Refrigerate
verb
To make or keep something, typically food or drink, cold by placing it in a refrigerator.
You should refrigerate the milk after opening it.
Often appears as...
- refrigerate after opening
- refrigerate for 24 hours
verb
To make or keep something, typically food or drink, cold by placing it in a refrigerator.
You should refrigerate the milk after opening it.
Often appears as...
- refrigerate after opening
- refrigerate for 24 hours
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Food Safety
Refrigerate to slow down the growth of harmful bacteria on perishable foods, ensuring they remain safe to eat.
Always refrigerate your chicken leftovers immediately to avoid foodborne illnesses.
Pro Tip 2/3Preserving Quality
Use refrigerate to describe keeping food at its best quality by slowing natural decay and ripening.
To maintain their flavor, refrigerate ripe avocados.
Pro Tip 3/3Time-Specific
Specify a timeframe when giving instructions to refrigerate something as part of a recipe or storage.
Once blended, refrigerate the gazpacho for at least two hours before serving.
Pro Tip 1/3Food Safety
Refrigerate to slow down the growth of harmful bacteria on perishable foods, ensuring they remain safe to eat.
Always refrigerate your chicken leftovers immediately to avoid foodborne illnesses.
Pro Tip 2/3Preserving Quality
Use refrigerate to describe keeping food at its best quality by slowing natural decay and ripening.
To maintain their flavor, refrigerate ripe avocados.
Pro Tip 3/3Time-Specific
Specify a timeframe when giving instructions to refrigerate something as part of a recipe or storage.
Once blended, refrigerate the gazpacho for at least two hours before serving.
Pro Tip 1/3Food Safety
Refrigerate to slow down the growth of harmful bacteria on perishable foods, ensuring they remain safe to eat.
Always refrigerate your chicken leftovers immediately to avoid foodborne illnesses.
Pro Tip 2/3Preserving Quality
Use refrigerate to describe keeping food at its best quality by slowing natural decay and ripening.
To maintain their flavor, refrigerate ripe avocados.
Pro Tip 3/3Time-Specific
Specify a timeframe when giving instructions to refrigerate something as part of a recipe or storage.
Once blended, refrigerate the gazpacho for at least two hours before serving.
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How we can turn the cold...
of the electricity we use worldwide. This includes everything from the air conditioners I so desperately wanted during my summer vacations, to the refrigeration systems that keep our food safe and cold for us in our supermarkets, to the industrial scale systems that keep our data centers operational.
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Tristram Stuart: The...
okay? We start out with nine. That's what's in fields around the world every single year. The first biscuit we're going to lose before we even leave the farm. That's a problem primarily associated with developing work agriculture, whether it's a lack of infrastructure, refrigeration, pasteurization,
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Nice Ice PIPE National...
get it see before mechanical refrigeration was invented in the nineteenth century the only way to get ice was to harvest it they would store the ice in these buildings ice houses and then they would ship it all over the world I mean olden times were completely bonkers how many ice houses were there
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How the food you eat...
Fermented foods are teeming with helpful probiotic bacteria, like lactobacillus and bifidobacteria. Originally used as a way of preserving foods before the invention of refrigeration, fermentation remains a traditional practice all over the world.
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Josette Sheeran: Ending...
their malnutrition is overcome. So I am convinced that if we can unlock the technologies that are commonplace in the richer world to be able to transform foods. And this is climate-proof. It doesn't need to be refrigerated, it doesn't need water,
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Tracking the journey of...
solution and fortunately many organizations around the world are seeking a solution to this problem a wonderful example is the development of vaccines like don't need to be refrigerated and although this is wonderful it only addresses one very
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A Larvae Lunch PIPE Primal...
but you know make sure you crunch the head because they just bite your tongue if you don't so and that might be the protein that's gonna keep me alive out here I take the rest with me alive in a world without refrigeration it's the
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12 sustainable design...
That little guy over there is a tardigrade. There is a problem with vaccines around the world not getting to patients. And the reason is that the refrigeration somehow gets broken; what's called the "cold chain" gets broken.
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Can we solve global...
And actually, ironically, it was human safety that motivated the invention of CFCs in the first place. You see, in the early days of refrigeration, refrigerators used toxic and flammable chemicals like propane and ammonia.
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Mark Kendall: Demo: A...
This is a slightly extreme case in point but it helps illustrate the logistical challenges, in particular in resource-poor settings, of what's required to get vaccines refrigerated and maintain the cold chain.
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How we can turn the cold...
of the electricity we use worldwide. This includes everything from the air conditioners I so desperately wanted during my summer vacations, to the refrigeration systems that keep our food safe and cold for us in our supermarkets, to the industrial scale systems that keep our data centers operational.
Video examples
Tristram Stuart: The...
okay? We start out with nine. That's what's in fields around the world every single year. The first biscuit we're going to lose before we even leave the farm. That's a problem primarily associated with developing work agriculture, whether it's a lack of infrastructure, refrigeration, pasteurization,
Video examples
Nice Ice PIPE National...
get it see before mechanical refrigeration was invented in the nineteenth century the only way to get ice was to harvest it they would store the ice in these buildings ice houses and then they would ship it all over the world I mean olden times were completely bonkers how many ice houses were there
Video examples
How the food you eat...
Fermented foods are teeming with helpful probiotic bacteria, like lactobacillus and bifidobacteria. Originally used as a way of preserving foods before the invention of refrigeration, fermentation remains a traditional practice all over the world.
Video examples
Josette Sheeran: Ending...
their malnutrition is overcome. So I am convinced that if we can unlock the technologies that are commonplace in the richer world to be able to transform foods. And this is climate-proof. It doesn't need to be refrigerated, it doesn't need water,
Video examples
Tracking the journey of...
solution and fortunately many organizations around the world are seeking a solution to this problem a wonderful example is the development of vaccines like don't need to be refrigerated and although this is wonderful it only addresses one very
Video examples
A Larvae Lunch PIPE Primal...
but you know make sure you crunch the head because they just bite your tongue if you don't so and that might be the protein that's gonna keep me alive out here I take the rest with me alive in a world without refrigeration it's the
Video examples
12 sustainable design...
That little guy over there is a tardigrade. There is a problem with vaccines around the world not getting to patients. And the reason is that the refrigeration somehow gets broken; what's called the "cold chain" gets broken.
Video examples
Can we solve global...
And actually, ironically, it was human safety that motivated the invention of CFCs in the first place. You see, in the early days of refrigeration, refrigerators used toxic and flammable chemicals like propane and ammonia.
Video examples
Mark Kendall: Demo: A...
This is a slightly extreme case in point but it helps illustrate the logistical challenges, in particular in resource-poor settings, of what's required to get vaccines refrigerated and maintain the cold chain.
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Josh Widdicombe
English Comedian
When I first went to university, I did a big shop with my dad. We bought loads of stuff but it didn't occur to me that I needed to refrigerate it, so I just put it in my room. I remember thinking, 'What's that smell coming from under the bed?' It was a bag of potatoes. How long does it take for a potato to rot? Months!
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Anthony Doerr
American Writer
Never do the dishes without music,' my brother Mark once advised me - the same brother who once ate a spoonful of refrigerated dog food to escape his turn at the kitchen sink. And really, it may be the most sensible advice I've been given.
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Bobby Flay
American Chef
Lime juice makes things taste fresher. I use it for drinks, salsas, relishes, soups, and sauces. You want some give to your limes - firmness means the inside is dry - and they'll stay softer longer if you don't refrigerate them.
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Tony Shalhoub
American Actor
My dad was a meat peddler who drove a refrigerated truck. He bought his meat in Sheboygan, Wis., and sold it to stores in the region. He was a terrific salesman. People loved and trusted him, and he never let anyone down.
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Alex Guarnaschelli
American Chef
Stuffed cherry tomatoes are satisfying without being filling and make a great alternative to bread-based starters. You can assemble these appetizers ahead of time and refrigerate them until you're ready to serve.
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Jen Lancaster
American Author
Here's a bit of Discovery Channel for you - apples don't last forever. They can stay fresh for a long time, especially when refrigerated, but definitely not from December into the month of March.
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Harley Pasternak
Canadian Author
The key to finding protein for your snacks when you're on the go is making sure said snacks don't need to be refrigerated, don't need to be cooked, and are in convenient packaging.
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Geoffrey Zakarian
American Chef
Everyone could use instructions on every aspect of cooking: pantry, storage, refrigeration, cooking, what to buy. Everyone that I come into contact with could use help.
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Mark Kurlansky
American Journalist
The fact that, almost a century after refrigeration made salt-preserved foods irrelevant, we are still eating them demonstrates the affection we have for salt.
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J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
One of the handiest features of crepes is that you can cook the pancakes all the way through and refrigerate them, to be reheated and stuffed later.
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Josh Widdicombe
English Comedian
When I first went to university, I did a big shop with my dad. We bought loads of stuff but it didn't occur to me that I needed to refrigerate it, so I just put it in my room. I remember thinking, 'What's that smell coming from under the bed?' It was a bag of potatoes. How long does it take for a potato to rot? Months!
Quote examples
Anthony Doerr
American Writer
Never do the dishes without music,' my brother Mark once advised me - the same brother who once ate a spoonful of refrigerated dog food to escape his turn at the kitchen sink. And really, it may be the most sensible advice I've been given.
Quote examples
Bobby Flay
American Chef
Lime juice makes things taste fresher. I use it for drinks, salsas, relishes, soups, and sauces. You want some give to your limes - firmness means the inside is dry - and they'll stay softer longer if you don't refrigerate them.
Quote examples
Tony Shalhoub
American Actor
My dad was a meat peddler who drove a refrigerated truck. He bought his meat in Sheboygan, Wis., and sold it to stores in the region. He was a terrific salesman. People loved and trusted him, and he never let anyone down.
Quote examples
Alex Guarnaschelli
American Chef
Stuffed cherry tomatoes are satisfying without being filling and make a great alternative to bread-based starters. You can assemble these appetizers ahead of time and refrigerate them until you're ready to serve.
Quote examples
Jen Lancaster
American Author
Here's a bit of Discovery Channel for you - apples don't last forever. They can stay fresh for a long time, especially when refrigerated, but definitely not from December into the month of March.
Quote examples
Harley Pasternak
Canadian Author
The key to finding protein for your snacks when you're on the go is making sure said snacks don't need to be refrigerated, don't need to be cooked, and are in convenient packaging.
Quote examples
Geoffrey Zakarian
American Chef
Everyone could use instructions on every aspect of cooking: pantry, storage, refrigeration, cooking, what to buy. Everyone that I come into contact with could use help.
Quote examples
Mark Kurlansky
American Journalist
The fact that, almost a century after refrigeration made salt-preserved foods irrelevant, we are still eating them demonstrates the affection we have for salt.
Quote examples
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
One of the handiest features of crepes is that you can cook the pancakes all the way through and refrigerate them, to be reheated and stuffed later.
Example 1 of 10
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