I went around a friend's neighborhood to take the picture shown above. The woman who answered the door seemed to be in her fifties living in a nice house. She was alone at the time as far as I knew, but had said her husband was away for a couple months visiting family. Looking inside her fridge was interesting. For one, the fridge was huge from the outside, and stainless steel, possibly suggesting wealth. I was expecting it to be filled with all kinds of foods for being so large. To my surprise, it didn't contain much, definitely not as much as one might suspect.
Door shelves held an assortment of condiments and sauces. I'm guessing this family shops at Meijer from the hint on the milk label, but not much seems to be Meijer brand. This could also be hinting wealth since Meijer brand is most of the time cheaper from my own experiences. It could, however, simply mean this family buys what they always do, and don't bother with the cheap brand. There weren't a lot of meats that I could see, but there were lots of eggs. Possibly a popular breakfast for someone in the house. The main thing that caught my eye was the many containers that held, what I assume, leftovers. They aren't takeout boxes, but most likely from meals made by the family. I got the idea that Deb liked to cook, just like in the article "Something From The Oven" that talks about women in their fifties preferring to cook meals at home rather than pop a tray into the microwave. I didn't see any frozen meals in the freezer. Mostly leftover containers, dairy, and condiments. The coffee creamer suggests coffee drinkers. They did seem to have fresh fruit as well. The emptiness of the fridge was probably due to the husband not being home for a length of time.
It was really interesting to see how much I could hypothesize about people just based on the contents of their refrigerator. If I hadn't known about her husband or the size of her house I probably would have come to different conclusions on what this household was like. Just the fridge is enough to have preconceived ideas about someone's life.
Door shelves held an assortment of condiments and sauces. I'm guessing this family shops at Meijer from the hint on the milk label, but not much seems to be Meijer brand. This could also be hinting wealth since Meijer brand is most of the time cheaper from my own experiences. It could, however, simply mean this family buys what they always do, and don't bother with the cheap brand. There weren't a lot of meats that I could see, but there were lots of eggs. Possibly a popular breakfast for someone in the house. The main thing that caught my eye was the many containers that held, what I assume, leftovers. They aren't takeout boxes, but most likely from meals made by the family. I got the idea that Deb liked to cook, just like in the article "Something From The Oven" that talks about women in their fifties preferring to cook meals at home rather than pop a tray into the microwave. I didn't see any frozen meals in the freezer. Mostly leftover containers, dairy, and condiments. The coffee creamer suggests coffee drinkers. They did seem to have fresh fruit as well. The emptiness of the fridge was probably due to the husband not being home for a length of time.
It was really interesting to see how much I could hypothesize about people just based on the contents of their refrigerator. If I hadn't known about her husband or the size of her house I probably would have come to different conclusions on what this household was like. Just the fridge is enough to have preconceived ideas about someone's life.