I blame it all on Sam. Ok, no, I don't. But she did start! And now everybody's at it.

I know it's spring, but still, there's a certain chill in the air, so baring it all might be taking things too far. Actually, the chill might be able to counter-act Global Warming...

What Chill? Oh, all the fridges left open while food-bloggers around the world take photos of them, then run frantically back to them to see what that 'thing' was. Or in my case, ask Skat to do it for me (prerogative of pregnant ladies).

It's late, the bump is yearning for bed, my ankles are the size of small hams and yet I have a longing to bare my fridges to you as well. Doing so, I have realised a few things:

• I should be better at throwing things away, before they become an embarassment (eggs are a case in point)
• Having 2 fridges means both are half empty, and yet we can't use just the small one in the kitchen. Why? Because the front of the 2 top shelves is fine, the rest is like a freezer. And the landlords can't find another fridge just as tiny that will fit under the worktop. But we do like to keep the breakfast stuff etc there, so we don't have to go down into the garage (2 levels down) every time. Waste of energy to have 2 fridges for 2,5 people? I know, I know, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa...
• Considering only one of us consumes alcohol at the moment, we have an awful lot of it in the fridges...
• My carefully tended image of messy eccentric foodie is somewhat contradicted by the freaky tidiness of the cool-boxes. Who said an**?
• It looks like we live off deli food, when it fact we tend to buy our proteins on the day we need them. There is only so much meat you can buy ahead at Saturday's weeklymarket visit.
• It's finally Spring/Summer so we have an awful lot of aperitifs

So here goes:

1. Calabrian Nduja: HOT HOT HOT and yet so moreish. Left-over from recent 'quiet night in' with tapas and great friends

2. A humungous block of parmesan brought back from Easter holiday in Milan

3. Spicy black olives - left over from Greek Salad at the weekend

4. Yummy Mozzarella, from our lovely Gastronomia deli (gobbled up, since this photo was taken a mere 3 hours ago)

5. Stinky cheeses from France, Switzerland and Holland (not sure about the Gouda with cloves...)

6. Danish cheese: sliced every morning for breakfast (should be in kitchen fridge, but it freezes easily...)

7. Left-over roast chicken: experiment turned sour. Don't try substituting grape-fruits for lemons!

8. White wine - for Skat and impromptu visits

9. Artichoke dip from neighbourhood Pugliese deli - emergency aperitif item

10. White wine jelly, soon to be eaten with the foie gras (see Small Fridge)

11. Danish Xmas Beer - only 3 left... and 6 months til' next batch is due!

12. Eggs. Organic, yes. But due date was on 25 April. YIKES!

13. Full fat milk so Skat can make our breakfast lattes

14. M&S Juices - or Aperitif for Pregnant Ladies

15. Fizzy Water - in case above-mentioned aperitif should be with bubbles and for mixing with cordials (why are there so few varieties in UK? I miss all the sirops in France...)

16. Does what it says on the tin

17. Spring cabbage - since photo was taken, have used half of it in stir-fry

18. Herbs & Salad - weekly harvest of coriander, flat parsley and mint from Green Valley, the Lebanese super market

19. Carrots

20. Asparagus - used in tonight's stir-fry

21. Leeks - one used in... you get the picture

22. African avocados - as opposed to the Hass variety, they don't go all yucky brown when they ripen and they are scrumptious spread on toast with some lime

23. Lebanese yogurt - way past sell-by date (but not even chucked out after this photo was taken)

24. Papayas - forgot to eat them for breakfast on Sunday.

25. Duck breast - went into the stir fry as well (thinly sliced and marinated in soy-based mix)

26. Left-over potatoes dressed in a truffel-oil vinagirette. Oh, how decadent! Might have to write another post on those...

27. Bacon from Borough Market - doesn't ooze water when you fry it. This one is with molasses and treacle...

28. Alcohol-free Weissbier - my sanity saver in a world of sugary soft drinks. Special thanks to The Rake for pointing me in the right direction. Very excitingly, I haven't tasted the Erdinger one yet. Am saving it for this Thursday when one of my very best friends is over from Paris and I can share a special aperitif with him

29. Italian salumi: a few slices of speck (eaten tonight with the mozzarella) and some slices of finocchiona salami to be eaten v.v. soon with truffel spuds

30. Emergency Champagne: one never know when one might need to celebrate something, even when one doesn't drink :-(

31. ... so one also has posh fizzy water for making Elderflower Presse, which at least looks like Bubbly.

And the Kitchen Fridge?

A. Organic butter for breakfast toast

B. Danish marzipan left over from xmas - shouldn't that be down-stairs? Or checked for mould?

C. Breakfast stuff: since the Danish cheese is in the other fridge, that would mean... ham

D. Foie Gras Entier: use by date 31 May. Way too much for 2 people. So, any volunteers?

E. Salad - the evil sort, all washed in chlorine and bagged up. And therefore not used yet. Only things I ever seem to throw away unused.

F. Gluten-free bread... Yes, guilty. I don't make much of it on this blog, but I am in fact gluten intolerant. As Skat says: if ever there is a nuclear war, the only thing left intact will be GF bread. It's evil. But I need a vehicle for my ham and cheese in the morning...

G. Cheese - I don't dare look at the state of it. Yes, it's orange, but that's because it's a Leicester!

H. Sloe Gin. Don't know what it tastes like, but might know in a few months' time

I. Czech salami. Holiday souvenir that just needs to be binned

J. Pesto. Tomato puree, etc.

K. Tamarind paste. Thai curry pastes. Harissa.

I. Dressing for Skat's fantastic caesar salad with LOTS of lemon juice

M. yep.

N. Lactase enzyme. Because I'm also lactose intolerant, but at the moment I can eat yogurt and cheese without problem (WEHE!!!). Not uncommon in pregnancies apparently. But my latte can only be enjoyed thanks to a few drops of this in the milk.

O. Anchovies. Only ever use it with lamb or in kim chee

How's your fridge?