On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:47:33 -0500, pltrgyst > wrote:

>On 11/11/13 12:29 PM, Polly Esther wrote:
>> Let's say you have a casserole just out of the oven and you need to
>> quickly cool it. What's your approach? Those of you who have 32
>> degrees outside need not reply; we don't have one of those. Polly
>
>An ice bath is much faster than a refrigerator.
>
>-- Larry

Only if the caserole is a metal pan... placed in cold liquid hot
glass/ceramic will very likely shatter. Depends what Polly means by
"quickly", and a caserole consisting of what? If the caserole while
hot is easily portioned that's perhaps what I'd do, individual
portions will cool much more quickly... and how cool is cool? There's
really not enough information offered to do more than make wild
speculation.