Do I need to refrigerate pies?
On Wed 23 Nov 2005 08:38:05p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Julia
Altshuler?
> It is Wednesday night at 10:30. One pumpkin pie and one apple pie have
> come out of the oven and cooled off. We know we need to refrigerate the
> pumpkin one, but what about the apple? Does the crust get soggy in the
> fridge? Is there an advantage to leaving it out? After the thread
> about going overboard in the sanitation department, I'm reluctant to ask
> the question, but I honestly don't know. What's the common sense answer?
I don't refrigerate either pumpkin or fruit pies if they're baked just the
day before. I put them in the diningroom or another room that's a bit cooler
than the kitchen. They won't spoil and the crust will have a niceer texture.
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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