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OVEN TIMER OPERATION
The oven timer offers you the following features:
1. Time of Day
2. Automatic Cooking
3. Minute Minder
AUTOMATIC COOKING
The Top Oven and Main Oven can be controlled automatically. When the
timer control has been set for one oven it is possible to use the other oven
only on the same automatic cooking programme.
GUIDANCE ON AUTOMATIC COOKING
1. Select foods which will take the same time to cook.
2. Set the oven timer so that the food has just finished or is just about to
finish cooking on your return to the oven. This will ensure the food has
not cooled down and does not require reheating before serving.
3. Food should be as cold as possible when it goes into the oven, ideally
straight from the refrigerator. Frozen meat and poultry should be
thawed thoroughly before it is put in the oven.
4. Warm food should never be placed in the oven if there is to be a
delay period. Stews prepared by frying the meat and vegetables should
be cooked as soon as possible.
5. Dishes containing left-over cooked poultry or meat, for example
Shepherds Pie, should not be cooked automatically if there is to be a
delay period.
6. Stews and joints should be cooked by the long slow method, so that the
delay period is kept to a minimum.
7. On warm days, to prevent harmful bacterial growth in certain foods (ie
poultry, joints, etc) the delayed start should be kept to a minimum.
8. Wine or beer may ferment and cream may curdle during the delay
period, so it is best to add these ingredients just before serving.
9. Foods which discolour should be protected by coating in fat or tossing in
water to which lemon juice has been added, prior to placing food in the
oven.
10. Dishes containing liquid should not be filled too full to prevent boiling
over.
11. Food should be well sealed (but not airtight) in a container to prevent the
loss of liquid during cooking. Aluminium foil gives a good seal.
12. Ensure food is cooked thoroughly before serving.
TIMER OPERATION
1. Make sure all oven controls are turned Off.
2. Check that the electricity supply to the cooker is turned On.
3. Check that the timer is set to the right time of day.
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