Billy wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:32:25 -0400, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
>> I still made great meals, but cooling stock
>> was in the sink til it cooled enough and if I needed the sink, went on a
>> hotpad on the floor.
>>
> Growing up in Michigan, we stored MANY Thanksgiving and Christmas
> dinners on the back porch. It was colder out there than the
> refrigerator could get.


YES! If there's more than 2 inches of snow on the back deck, that's
where a pot (sometimes my LeCreuset) full of hot stew, soup, chili, or
spaghetti sauce goes to cool down enough to refrigerate. I mound the
snow around the kettle about half to two-thirds up the sides, stir the
contents once or twice, and it cools off wonderfully quickly.

gp