Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Re: Common meals

[Kay Argyle (argyle]

> ... what I hadn't anticipated was that I
> found I almost couldn't LIFT soup for 30, when at 10 pm I was ready to
> move the huge pot of hot heavy liquid to the fridge.

A large pot can stay hot (and breeding bacteria) for hours in a fridge.  For
food safety, as well as not hurting your back, it's best to split hot food
into small shallow containers before putting it in the fridge, so it will
cool quickly.  You want to maximize the surface-to-volume ratio -- wide
shallow dishes cool faster than ones with equal diameter and height.

Kay

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