In article >,
Kalmia > wrote:

> I'd never put the cooking pot in the fridge.
> a. How do you have the room?

There is a meal in it. It gets eaten the next day.
Using that space for a ready to heat and eat meal
is a very efficient use of space. If you cannot
spare any space in your refrigerator, then you need
to buy a second refrigerator. Look at all the cabinet
space I have available.

> b. isn't the pot pretty well dried out and tough to clean after it's been in the fridge all night with a dab of food in it?

No. I do not burn food onto my cookware.
A bit of detergent, water, a nylon scraper

<http://www.amazon.com/Harolds-Kitchen-Nylon-Pot-Scrapers/dp/B0006IA0ME>

and a microfiber dish cloth.

> c. my leftovers go into some covered Pyrex dishes - I don't mind washing them,

When you do let us know.

> it frees up the cooking pot,

I do not need to cook in that pot.
It already has a meal in it. Plus
I have more than one cooking pot.

> and it's all set for the mike the next day.

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Michael Press