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Gary

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> On Mon, 7 Dec 2015 09:52:09 -0000, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > wrote in message
> .. .
> >> On Sun, 6 Dec 2015 15:00:12 -0800, "taxed and spent"
> >> > wrote:
> >> \>>>>
> >>>>>> Mine is supposedly frost free and I suppose it is except once I have
> >>>>>> made 12-14 pots of soup, I want them in the freezer, so I put them in
> >>>>>> very hot.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>so they will thaw out faster?
> >>>>>
> >>>> Nope! That's the old ice cube question.
> >>>
> >>>so when they thaw out they will be piping hot?
> >>>
> >> Nope but at the time the soup is made and I am fed up with the whole
> >> idea of making it, ladling it into the containers etc etc etc, I just
> >> want to get it all into the freezer and forget about it I wish
> >> they would thaw out piping hot but life is hard and they don't
> >
> >The way you are describing it I thought you meant you put the whole pot in
> >.. hot.
> >
> >I suspect they cooled down a lot by the time you had got it all ready to
> >freeze
>
> Not that much, a couple of times ago I handled one of the pots
> carelessly and the lid popped off and my hand was splashed. Hot
> enough I would have liked to have dropped it but it would have been
> too much mess Grin and bear it.

My only concern with putting lots of hot soup right into the freezer
would be it warming up your freezer and partially thawing other frozen
food in there. If nothing else, it would create lots of frost. You
live close enough to the Arctic Circle ;-) Can't you set it (with
lid) out on your back porch/balcony to cool down a bit? Just
wondering.