On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:29:14 -0600, Christine Dabney wrote:

> The standard wisdom is that you want to get it out of the danger zone
> as fast as possible. And from what I have learned, read, etc.. one
> of the best ways to do that is to put the pot in a sink full of cold
> water... Change out the water when it gets warm, and continue doing
> this til the soup is at a much, much cooler temperature. Putting ice
> cubes in the water will help a bit. You could also just put the soup
> pot in a bowl of ice cubes, adding more as necessary, to cool down
> the soup rapidly.
>
> Doing anything else and letting it sit in the danger zone is asking
> for trouble. Doesn't matter what kind of pot it was cooked in, PC or
> otherwise.
>

some of us like to take a walk on the wild side.

your pal,
blake