Refrigerate a Kugel:

[Shel_B]

I made a potato kugel for dinner tomorrow, to be reheated before serving. Is it neccessary to refrigerate it? Under any circumstance?

[pastrygirl]

I would think you really should refrigerate it. Potatoes are a moist low acid food and ideal breeding ground for whatever might want to replicate in them. Plus isn't there dairy that might go sour?

[andiesenji]

Yes! Chill and refrigerate as soon as possible.

[Shel_B]

I would think you really should refrigerate it. Potatoes are a moist low acid food and ideal breeding ground for whatever might want to replicate in them. Plus isn't there dairy that might go sour?

No dairy - potatoes, eggs, onions, matzoh meal, S&P. I refrigeraqted the kugel soon after reading the comments here. Thanks all!

[andiesenji]

Good plan, Shel. Anything with eggs, no matter the other ingredients, MUST be refrigerated.

[Shel_B]

Anything with eggs, no matter the other ingredients, MUST be refrigerated.

That raises another question: What cooked items must be refrigerated?

The issue of eggs is interesting in that frequently people trave with unrefrigerated boiled eggs, such as when going to picnics, pot lucks, and other events. Should these eggs be refrigerated (especially if still in the shell), and if it's not necessary, why must eggs in some cooked items, such as my kugel, be refrigerated?

Edited April 9, 2012 by Shel_B (log)

[andiesenji]

If eggs are still in the shell and kept relatively cool, they can survive longer without too much danger, but only a few hours.

On the other hand, you can put shelled hard-boiled eggs in a brine or vinegar (pickling) solution and keep them at room temp for extended periods.

When I was in my teens, I lived for a couple of years in a small village in Wisconsin. Every tavern in the area (there were plenty because it was a resort area with lots of lakes) had a big jar of pickled eggs on the bar or back bar.

I never partook.