"Steve" > wrote in message
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> 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?

Do not cool it in the fridge it's bad for all the other foods in the fridge.
If you want to cook it quickly put a bunch of ice in the sink (stopper in)
add water and salt (make a brine) and put the soup pot into the sink
stirring occasionally.

Dimitri