Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> 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?
>
> Depends on how much you're refrigerating in one container.


I usually put the kettle in the sink and pour the contents
of my ice cube bin around it.
Stir occasionally and the soup/chili/spag sauce cools
quickly to be refrigerated safely.

Alton Brown pours it into various plastic bags and sets the
bags in a picnic cooler
with ice. With my luck, the bags would leak. I like my way
better.

gloria p