Whirlpool ET18PK User & Care Manual page 13

IMPORTANT:
Do not expect your freezer to quick-
freeze any large quantity of food. Put no more
unfrozen food into the freezer than will freeze
within 24 hours. (No more than 2 to 3 pounds of
food per cubic foot of freezer space.) leave
enough space for air to circulate around pack-
ages. Be careful to leave enough room
at the
front so the door can close tightly.
FOOD
STORAGE CHART
Storage times* will vary according to the qual-
ity of the food, the type of packaging or wrap
used (moisture
and vapor-proof), and the stor-
age temperaturewhich should be 0°F ( -17.8%).
Food
Storage Time
FRUITS
Fruit juice concentrate ........
12 months
Commerolally
frozen fruit .....
12 months
Citrus fruit and juices ...... 4 to 6 months
Others ....................
8
to
12 months
VEGETABLES
Commercially frozen ..........
8 months
Home frozen ..............
8 to 12 months
MEAT
Bacon ....................
4 weeks or less
Corned beef ............. 4 weeks or less
(Salting meat shortens freezer life)
Frankfurters ..................... lmonth
Ground beef, lamb, veal ... 2 to 3 months
Roasts:
Beef ....................
6tol2months
lamb and veal .......... 6 to 9 months
Pork ..................... 4to8months
Sausage, fresh .............
1 to 2 months
Steaks and chops:
Beef ....................
8to12months
lamb, veal, pork .........
3 to 4 months
FISH
Cod, flounder, haddock
sole
......................... 6 months
Blue fish, salmon ........... 2 to 3 months
Mackerel, perch ........... 2 to 3 months
Breaded fish (purchased) ......
3 months
Clams, oysters, cooked
fish, crab, scallops ....... 3 to 4 months
Alaskan klng crab ............ 10 months
Shrimp, uncooked
............ 12 months
POULTRY
Chicken or turkey,
whole or parts .............. 12 months
Duck .......................... 6months
Giblets .................... 2to3months
Cooked poultry w/gravy .......
6 months
Slices (no gravy)
................
1 month
MAIN DISHES
Stews; meat, poultry
and fish casserole .......
2 to 3 months
TV dinners ................. 3 to 6 months
Food
Stomge Time
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Bulfer ......................
6to9morrfhr
Margarlne ..................... 12 months
Cheese:
Camembert, Mozzarella,
farmer% ....................
3 months
Creamed cottage ...... DONOTFRBUE
Cheddar, Bdam, Gouda,
Swiss, brick, etc. ........
6 to B weeks
Freezing can thange texture of
Chee+e.
Ice cream, Ice milk, sherbet .....
2 months
EGGS
Whole (mlxed) ................. 12 months
Whltes .........................
I2 monfffs
Yolks ...........................
I2 months
[Add sugar
or salt to yolks or-whole mixed eggs]
BAUD GOODS
Yeast breads and rolls .......... 3 months
Baked Bmwn 'N Serve rofls ......
3 months
Unbaked breads
................ 1 month
Qulckbmads .............. 2to3monfhs
Cakes,udrosted ........... 2to4monfhs
.Cakes,frosted ............ Bto12months
FruItcakes .................... 12months
Cookle.dough
.................. 3 month8
Bakedcookies..
.......... 8to t2months
Bakedpies.. ............... 1 to2monlhs
Hedoughonly
............. 4fo6monfhs
'Based on U.S.D.A. and Michigan
Cooperative
Extension Service suggested storage times.
If electricity goes off
Call the power company. Ask how long power
will be off.
1. If service is to be interrupted 24 hours or less,
keep both doors closed. This will help frozen
foods to stay frozen.
2. If service is to be interrupted longer than 24
hours:
(a] Remove all frozen food and store in a
frozen food locker. Or...
(b) Place 2 Ibs (0.9 kg] of dry ice in freezer for
every cu. ft. of freezer space. This will keep
frozen foods for 2 to 4 days. Wear gloves to
protect your hands from dry ice burns.
(c] If neither food locker storage nor dry ice is
available, use or can perishable food at
once.
3. A full freezer will stay cold longer than a
partly filled one. A freezer full of meat will stay
cold longer than a freezer full of baked
goods. If food contains ice crystals, it may
be safely refrozen, although the quality and
flavor
may be affected. Use refrozen foods
quickly. If the condition of the food is poor or
if you feel it is unsafe, dispose of it.
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