Thanks, Netguy.

Is sugar a natural preservative? Hmmmn, candied pineapple, cherry pie,
cookies, ...maybe you've got something there.

Bob


"Netguy" > wrote in message
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> In article > ,
> says...
> > Please let me know if this is not the right newsgroup for this question.
> >
> > My mother-in-law says that due to the high sugar content an apple crisp
> > dessert does not need to be refrigerated for the first day after
cooking.
> > She says that if she made it just after breakfast and serves it just
after
> > supper it will be safe to eat that evening and it needn't be
refrigerated
> > until after it is served after supper.
> >
> > I said any cooked food will start harboring bacteria just as soon as it
> > begins to cool, so she should have refrigerated it shortly after
breakfast
> > and after supper she should only have warmed up what she anticipated we
> > would eat and kept the rest refrigerated.
> >
> > Well she got all huffy and picked up her apple crisp and went home. My
> > thinking was, "Good riddens," but my wife asked me if I was absolutely
sure
> > that it needed to be refrigerated and if there was any truth to her
mom's
> > comment about the apple crisp's high sugar content making it so no
> > refrigeration is necessary the first day after cooking?
> >
> > I said, "No, I'm not sure and maybe she really knows what she was
talking
> > about." My wife then said, "Well, you better find out because if you are
> > wrong and she is right then you owe mom an apology." I said, "Okay, I'll
get
> > on the web and find out."
> >
> > I looked and looked and the best I could find was that apple crisp keeps
for
> > three days WITH refrigeration. I could not find anything which specified
how
> > long it could go without refrigeration on the day it was prepared.
> >
> > I am hoping someone here knows or can tell me where to look. I want to
know
> > if who was right and who was wrong.
> >
> > Thanks for a clue.
> >
> > Bob
>
> Gosh, I never, ever refrigerate any dessert made with sugar. On the
> other hand, those made with Splenda get the cool down - quick.
>
> >
> >
> >