Peekaboo

Honey, I've hopped on the bandwagon.  I've been fascinated by the recent round of "Contents of the Refrigerator" posts going around the food blogosphere.  To prove that I'm a taker but also a giver, I thought it only fair to contribute myself.  This is really a photo of my boyfriend's fridge- we (naturally) eat so many meals together that I treat it as my own.  In fact, I might be more familiar with the contents than he is!

Top shelf (from left to right):

• Brita water pitcher
• Asian pear from Russo's
• Gold BBQ Sauce from Blue Ribbon BBQ- slightly mustardy and quite unique
• homemade pickled peaches (I think they look gross but they're H's family recipe)
• Plugra butter
• butter  with Sel de Guérande that I lugged back from France
• chives from the planter on the fire escape
• broccoli rabe from Russo's
• two duck leg confits sitting in duck fat that need to be made into rillettes soon
• Jarslberg cheese from Costco
• Carla jams (champagne raspberry and mango passion fruit) from La Grande Épicerie in Paris
• chocolate strawberry mint jam from Paris
• sangria mix from Williams-Sonoma
• skim milk (H prefers skim, I prefer lowfat, but hey, it's his fridge)
• half-and-half
• Boursin cheese

Middle shelf:

• Patrick Roger allégories, lime bouchées, ganaches- I know you're not supposed to store chocolate in the fridge, but the apartment absolutely bakes when it's hot!
• leftover roasted eel
• fresh pineapple from Russo's
• buffalo and honey hot chicken wings from Buff's Pub (best wings I've ever had)
• dried shrimp
• fiddlehead ferns (I've never tried them before but can't wait) from Russo's
• homemade salad dressing
• summer squash from Russo's
• Maille cornichons
• mesclun mix from Russo's
• Chinese dried shredded pork
• sweet potato and honey purée
• homemade toasted breadcrumbs with almonds

Lower shelf:

• cheese drawer with cheeses from Formaggio Kitchen, quince paste from Paris, pâté de campagne, and tons and tons of parmesan cheese rind
• 6 pounds of Bell & Evans chicken backs and bones that need to be turned into chicken stock, compliments of the test kitchen
• Chinese sausage

Lower drawers (not photo'd): lemons, carrots, celery, cucumber

Dirty little secret: the green can of parmesan cheese in the door, used only in making hot artichoke dip

Looking back at this list, I can't believe that I was whining about not having anything interesting to eat in the fridge today.  I should be more creative and find interesting combinations with all this stuff.  Chinese sausage salad with Gold BBQ sauce dressing?  Hmmm...maybe not.

Bon appétit!