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Janet

In article >, says...
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> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 7 Dec 2015 09:52:09 -0000, "Ophelia" >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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.

which risks multiplying any bacteria in it.

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.

Or stand the pot of hot soup in a sink of cold water.

Janet UK