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Do you refrigerate your soy sauce?

Posted on 7/11/17 at 12:55 pm
Posted by Degas
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 12:55 pm
I keep mine in the fridge. My preferred mainstream brand is Kikkoman, and after a few weeks of opening the sauce it tends to smell stronger, so I'm guessing that the fridge might extend the freshness time.

I've worked at a higher end Japanese restaurant where at the end of service we would religiously empty each table's soy sauce dish into a container to be refrigerated for the following day, and also washed out each soy sauce container.

I get to visit my folks almost every year and love to cook for them. We were shopping at Aldi (would love to have them in Louisiana) and I grabbed a bottle of soy sauce from the shelf. My Mom told me to put it back because she had some at home. We got home and it was a good ten minute hunt through the cupboards for said soy sauce. It was eventually found, in a deep dark part of the pantry. The lid was hard to unscrew, and the sound of the crusted on bits as I finally worked the lid free was absolutely nasty, and I'm not going to even bother describing the smell of that sauce.

Understanding that you can't leave soy sauce out indefinitely, I'm curious as to the consensus here as to if you leave your soy sauce out or not.
This post was edited on 7/11/17 at 12:56 pm
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 1:00 pm to
Keep it in the fridge.
Posted by GeauxTigers0107
We Coming
Member since Oct 2009
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 1:06 pm to
Same brand as you


Out


But it doesn't last long. Plus, I buy the small bottle.
Posted by Darla Hood
Near that place by that other place
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 1:06 pm to
Don't refrigerate.
Posted by timbo
Red Stick, La.
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 1:14 pm to
I never put soy sauce in the fridge when I was single. My wife refrigerates the Kikkoman she buys at the grocery store. I don't refrigerate the exotic dark shite I buy at the Asian market.
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 1:17 pm to
I don't refrigerate.
Posted by Macfly
BR & DS
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 1:24 pm to
I keep it and tamari in the fridge as my folks did.
I suppose the only other reason is convenience storing it in the same location as many other condiments and sauces.
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
104000 posts
Posted on 7/11/17 at 1:27 pm to
Yeah, the only one I don't keep in the fridge is worcestershire sauce... not sure why that is, but it's how I've always done it.
Posted by Degas
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 1:30 pm to
My L&P is in the fridge as we speak.

Funny how we pick and choose...my mirin stays on the counter top. Go figure.
Posted by Zappas Stache
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 1:32 pm to
Never put it in the fridge..
Posted by t00f
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 1:33 pm to
I don't leave any liquid (seasoning type) out that has been opened.
This post was edited on 7/11/17 at 1:34 pm
Posted by CorkSoaker
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 1:59 pm to
Yes. And my ketchup
Posted by DRTiger67
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 2:17 pm to
In the refrigerator
Posted by SuperSaint
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 2:23 pm to
Soy in
Worce out
Posted by Deep Purple Haze
LA
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 2:41 pm to
no
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 4:07 pm to
I don't refrigerate. Kikkoman soy sauce and San-J Tamari stay in the cabinet or pantry just fine.

Same with mustard, ketchup, Worcestershire, hot sauce, BBQ Sauce, etc. Never had an issue, and my refrigerator stays much neater than most.
Posted by andouille
A table near a waiter.
Member since Dec 2004
11532 posts
Posted on 7/11/17 at 4:28 pm to
Kikkoman bottle says "Refrigerate after opening", who am I to argue.
Posted by blueridgeTiger
Granbury, TX
Member since Jun 2004
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 5:57 pm to
I just help myself to a bunch of the little packets every time I visit a Chinese buffet and keep them in a kitchen drawer until I need them.
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 6:23 pm to
I keep the small bottle in the fridge but I refill from the big Costco jug that stays in the pantry. Haven't noticed anything wrong.
Posted by Maniac979
The Great State of Texas
Member since Jan 2012
2042 posts
Posted on 7/11/17 at 7:50 pm to
quote:

Do you refrigerate your soy sauce?

No
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