"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:47:33 -0500, pltrgyst > wrote:
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>>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.

Agree with you there. Another thing I will do is to bake what would be a
large, deep, casserole into 2-3 smaller, more shallow ones. I usually do
this if we are going to eat some that night and the rest on another night.