On Apr 10, 4:18*pm, Steve > wrote:
> If I'm going to be refrigerating homemade soup, should it go into the
> fridge immediately after cooking, or should I wait until it cools off
> a little? Or does that just allow bacteria to multiply?
>
If the soup was hot, and you leave it covered, a couple of hours
cooling to room temp will not cause bacteria. Let it cool off all the
way to room temp.
>
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>
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--Bryan