Top shelf

I was encouraged to snap a photo of the inside of my fridge for a utata flickr group post, "What's in your fridge" thing. So, I did.

I attempted to get at least one of our three dogs with their nose stuck deep inside, something that they all do on a regular basis...except when you want them to! Couldn't get the angle or the canine cooperation in line. Wouldn't you know? Murphy's Law of Photography.

But I did get a decent depiction of the state of our fridge right now. The middle and bottom shelves didn't really deserve recognition. Not only were they a little disorganized, they were a little sparse. But the top shelf is now, and has been for a week or so, quite full...and I thought it required a bit of explanation.

Working left to right, starting in the front row:

Ricotta cheese, for my Sopranos/Baked Ziti premier, the Ziti dish was also a premier for me.

One of those "fun size" cans of Diet Dr. Pepper, a 6-pack of which purchased for my step grandkids visit the other day, I was hoping to sneak by the 'diet' version and it seemed to work, they had no problem downing the stuff with their grilled cheese sandwiches.

Whole milk, zowie, a 56 year old with whole milk in the fridge? The rationale: works best for making bechamel, light or skim just doesn't cut it here.

CoffeeMate Hazelnut non-dairy creamer, not a bad choice here, Loretta must have it in her coffee or will not drink coffee.

Orange juice, lots of pulp (grabbed the wrong one) for making our orange vinaigrette dressing, and an occassional glass of vitamin C.

Skim milk, purchased in a fit of guilt to go on breakfast cereal (and not used after one try).

Cranberry juice cocktail, another purchase in an attempt to lose weight and get away from Diet Pepsi (which is stored in the door shelf btw).

Cran-Apple juice cocktail, see previous Cranberry juice explanation.

Behind all that, you find a large Kikkoman soy sauce, must not be without that in my fridge.

Catsup (or ketchup), a staple anywhere, don't you think?.

And, dill pickels, salsa, some sort of abandoned drinkable yogurt sludge, and another bottle of catsup (the old one where we haven't bothered to get the last of it out, vintage 2005).

Like I said, the middle shelves need some work. The drawers have a lot of veggies including a science project or two and bottle of Friday's Pina Colad mix. The door shelves house most of the other staples and some things that need thowing out as well (like very old green olives, old capers, old ginger, etc).

All in all, at least our fridge does not resemble the one Tom Cruise found after his eye transplant in Minority Report...but it is time for some attention...I'll get to it today...or tomorrow. The dogs did get near the fridge is our attempt to get them to stick their nose in it, ie, 'cute photo for utata post'...maybe they know more than we do in the olfactory sampling department...ya' think?

I think something may have moved under its own power in that first drawer while we were taking the pictures...I'll check the other photo.
I'm quite certain the asparagus may be toxic.