Fridge Critters are the leftovers that you kind of forget about for say, 6 weeks. You put them in Tupperware, storage bags, or wrap them in aluminum foil with the intention of eating them within the next day or so. For some strange reason though, you forget about them. And the longer you forget, the more they change. Growing, planning, scheming, to take over your refrigerator first and if left unchecked; your home, neighborhood, and eventually world domination.
Fortunately, Fridge Critters have a certain aroma and can be dispatched without causing permanent damage. When they hide in Tupperware, they are a little trickier to detect. One sure sign that you have a Fridge Critter planning some dastardly deed is to look to see if the Tupperware lid is slightly rounded at the top. Whatever you do... DON'T OPEN THE LID! Just count that bowl as a Critter casualty and dispose of it in the nearest landfill.
Leftover spaghetti and pasta sauce are the most common species of Fridge Critter in our refrigerator. But lately, I've been doing battle with those pesky fruits and veggies. It's especially frustrating when you find them hiding under legitimately good food like a bag of bagels, or a package of flour tortillas. I remember the time a bag of bing cherries were just fine one day and the next day, poof! They had not only all turned rotten, and gone over to the "mush" side of the force, they were trying to convert a grapefruit and a couple of impressionable cucumbers to join them in their evil plans.
In all the years that I've done battle with the Fridge Critters, I've heard some real horror stories. I remember the one about the nice grand motherly lady that had covered a plate of leftover meatloaf with a poor fitting plastic wrap. Well somehow that meatloaf camouflaged itself behind two pickle jars(one pickle in each jar). For 6 weeks, it grew and evolved into what can only be described as a moldy mountain of meat. When the poor lady discovered it, it was too late... The site of it caused her to snap. She was taken, quite shaken, to the local Mc Donalds for rehab. I here she is still on a steady diet of fast food and take out, but is getting better, albeit slowly, everyday.
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