ms. tonya wrote:
> 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.

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