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FREEZING & STORING FROZEN
FOODS
The freezer
section
IS designed
for storage
of com-
merc~c~ly
frozen
foods
ond
for freezIng
foods
at
home
Packaging
- The secret
of successful
freezing
IS 1r1
the
packaging
The
wrap
you
use must
be
air.
moisture
and vapor
proof
The way you close and seai
the package
must not JIIOW air, moisture
or vapor
in
or out
Packaging
done in any other way could cause
food
odor
and
taste
transfer
throughout
the
re-
frigerator
and
dryng
0' frozen
food
Rigid polyethylene
(~)last~c) containers
h/l?h tighffit-
ting
!Ids, straight-sided
canningifreezing
jars, heavy-
duty
aluminum
foil, plastic-coated
paper
and
non-
permeable
plastic wraps [made
from a Saran film)
are recommended
NOTE: Heat-sealed
boiling
bags are easy to use and can be used by them-
selves
or as cation
liners.
Sealing
-
When
sealing
foods
or bags
squeeze
out the air
(Ilqu\ds
r,eeb
he&space
'c allow
for
expansion,
) T?^/lst the tsp and tur;
it bock
Faster
tie
securely
around
the coubled-over
tail
Fu? the IatX
Inside
transparent
bags,
use self-adhes
s/e label
'or
outside
of opaque
ones
Air-tight
wrapping
calls
for
drugstor?
hirap
Cd+
:Qe sheet
about
one-third
longer
tharl
'he dstarce
around
the food
Bring the ends tqether
ord
folc
lrI
(toward
the focx3] at leszst twice
to seal oJ air Crease
ends close to food,
press UI~ from package
Fold +~os
Jver twice
Finish package
and tape
closed
NOTE
Wth
unbonea
meats.
pad
sharp
edges
with extrl
nlrap
or use stockinette
to protect
the
wrap
fror
punctures
I
DO NOT USE,
l
Bread wrappers
l
Non-polyethylene
plastic containers
l
Containers
without tight lids
l
Waxed paper
l
Waxed-coated
freezer wrap
l
Thin, semi-permeable
wrap
None of these are totally moisture, air or vapor
proof. The use of these wrappings
could
cause
food odor and taste transfer
and
drying
of frozen food.
Freezing
Fruits
-. Select
rlae,
blemish-free
fruit
Be sdre they taste as good
OS +ney look
Wash 2 t
3 qciorts
11 tersl a? a time and drcln
Fruft that stanc
IT 'water -XIV lose food
value
and become,
sogg
Sort. peel
tr.m, PI? ord
slice as -,eeded
Pack
IT rlgld
\ylce-moL:hea
contalqers
or otht
recommendec
materla
Leave
head
space
+o
a
Ioh liquids
+o exr3anC
during
free? ng
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