"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>> On 10/15/2013 5:08 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>>>> On 10/14/2013 8:35 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>>> Having said that, I wouldn't cool a pot of food in the garage no matter
>>>> how cold or clean it was. It just rubs me the wrong way.
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>>> Not even with a secure lid and if it is coolest place??
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>> Nope. The garage is the place where tools and things like paint are
>> stored. It's not the place for food, secure lid or not. The "coolest"
>> place for food is inside the house or in the refrigerator.
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> Well that is what I do too, but perhaps if I didn't have the space indoors
> ... not sure where I would put them.

I used to bake tons of cookies for Christmas. I would put them in plastic
bags and then in paper grocery bags and keep them in my storage room at one
apartment I had. I only had a smallish closet type thing in there but I had
a huge apartment so didn't really need it. I mainly only kept things like
my punch bowl and seasonal decorations in there. So plenty of room for the
cookies. The laundry room was also in this same unit. Two washers and two
dryers. Although the dryers would generate some heat, they were far enough
away that they didn't affect the cookies. But the unit was considerably
cooler than my apartment was so I think it kept the cookies fresher. They
weren't in there for a long time though. 2-3 weeks at the most.