sf wrote:
****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?
You can leave the apple pie out with no problem; but I'd refrigerate the
pumpkin pie mainly because I like eating it nice and cold. Food for
thought: pumpkin pie has egg in
it...--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pumpkin pies sit out on the counter in bakeries and grocery stores for
days without a problem.-------------------------------------------
RESPONSE: Few years back I took a class @ our local community college on
food safety taught by the retired director Oakland County Board Of
Health.
Subject of pies,cakes,pastries were discussed and if they needed to be
in the fridge regardless if homemade or bought in grocery stores.
He stated if product has whole milk/eggs listed on box or in your
receipe yes they do need to put in your fridge.
At the time I took this class the director told us board of health could
not fine any grocery stores for having pies etc. that needed to be in
the coolers instead on shelves and they have been fighting the state
-Michigan- for a new bill that would allow them to inspect products in
grocery stores.
Looks like the bill didn't pass because yesterday was looking at
pumpkins pies at my local national chain grocery store that had pies out
of the coolers and had whole milk/eggs listed.
I remember the director also showed us a list of people who had died in
the past which was traced back to people purchasing these products.