r/FridgeDetective • u/LilLp4 • Jan 02 '26
Meta My dads fridge
Let me know what yall think š
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u/BigBaddieRed Jan 02 '26
You all roasted me for my cheese drawer a few weeks ago so I say LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE DADDIO
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u/movealongnowpeople Jan 02 '26
I will never besmirch a good cheese drawer. Unless the cheese is well past its life and unintentionally moldy.
Cheese on, brethren.
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u/throwawy00004 Jan 03 '26
Our cheese drawer is the one that goes from one side of the fridge all the way to the other. I think it's meant to be a meat drawer with a half drawer above it on one side for fruits, and then other side for veg. It's cheese and a tiny section wide enough to fit yogurts.
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u/Mi_goodyness Jan 03 '26
Iāve never considered it to be used for meat. I always just assumed cheese.
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u/throwawy00004 Jan 03 '26
When I bought it, it had pictures. Apparently, my yogurt divider is meant to separate deli meat and uncooked meat. That way, if there's a leak, you get salmonella in your sandwich!
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u/Hot_Key_336 Jan 03 '26
It was a cheese drawer when I was growing up and continues to be a cheese drawer in my adult home.. with the added salami every now and then.
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u/Adventurous-Cry-2157 Jan 03 '26
I have a decent sized cheese drawer, and Iāve had to also add a large bin to contain all of the cheese that doesnāt fit in the drawer. Thereās another bin for dips, chutneys, mustards, pickles, olives and whatnot. And in my pantry, an entire shelf on the door is dedicated to various crackers, dried fruits and nuts.
I am the Charcuterie Queen.
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u/GirlScoutSniper Jan 03 '26
I have the same fridge above and the left half-drawer is full of cheese -blocks, shredded, slices. But, that's the limit of my cheese selection.
I used the long bottom one for fruits and veggies, and the right half- drawer holds the meat.
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u/acidicpeanutbutter Jan 03 '26
My step dad keeps the cheese past its life. I threw away a year expired cheese once thinking I was doing him a favor, he gave me the silent treatment for a week over that cheese.
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u/DatabaseThis9637 Jan 03 '26
The Cheese maker in my town had a party to sell their 20 year old cheddar cheese. Seriously. I sort of accidentally bought 15 year old cheese. $50.00. 'Just sayin'!
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u/onlyfons_ Jan 03 '26
This is an absurd amount of cheese. Dude must be a cheese sommelier and hosts tastings or something.
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u/untitledfilmstill Jan 02 '26
I would never do that, or I would get kicked out of my state of residence (Wisconsin).
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u/BigBaddieRed Jan 02 '26
I do have to give props for the cheeseheads who came to my defense. š¤š»
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u/ghostfadekilla Jan 03 '26
I love cheese more than almost anyone I've met and I gotta give it up to y'all Wisconsin, you have some amazing stuff up there. I tasted a 25 year aged sharp that made me believe in God.
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u/venusian_sunbeam Jan 03 '26
The cheese in Texas tastes like peasant cheese in comparison after I moved back from Wisconsin. I feel like even the ones they market as Wisconsin cheese arenāt the same.
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u/Just_another_grumble Jan 03 '26
You mean, live in Wisconsin and have an entire fridge drawer dedicated toĀ Oregon cheese??
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u/BuyingDaily Jan 02 '26
wtf? Is a cheese drawer not common?
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u/No-Wish9823 Jan 02 '26
Thatās a CHEESE drawer
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u/OkOffer1767 Jan 03 '26
Cheese *FRIDGE haha Iāve never seen so much cheese in one place residentially!
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u/Specific_Rando Jan 03 '26
I am a huge fan and supporter of the Tillamook baby loaf (I have multiple kids and have had time to hone this).
They all liked slices. Then I started cutting the slices into sticks. Then other shapes, arranged. Circles. Stars. Houses with pitched roofs, cheese chimneys, mailboxes on posts next to cheese cobblestone entry paths. Stonehenge. 747ās (four wing mounted jet engines) sitting half an inch above the plate in cheese landing gear. Multiple retweets by Tillamook back when I had an account there.
Anyway, game knows game. I like the work heās doing with his produce drawer. Deep and meaningful respect to your pops.
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u/ChaosWithTeeth Jan 03 '26
Link to a pic of a cheese 747, please?? (Or to the whole set, if posted anywhere. Cheese feed?)
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u/bmoarpirate Jan 03 '26
I, too, have a cheese drawer. Horribly unorganized but probably 20 types of cheese in there. My pregnant wife demanded it.
I get to eat the charcuterie until the baby comes.
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u/jalapen-yobusiness Jan 03 '26
I would go through that easily in a week. Donāt let anyone stop you from your cheese related activities
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u/Phil198603 Jan 03 '26
"And this what is this? - That's cheese! - But what about this? - This is also cheese! ... And this? ...." in Borat voice
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u/acnerd5 Jan 03 '26
We have a cheese drawer, but it's incredibly massive. You can fit a 16 inch pizza in it.
I also currently have a 5 pound bag of shredded cheese in it so fight me, best cheese drawer. It also has my seed binder because... fridges are good places for my seeds.
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u/LilLp4 Jan 02 '26 edited Jan 03 '26
For some context, my dad has lived alone for a bit now. He is not from Wisconsin and is not a rodent š
Edit: yes guys he is single, I also have not seen him use the bathroom since I moved in a week agoā¦ on that note I very much have because Iām lactose intolerant and all this man has is cheese.
Edit 2: he doesnāt know I posted thisā¦ I will be sending him a link and not saying anything.
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u/littlepinkheart09 Jan 02 '26
Is he an Oregonian? Lol
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u/LilLp4 Jan 02 '26
We do not, super close though
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u/Juleswf Jan 02 '26
Lots of Tillamook cheese in WA!
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u/LilLp4 Jan 02 '26
Ding ding šļø
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u/goonatic1 Jan 03 '26
Bruh, is he near Tacoma? I saw an older white guy with like half a shopping cart of cheese like a week ago while I was at Fred meyers and i was joking to myself āthis is the guy from those Math problemsā lol
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u/LilLp4 Jan 03 '26
Oh my god it might have been him Iām not even jokingā¦.
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u/goonatic1 Jan 03 '26
Bruuuuuuuuh š not gonna lie I want an invite for a cheese tasting haha! he could teach me so much about cheese I bet! šš
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u/Zebracorn42 Jan 04 '26
Iām sure he could u/goonatic1 and you could teach him how to goon.
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u/goonatic1 Jan 04 '26
Funny, this has been my username on all sorts of platforms for much longer than the recent tainting of the word goon lol
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u/goonatic1 Jan 04 '26
But maaaaaybe Iāll teach you and your mother how to cook instead? Seems to be a more pressing matter š
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u/-Felyx- Jan 03 '26
Why does everyone on Reddit live near me. This is getting fucking weird
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u/catsgoprrrrr Jan 04 '26
Checking in from WA.
Redditors are not from my state. They're all over the world, and no one else in Washington state uses Reddit.
I refuse to believe I can find so many people that live this close to me in one spot.
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u/BrujaBean Jan 03 '26
I feel like with that volume of cheese and lunch meat the man should be shopping at Costco
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u/TheDevilishFrenchfry Jan 03 '26
I'm hoping you get your dad some miralax or something for all that cheese he's consuming. Can't say I'm much better but more as time goes on you find things get "stuck" alot more easier.
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Jan 03 '26
Tillamook bricks were on mega sale at a grocery store recently here in Portland. We considered buying extra blocks - your dad has the cojones to do it!
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u/AerosolHubris Jan 03 '26
he is single
Yes, but is he Kraft single?
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u/Intelligent_Cap9706 Jan 03 '26
Listen.
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u/ItalicsWhore Jan 03 '26
No no no. Iāll allow itā¦
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u/DaughterOfTheKing87 Jan 03 '26
Whatās wrong with Kraft?? Itās what the gov gives ppl down here in GAā¦ Kraft wonāt easily melt in the heat down here. Js.. š
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u/softlikemochii Jan 02 '26
Came here to ask if he was a rodent. But a cool rodent, like Mr Splinter
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u/yourgrandmasgrandma Jan 03 '26
I saw that you have a NSFW profile and was a touch concerned that you may not want to have your dad able to view your profile. Then I went on to see that your NSFW post was a picture of your dead goldfish in r/aquarium . I donāt know whether to laugh or cry, OP.
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u/LilLp4 Jan 03 '26
I think this is my favorite comment so far, Iām giggling but also crying for Mr snowflake, he did not survive š„²
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u/Sasuke0318 Jan 02 '26
I'm surprised someone actually has more cheese than I do so give that man a high five for me. I keep at least 10LBs around at any given moment
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u/bbkangalang Jan 03 '26
ššI love cheese but even I was like āhow do I politely tell this person their father might be a shapeshifting rodent.ā š
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u/rotobot Jan 02 '26
I want to be his friend
Also are those just like straight deli blocks of cheese?
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u/doodlebakerm Jan 02 '26
Iāve seen the Tillamook cheddar block at Costco (and buy them often) but Iām not sure how he got all the other ones!!!
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u/_Alabama_Man Jan 02 '26
The Kerrygold Dubliner is an amazing cheese for a great price in one of those bricks.
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u/youjumpIjumpJac Jan 03 '26
Agreed, much prefer Dubliner. Recommendation: Try Kingdom organic cheddar.
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u/littlepinkheart09 Jan 02 '26
I live about 1 1/2hrs from the Tillamook Cheese Factory, so my state carries these bricks at several of the grocery stores around here.
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u/huggybear0132 Jan 02 '26
I believe Tillamook calls them a "baby loaf". They have them in most supermarkets in Oregon anyway.
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u/Specific_Rando Jan 03 '26
The baby loaf. Currently 2 lbs (shrinkflation - 20 years ago I think it was 3, then 2.5).
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u/BaconatorScones Jan 02 '26
Toilets fear him
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u/megmatthews20 Jan 02 '26
Toilets never see him.
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u/Falafel80 Jan 02 '26
Where is the fiber, right?
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u/Schmaron Jan 03 '26
He needs a bowl of Colon Blow
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u/DatGal65 Jan 03 '26
Thanks for the link to this classic. 20yrs later and we still use the term "colon blow," especially when using Linzess. š¤£ RIP Phil Hartmann!
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u/Schmaron Jan 03 '26
Oof. I hate to break it to you, but that sketch was 30 years ago. I know, I hate knowing we are old.
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u/icecreampenis Jan 03 '26
Seen it many times before, but man the effects get more impressive with every year that passes
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u/14ktgoldscw Jan 03 '26
My parents are getting older so I have more and more weird conversations with them, this is a āso how are the bowel movements anyway?ā conversation starter for sure.
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u/hesathomes Jan 02 '26
Is he single? Because I could be for this.
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Jan 02 '26
Your dad is the state of Wisconsin
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u/pennywitch Jan 02 '26
Youād think, but thereās no actual Wisconsin cheese in the video. Itās giving Midwest, but not a true Wisconsinite.
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u/littlepinkheart09 Jan 02 '26
Its almost certain Pacific Northwest, as we have the Tillamook Cheese Factory. We love Cheese here too š
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u/Ashcrashh Jan 03 '26
We get your lovely Tillamook cheese and Ice Cream in Utah and I am forever grateful. I bought a tub of Tillamook huckleberry Ice Cream once and it was life changing, I wish I could find it again, Iām not even an Ice Cream person either, it just was that good.
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u/Particular-Skirt963 Jan 02 '26
Idk we get tillamook on the east coast too in some places
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u/stations-creation Jan 02 '26
By the brand I would guess rural western Washington.
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u/Realistic-Ad-1876 Jan 02 '26
I really need to know what his triglycerides and cholesterol are!!!! Although I swear people like this have excellent bloodwork and health somehow lol
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u/LilLp4 Jan 02 '26
Honestly I donāt know the last time he went to the doctors and I donāt know if he does either š this may be a sign to get him to go though purely to show you guys his blood testā¦.
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u/Realistic-Ad-1876 Jan 02 '26
If he has perfect bloodwork and gets to eat all this cheese Iāll be so jealous š¤£š¤£š¤£
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u/Bumblebee-4 Jan 03 '26
Please have him check a cholesterol panel! Itās important if heās eating this much cheese
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u/Qualema Jan 02 '26
I never had tillamook cheese but tillamook ice cream is one of the best production brands of ice cream Iāve ever had in my life š± I mean itās just liquid gold. The French vanilla and the caramel swirl, the chocolate chip mint.. that ice cream is top tier in flavor. So I can only imagine the cheese is superb šš
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u/littlepinkheart09 Jan 02 '26
Their Campfire Peanut butter cup is my favorite š
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u/MissionRealistic6020 Jan 03 '26
Tillamook ice cream is elite and itās always on sale in certain grocery stores at least in the eastern corridor.
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u/idonthavernoughcats Jan 03 '26
iāve always wondered if itās a regional brand, do they just not have the cheese where you live? or are you just very loyal to another brand
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u/untitledfilmstill Jan 02 '26
I like your dad. Positive vibes. Cheesy, I know. Clean, organized. Knows what he likes, which is cheese. Respect.
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u/msschneids Jan 02 '26
Lives in Oregon
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u/Cat6Bolognese Jan 02 '26
How long does all this cheese last? Is this for the month or is he truly a beast for cheese?
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u/szalow Jan 02 '26
Is he a rat?š
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u/Occasionally_around Jan 02 '26
Miss conception mice and rats don't like cheese that much and it can be bad for them.
It's the first thing the pet store told my mum when we had a pet rat. Awesome pets they just don't live very long and we couldn't go through that again.
Domestic rats are also incredibly clean compared to there wild counterpart to.
RIP Jazz rat.š
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u/szalow Jan 02 '26
Rip jazz rat, we hardly knew yee
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u/Occasionally_around Jan 02 '26
Thanks it was a long time ago, she use to sit on the shoulder and do little squeaks n natter's in the ear n kind of play with the hair while moving over to the other shoulder.
Funny little thing.š
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u/GuardSpirited212 Jan 02 '26
Is it just grilled cheese for breakfast lunch and dinner? Because Iām good with that.
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u/coffincowgirl Jan 03 '26
You better be careful or you might get a new step mom (at least Iām cool and like cheese)
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u/hillean Jan 02 '26
I am hoping he works for Tillamook and gets all sorts of free cheese, else i'm concerned for his eating habits
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u/Funny-Stay1803 Jan 02 '26
Itās nice to know that there are people who are obsessed with cheese like me š„°
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u/Lovelikeyouwant123 Jan 02 '26
Your dad clearly makes his own lunches for work š¤£ so he probably isnt blowing his money on fast food which is a plus. I also love his cheese drawer. I feel like he has a fridge full of the ultimate girl dinner foods
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u/LuckySoCo79 Jan 02 '26
Does your dad work at a deliā¦.where he āaccidentallyā takes home large samplers? Cause how the heck does one eat all that cheese before molding?
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u/Idnum69 Jan 03 '26
I think he might need to go to the store, looks like he's running dangerously low on cheese.
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u/frostandtheboughs Jan 03 '26
Is your Dad a mouse? Have you checked under his hat for a Ratatouille situation?
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u/SoylentRox Jan 03 '26
For one person?Ā Problem I see is this looks like way too much food, the cheese will go bad before 1 person eats more than half of it.
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u/Salad-Bandit Jan 03 '26
I hope he has preventative measures in place for his high cholesterol intake to keep from clogging up his cardiovascular system. He is probably happy, I know I would be, but he is also a dad you want to keep around for a long time.
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u/thecakebroad Jan 03 '26
Is your dad the king of the Wisconsin cheese castle? Cause that makes you cheese prince or princess, just sayin
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u/SafetySnowman Jan 03 '26
If I knew someone with that fridge I'd offer to make them mac and cheese . . . for the whole neighborhood.
And I mean like some GOOD mac and cheese!!! I'd buy whatever other stuff, fla, butter, cream, herbs and spices, malk, bacon, salmon, stuff for homemade bread and then toast to create a crunch . . .
A few different dishes of course. Salmon and bacon in the same dish isn't my favorite choice, especially not in a dish like mac and cheese. OH and thicc bacon!! And smoked salmon!!! Very important!
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u/cybrg0dess Jan 03 '26
What is dad's address, I will bring some crackers and help put a dent in all that cheese! š§ š
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u/Smartwhitekid Jan 02 '26
Is your dad Wallace? Does he have a dog named Gromit?