"Welsh Dog" > wrote in message
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> 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?
>
> Welshdog
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My mother used to do that in the *winter* in Ohio. Often, it was just for a
couple of hours instead of overnight (unless she wanted frozen leftovers in
the morning!).

MaryL