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Keeping My Casseroles Outside

Loey

By Loey
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Loey
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I'm making a potato casserole and a squash casserole Thanksgiving morning. I need to make them in advance because I won't have room in the oven to heat them (making 2 ducks) so I want them cooked in advance so I can microwave them. They have eggs in them but again they will be fully cooked. Can I keep them outside if it's supposed to be 46 degrees. I won't have any room in my refrigerator for them.

Thanks and Have a Happy and Healthy gluten-free Thanksgiving,

Loey

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Dixiebell Contributor
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I don't think that would be safe. Too warm. Do you have a cooler so you could put ice and the casseroles in it?

Why is measuring the temperature of food important? Because microorganisms (germs, bacteria, and viruses) that can cause foodborne illness grow best on foods in the temperature danger zone. The temperature danger zone includes the temperatures between 45 and 140 degrees Fahrenheit on a food thermometer. Food should be in this temperature range for no more than a total of four hours. This total includes the time food spends in the shopping cart, in the car, waiting to be put away, in preparation, cooking, waiting to be served, and cooling before storage. The rule of thumb is that after food has been prepared and served, it should never sit out for more than two hours before it is put away in the refrigerator or freezer.

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Ahorsesoul Enthusiast
Ahorsesoul
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I think it's too warm too. Even a box with ice in it and wrapped in a big blanket would work. Can you not use crock-pots for these two items?

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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I agree--it's too warm. Not safe ;)

Cypressmyst Explorer
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I would imagine that they will be fine outside. As long as the coons don't make off with em! :ph34r:

They're bandits you know!

Loey Rising Star
Loey
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I agree--it's too warm. Not safe ;)

Thank you Dixiebell, Patti, and Cypressmyst, Jerseyangel and everyone else who replied. I don't want to poison my family on the holidays (or any time). I actually gave my hubby food poisoning on our anniversary one year. I might have room for the potato casserole in the fridge once I take the ducks out to cook and I could just make the squash in the microwave as it's more for me (I can't eat potatoes) than them. I'm a little overwhelmed because my son brought home four loads of laundry and I also have all of the cooking to do. Luckily it's just the three of us so I really shouldn't be stressing. Tonight it's just mac and cheese (another thing I can't eat). I might try to make a small portion with goat cheese because I was told that doesn't affect people with a dairy problem.

Hope you have a happy and healthy gluten-free Thanksgiving

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kareng Grand Master
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Lo! My boys have been helping with their laundry since they were 3! Completely doing their laundry since about 10 years old. Sometimes I help, yes. They might put a load in before school and if I think about , I will move it to the dryer. Or they were doing yard work and cleaning so I moved the laundry along.

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Loey Rising Star
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Lo! My boys have been helping with their laundry since they were 3! Completely doing their laundry since about 10 years old. Sometimes I help, yes. They might put a load in before school and if I think about , I will move it to the dryer. Or they were doing yard work and cleaning so I moved the laundry along.

I know. I'm a total enabler and if I had it all over to do again things would have been different. I had him when I was 40 and was so thrilled to even have a child that he was a "wee" bit pampered by Klark and I.

Other than the laundry he's turned out to be a pretty fine young adult with a nice set of values. We were discussing sex on the ride home (we're pretty open with him) and he said that if that was all he was looking for he would have had it by now. He's more interested in a relationship and how the girl feels. So, I think I'll do the laundry and be happy for who he is. I also have to admit I love doing things for him. He will eventually face the cold cruel world and realize all of the things he needs to do for himself.

Thanksgiving (((HUGS)))

Loey

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