Surely there must be some food health regulation that says they have to be kept under a certain temperature?
The stall it’s on, sells it right through the summer months when it’s about 80°f.

No there isn’t.
both products might sweat a bit but they wouldn’t necessarily go “off”.

We’ve had a Serrano ham on the kitchen counter for the last 6 weeks, I couldn’t imagine eating it straight from the fridge

This is sweaty sliced ham in a packet, not your posh variety.
I’ve never really thought about it before but I suppose it only says refrigerate after opening.
Why do supermarkets bother to keep it in chiller cabinets then?

Stuff like that’s tastier when it’s a bit funky anyway.

Good god no, cold meat should be kept cold especially pig or chicken mush stuff.

So you don’t eat a cheese sandwich if it hasn’t been kept refrigerated in your backpack ?

Bought some cheese today from a specialist shop and all except the soft French cheeses are on display at room temperature which admittedly today was quite cool !

Because you don’t refrigerate cheese.

Cheese and ham are both preserved foods. Why would you want to chill them as well? What about all those Serrano hams and donkey-dick sausages you see hanging in shops and bars all around the mediterranean?

Talking of which ….

£44 – bargain

http://catalog.aldi.com/emag/en_GB/print/UkChristmasBrochure/html5.html#15

God I am hungry now!

Mmmmm! Preserved Donkey Dick.

Mmmmm! Preserved Donkey Dick.

It’s the only bit they keep after hurling them from a church tower

How can market traders sell cheese and ham that isn’t refrigerated?

Dunno, ask a market trader? Or shall I ask my bro in law who’s a Trading Standards Ossifer?

Will this one of those times where they’ll have one per town, and that’ll be sold to the manager 😡

Oh! That’s lush. I now await “What knife for my Aldi Serrano Ham” thread…

Oh! That’s lush. I now await “What knife for my Aldi Serrano Ham” thread…

It comes on a stand and with the long, thin knife

Did they have fridges when cheese or ham was invented?

We’ve just had some lovely Parma ham, salami and olives as our Saturday evening watching TV snack.

Snack probably isn’t the right word though. Don’t think I’ll want my tea/dinner* for a while.

*delete according to local dialect preference.

Did they have fridges when cheese or ham was envented?

No! & look how many people have died because of that!

Did they have fridges when cheese or ham was envented?

No.

Also, descovered, rather than envented?

Good point. 😆

Though you missed my swift edEt.

Surely it was criated rather than being descovered or envented

Can you crieight a pigs leg?

Pourquoi bothered; it’s just emmental of time.

I doubt that they can legally sell sliced ham that isn’t refrigerated . Last time I did food hygiene the law was that stuff like Parma Ham was OK to keep but if it was sliced you were allowed to display it , unrefrigerated , for one period of not more than 2 hrs . Salting and smoking are methods of preserving meat that were used well before the fridge was envented but I wouldn’t fancy buying sliced ham that was stored at ambient temperature in the summer and may have spent whole days out previously if it had been displayed and not sold .

Will this one of those times where they’ll have one per town, and that’ll be sold to the manager

Friend managed to get a couple last year – it was really good stuff. Think the store only had about 15 though and they all went quickly.

I’m guessing the OP is the type to refrigerate their ketchup too 😕

I’m guessing the OP is the type to refrigerate their ketchup too

Heh…worra weirdo!

*hopes no one finds out I keep eggs in the fridge*

chilled food can be kept out of legal temperature ( below 8c ) for a maximum of 4 hours .

for hot food it is 2 hours out of legal temp ( above 63c ) .

How did you know we keep the ketchup in the fridge?
Branston pickle too.
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Is that in the fridge, too?

Why do supermarkets bother to keep it in chiller cabinets then?

I expect it’s down to length of time, too. A market trader will, I assume, expect to sell most of their wares that day. Supermarket cheese might be on display for a fortnight.

I expect it’s down to length of time, too. A market trader will, I assume, expect to sell most of their wares that day. Supermarket cheese might be on display for a fortnight.

Not to mention it would be really stinky in the cheese section if they weren’t refrigerated – definitely a problem for people who don’t like cheese, and less sales for the supermarket…

I expect it’s down to length of time, too. A market trader will, I assume, expect to sell most of their wares that day. Supermarket cheese might be on display for a fortnight.

They also work at different temps so can be just sent to a cool temp rather than refrigerate.

£35 for Serrano ham. http://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/national-deal/gg-monte-regio-alimentaci-n-artesanal-sociedad-an-/50017993

My dad bought an Aldi (or possibly Lidl) serrano ham last Christmas. Tasted rank.

My dad bought an Aldi (or possibly Lidl) serrano ham last Christmas. Tasted rank.

Not surprised at that price, good serrano ham costs a lot more than that!

Not surprised at that price, good serrano ham costs a lot more than that!

Quite. Although that’s not what I said to my Dad as he’d just spent ~£40 on an inedible pigs leg 😆