Food Storage Guide; Storing Fresh Food - Whirlpool ED26MM Use & Care Manual

Food storage guide
;TORING FRESH FOOD
STORAGE CHART FOR FRESH AND CURED MEAT*
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Approximate Tlme
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There is a right way to package and store refrrg-
?rated or frozen foods. To keep foods fresher, longer,
ake the time to study these recommended steps.
leafy Vegetables.,
Remove store wrapping and
rim or tear off bruised and discolored areas Wash in
:old water and drain. Place In plastic bog or plastrc
:ontainer and store in crisper Cold, moist arr helps
ceep leafy vegetables fresh and crisp
Variety Meats . . . . .
1 to 2
Chicken . . . . . . . . 1 to2
Ground Beef . . . . . . . . 1 to 2
Steaks and Roasts . . . . . 3 to 5
Cured Meats . . . . . . . . . 7 to 10
Bacon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5to7
Cold Cuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 to 5
*If meat IS to be stored longer than the times given,
follow the directions for freezing.
Vegetables with Skins
(carrots, peppers) .Store
n crisper. plastic bogs or plastic container.
Fruits
..Wash, let dry and store in refrigerator in *,
NOTE.:
Fresh fish and shellfish should be used the
Aastlc bogs or crrsper. Do not wash or hull berries
>ilrne day as purchased.
Jntll they ore ready to use. Sort and keep berrres in
',. II.
heir store container in a crisper, or store in a loosely
:Iosed paper bog on a refrigerator shelf.
Cured or Smoked Meat and Cold Cuts.
Ham.
bacon. sausage, cold cuts, etc., keep best In origi-
nal wrappings. Once opened, tightly re-wrap in
plastic wrap or alumrnum foil.
Canned Ham.
Store In refrigerator unless the la-
bel says it's okay to store on the shelf. Do not freeze.
Fresh Pouitry...Wrop
in plastic wrap. The plastic
wrap on poultry, as purchased. may be used for
storage.
Eggs
.Store without washing in the original CQr-
ton or use the Utility Bin that come with your
refrigerator.
Meat' Meat is perishable and expensive...you
Milk.
.Wipe milk cartons. For best storage. place
won't wont to waste on ounce of it through careless
milk on interior shelf or bottom door shelf.
candling. The following list and chart give you pack-
Beverages...Wrpe bottles and cans. Store on Q
aging hints and time limits. Store meat in the meat
door shelf or inside the refrigerator.
pan.
Butter.,
.Keep opened butter in covered dish or in
Fresh, Prepackaged
Meat.
Store fresh meat in the Utility Compartment. When
Storing
an extra sup-
the store wrapping. Vacuum packaged meat con
ply, wrap in freezer packaging and freeze.
be frozen for as long as one month If the seal is not
Cheese .Store in the original wrapping until
broken. If you wont to keep it frozen longer, you
V ou ore ready to use it. Once opened, re-wrap
should wrap It with special freezer wrapping maternal.
trghtly in plastic wrap or aluminum foil.
Condlments
Store small jars and bottles (cot-
Fresh Meat, Not Prepackaged. Remove the
SUP,
mustard, jelly, olives) on the door shelves where
market wrapping paperand
re-wrap in aluminum foil they are in easy reach,
for storing it unfrozen.
Leftovers...Cover leftovers with plastic wrap or
Cooked Meat.
Wrap or cover cooked meat with aluminum for to keep food from drying out and
plastic wrap or aluminum foil. Store immediately
transferrlng food odors. Plastic contarneis with ttght
lids ore fine, too.