Maybe YOU all figured this out eons ago, but dummy here just did.
I'd done the stove top part of a Shepherd Pie in the middle of the afternoon ( had an errand to run tween 4 and 5 ) and there it sat, warm and oven ready. I didn't want to stick it in the fridge to cool off and then take forever to bake. Didn't want it to sit on the counter too long either and get to room temp.

BONG!! I whipped out my Anchor Hocking casserole tote, heated the gel insert in the mike, wrapped the cass in a towel, and put it and the hot insert in the tote, zipped it tight, and covered it all with another towel.

Two hours later, it was still quite warm and ready for the oven. I don't think it'd reached an unsafe temp,-- at least no sign of food poisoning yet. HTH.

"Kalmia" > wrote in message
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Maybe YOU all figured this out eons ago, but dummy here just did.
I'd done the stove top part of a Shepherd Pie in the middle of the afternoon
( had an errand to run tween 4 and 5 ) and there it sat, warm and oven
ready. I didn't want to stick it in the fridge to cool off and then take
forever to bake. Didn't want it to sit on the counter too long either and
get to room temp.

BONG!! I whipped out my Anchor Hocking casserole tote, heated the gel
insert in the mike, wrapped the cass in a towel, and put it and the hot
insert in the tote, zipped it tight, and covered it all with another towel.

Two hours later, it was still quite warm and ready for the oven. I don't
think it'd reached an unsafe temp,-- at least no sign of food poisoning yet.
HTH.




Good idea.

Dimitri

> "Kalmia" <> wrote in message
> > Maybe YOU all figured this out eons ago, but dummy here just did.
> I'd done the stove top part of a Shepherd Pie in the middle of the
> afternoon ( had an errand to run tween 4 and 5 ) and there it sat, warm
> and oven ready. I didn't want to stick it in the fridge to cool off and
> then take forever to bake. Didn't want it to sit on the counter too long
> either and get to room temp.
>
> BONG!! I whipped out my Anchor Hocking casserole tote, heated the gel
> insert in the mike, wrapped the cass in a towel, and put it and the hot
> insert in the tote, zipped it tight, and covered it all with another
> towel.
>
> Two hours later, it was still quite warm and ready for the oven. I don't
> think it'd reached an unsafe temp,-- at least no sign of food poisoning
> yet. HTH.
I'm just not sure that was a best solution. Of course, some folks' systems
are less fussy than ours but I'm thinking you may have had just enough
warmth to be dangerous. One summer we camped in the mountains beside a
family of 7. Five of them had to be hospitalized with food poisoning; one
died.

On Dec 11, 10:18*pm, "Polly Esther" > wrote:
> > "Kalmia" <> wrote in message
> > > Maybe YOU all figured this out eons ago, but dummy here just did.
> > I'd done the stove top part of a Shepherd Pie in the middle of the
> > afternoon ( had an errand to run tween 4 and 5 ) and there it sat, warm
> > and oven ready. *I didn't want to stick it in the fridge to cool off and
> > then take forever to bake. Didn't want it to sit on the counter too long
> > either and get to room temp.
>
> > BONG!! I whipped out my Anchor Hocking casserole tote, heated the gel
> > insert in the mike, wrapped the cass in a towel, and put it and the hot
> > insert in the tote, zipped it tight, and covered it all with another
> > towel.
>
> > Two hours later, it was still quite warm and ready for the oven. *I don't
> > think it'd reached an unsafe temp,-- at least no sign of food poisoning
> > yet. HTH.
>
> I'm just not sure that was a best solution. Of course, some folks' systems
> are less fussy than ours but I'm thinking you may have had just enough
> warmth to be dangerous. One summer we camped in the mountains beside a
> family of 7. *Five of them had to be hospitalized with food poisoning; one
> died.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

But what was the cause of the food poisoning? If it was caused by
food being left too long in a casserole tote, then you have a point.
If it was caused by something like undercooked chicken, then it
doesn't apply.