mabe RMS1540Z Use And Care Manual page 30

getting the most from your refrigerator
After Buying Your Foodstuffs
After getting home from the supermarket, refrigerate or freeze perishable foods
as soon as possible.
We recommend that you press the Power Cool button so that the food can
quickly reach a suitable temperature.
To make sure that liquids which may leak from meat packaging don't contami-
nate other foods in your refrigerator, we recommend that you keep all meat in
the Meat Keeper provided with some models. If your model doesn't contain this
feature, store your meat products in plastic bags.
How to Store Your Food
Store cooked food in closed containers and place them on a shelf above
where raw foodstuffs are being stored. This will avoid contamination.
To prevent contamination between different foods we recommend keeping
food in lidded containers, wrapped up, or well-sealed using aluminium foil,
plastic wrap, or a lunch-box.
Do not store food in an open tin, transfer it into another container as oxygen
in the air could react with the metal and damage your health.
Ham, cold meats, and cheese should be kept in individual sealed bags or
airtight plastic containers.
Allow hot foods to cool somewhat before storing them inside small
containers in the refrigerator. You will save light and prevent other foods in
the refrigerator from being heated and thus adversely affected.
Make sure that jugs of flavoured or natural water have secure lids to prevent
undesirable odours affecting them.
If you wish, store your fruit and vegetables in plastic bags in your refrigerator
drawers. This micro-environment will prevent different gases from mixing
and thus conserve your food for longer.
We recommend you don't wash fruit and vegetables before storing
them in the refrigerator, as doing so could damage the skin and increase
decomposition rate. If they are very dirty, keep them in a plastic bag so that
they don't taint the other foods stored in the compartment.
We recommend the refrigeration of
eggs. Don't wash them before storing,
as this could damage their natural
protective layer, and thus contaminate
the interior of the egg. Keep them
in their protective carton, with the
air pocket facing upwards (the thick
part). Wash them just before use to
avoid contaminating the food you're
preparing. For the same reason, abide
by the use-by date.
Fruit and garden produce which
should not be mixed.
To avoid undesired flavours and
odours be aware of the
following information:
Cabbage, celery, carrots, figs,
and potatoes absorb apple and
pear
odours.
Figs and grapes absorb turnip
odours.
Mushrooms and figs absorb
onion odours.
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