamel breadbin holds flour and sugar and the hatshelf has kitchen and toilet rolls.).

I have a big fridge, with 2 freezer drawers beneath and the fridge is virtually empty. I shop weekly and buy no more than is needed for the week.

Top shelf has fruit juice on it,
the next one has yoghourt,
the one below a large jar of momemmade chutney and pickled beetroot and a pack of ham slices.
Under that is the cheese box.
Then there is 0degree drawer with extra cheese and cooking fat.
Then the veg/salad drawer. It currently contains half a melon, packet of spring onions, lettuce and cucumber. It is nearly empty because tomorrow is market day so everything I bought last week will be eaten by this evening.

In the door is the milk, butter, open fruit juice and opened pots of sauces like pesto, Hoisin sauce etc

The freezer drawers hold frozen vegetables, leftovers for later use, bread and bread products.

Salad cream ketchup, most chutneys and pickles, jam, honey live in larder cupboards, they are all preserves, so called because they evolved to make food last a long time at normal temperatures.

Fruit goes straight into the fruit bowl.

I also have an upright freezer which contains all the meat we eat, as I buy in bulk from producer/butchers, home-made ready meals, fish, and a variety of other things. So none of these ever go in the fridge.

I think jams go off quickly these days or maybe I’m just eating less of it.
I like more than one so there’ll be lemon curd, marmalade, strawberry/ apricot jam in the fridge.

Then there are the chutneys, mayo, mint sauce apple sauce, tartar sauce,mustards?

Olives,gherkins, capers, beetroot’s in jars
I suppose it’s rather a lot.

I would like manufacturers to start selling smaller jars, I think it would help.
They cost more but… I got fed up with half cans of baked beans staring me in the face, and now buy small ones of whatever make, same with tin toms.