Dave Smith wrote:
> 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.


I have never left anything in the car, but I have left a pot of stew or
chili or spaghetti sauce outside the back door with snow mounded around
them to chill before putting in the refrigerator. It works quite well
if you can fasten the lid securely from "critters".

gloria p