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Default semi-hot item in cold fridge causes sour-ness

On 7/13/2018 1:53 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 08:49:09 -0600, notbob > wrote:
>
>> I've been watching old eps of Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares (USA
>> edition). More than once, I've seen Gordon tear into chefs fer not
>> knowing that putting a hot soup/sauce into a cold refrigerator makes sed
>> soup/sauce "sour". True?
>>
>> I've been doing this (putting semi-hot soup in fridge) fer years. IME,
>> letting soup/sauce cool on range-top prior to putting in refrigerator
>> cause item to spoil sooner. Yes? No?
>>
>> nb

>
> My thinking is that putting the hot stuff into the fridge causes the
> temp in the fridge to increase for everything in there. I don't know
> how long it takes for the fridge temps to recover but in the meantime
> the temps may be above optimal. I don't have any facts and figures
> for this, no article to cite, just my thinking of how it would work.
> So I leave soups and so forth on the stove top to come to a palm
> (hand) temperature before I put it in the fridge.
> Janet US
>

Same here.

Jill