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How do you live without a fridge?

Where do you put all your cheese? :)

The French seem to have a somewhat different view of cheese than we (Americans) do - it’s a living thing, and why would you put a living thing in the fridge?

Related: eggs are stored and sold at room temperature in Germany. The first time I saw that kind of display, I thought some grocery manager had lost their mind. No, perfectly normal, and safe enough. Watch the refrigerate by dates on the carton.

In the US eggs are washed prior to being packaged for sale, so they must be refrigerated. Elsewhere (and in the US with yard eggs/local eggs) i guess you wash before use? I wash yard eggs because they were on the ground.

I rinse the ones that I see stuff on, but otherwise don’t worry about it.

But I still refrigerate them immediately after getting them home even if I think I’m going to use them quickly, because some habits are impossible to break.

I put them in the fridge because then I know where to always find them :)

Get it fresh from the market, consume immediately?

yea, and one side of the apartement is exposed North, so I can put vegetables/fruits there

But yes if I want some fish, I'll buy and consume right after

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