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Do feminists put hot food in the fridge?

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    #32
    _Dara_
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    seamus wrote: »
    Hot food goes in the fridge. Letting it cool down first makes it ripe for bacterial build up.

    It does not heat up the rest of the fridge unless you're putting in a family-sized lasagne straight from the oven at 180 degrees. A fridge is well capable of handling the steam from some food.

    Rule of thumb: if you can hold it without burning your thumb, it can go in the fridge.

    If you cover the food whilst it’s cooling, this isn’t an issue. When you tightly cover piping hot food, the micro-environment within that cover is basically sterilised by the heat. There’ll be little or no bacteria there to multiply.

    BUT if you put hot food directly into the fridge, you can warm up other foodstuffs near the hot item. Those foodstuffs might have bacteria on them and the raised temperature can allow bacteria to multiply on them until the temperature comes down to a safe level again.


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    #33
    Graces7
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    Even worse is putting hot food into the freezer.. if anyone ever does?


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    #34
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,802 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    SortingYouOut wrote: »
    The first page of a Google search has arguments from both sides, it's confusing.
    Did you know there's a page two too, to go to ?



    Not a lot of people know that.


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    #35
    Temptamperu
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    You have to let everything cool before putting it in the fridge to stop cross contamination. Chicken especially.


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