On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:28:40 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>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?
>
>
>It's not good for the fridge to stick a large amount of hot stuff. Stick
>a cover on the pot while it is hot and let it cool down to room
>temperature. Then stick it into the fridge.

That's what I do and I'm not dead yet.



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I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.