Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Tue 02 Dec 2008 08:58:46p, Dave Smith told us...
>
>> Welsh Dog wrote:
>>> Back in the UK Master Chef Delia Smith recently advocated leaving a
>>> dish of cooked turkey legs in the car boot *overnight* to cool before
>>> being properly refrigerated if eaten cold!
>>>
>>> Wouldn't work here in Oz because temperatures of 40ºC+ do funny things
>>> to poultry. If we left it out overnight it'd be tapping on the door by
>>> morning asking to come back in!!
>>>
>>> Over there tho surely the weather is cold enough to make it a
>>> reasonable option. Saves wrecking the fridge after all!
>>>
>>> Anyone else think leaving it overnight is acceptable... in Northern
>>> hemisphere cars of course?
>> I have left things in the car to cool here during winter.... if it is
>> not too cold.
>
> Even in the Arizona winter it’s usually cold enough for temporary overnight
> food storage.

Here in southern Ontario December temperatures hover around the freezing
point, using dipping below 0 (32F) at night, so putting things in the
trunk over night might result in freezing. Prepared foods that have to
be kept cold can go into the car during the day.



> I usually put whatever it is inside the gas grill.

It doesn't get cold enough here to have to light the grill :-)
Living in the country I have to worry about critters. We have raccoons
that can be pretty resourceful if they suspect a free meal can be had. I
prefer to leave it in the locked car.