To be over safe with all foods I just say 165 of an internal temp, and wouldn't hold it for more that 2 hours. FDA and MN State Food law.
Cold food should be kept at 40 degrees or lower. Keep hot foods hot. This will insure safe food to eat.
To keep food cold that needs to be kept cold.
The key is in how long the food has been kept in the "danger zone" between 40-140 degrees Fahrenheit. Combined, the total time that food is allowed to be in this zone is 4 hours. This includes prep, heating, cooling, and reheating times. After that, how long you hold it hot has more to do with the quality of the food degrading (turning to mush) and less to do with safety.
Food and water on ships of the time of the Endeavour were kept on the lower decks. Foodstuffs were kept in large tea chests and wooden crates, while water was kept in wooden barrels.
keep. keep / kept / kept
The body can be kept healthy by healthy by good food intake and daily exercise.
The Vikings kept animals because if they didn't have food they would kill them and eat them.
To keep them alive and Fertile
The past tense of the word keep is kept.Kept.
The present perfect tense of "keep" is "have kept."
Hotel pans are used in Restaurants, They are stainless rectangular pans made and used for the steam table. Dishes can be cooked in them in oven and then moved directly to the steam table to be kept hot. Also are used in the cold side placed on top of refrigeration units. They are very useful and common in commercial kitchens . There are many sizes. Google hotel pans for more.
While I was in Portugal everyone kept a bowl on the table. As long as they are immersed in oil they keep.