10 Foods People Put In The Fridge That Shouldn’t Ever Go There (2 of 3)

Hot Sauce

The name pretty much implies it, but you shouldn’t keep hot sauce in a cold environment. For one, there’s so much vinegar in there anyway that bacteria have no chance at all of growing. For two, cold environments numb down the spices which means you’ll probably end up with a less hot sauce. Nobody wants that, right?

Cake

That’s right, cake shouldn’t go in the fridge. If you have any leftover cake, you want to keep it outside of the fridge in an airtight container so it can keep its optimal level of moistness. And we all know cakes are more delicious when kept moist, so all you have to do is make sure that you have an array of airtight containers in various shapes and sizes. That way, you’ll be able to have your cake and eat it too.

Tomato

Tomatoes are another one of those “holds longer but tastes worse in the fridge” foods. Keeping tomatoes in the fridge will make them all wrinkly and mushy, where keeping them in a somewhat dry area will allow them to develop a very rich flavor and not just the standard “solid water” thing it usually has going on.