Whirlpool ED26MK Use & Care Manual page 13

IMPORTANT: Do not expect your
freezer to quick-freeze any large
quantity of food. Put no more un-
frozen food into the freezer than will
freeze within 24 hours. (No more than
2 to 3 pounds of fresh meat or 3 to 4
pounds of vegetables per cubic toot
of freezer space.] leave enough
space for air to circulate around
packages. Be careful to leave
enough room at the front so the door
can close tightly.
FOOOSTORAGECHART
Storage times* will vary according to the
quality of the food, the type of packaging or
wrap used (moisture and vapor-proof), and
the storage temperature which should be
0" F ( -17.8"C).
Food
FRUITS
Storage
time
Fruit juice concentrate . 12 months
Commercially frozen fruit . 12 months
Citrus fruit and juices. . 4 to 6 months
Others . . . . 8 to 12 months
VEGETABLES
Commercially frozen 8 months
Home troz5n . . 8 to 12 months
MEAT
Bacon . . . .
4 weeks or less
Cornedbeet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2weeks
Cured ham . 1 to 2 months
(Salting meat shortens freezer life)
Frankfurters . . . . . . . . . . .
1 month
Ground beet, iamb, veal 2 to 3 months
Roasts:
Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to I2 months
Lamb and veal
. . . . 6 to 9 months
Pork . . . . . . . 4 to 8 months
Sausage, fresh . .
1 to 2 months
Steaks and chops:
Beef . . . 8 to 12 months
Lamb, veal, pork . . . . . . 3 to4 months
FISH
Cod, flounder, haddock
Sole....................... 6months
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 king crab . . . 10 months
Shrimp, uncooked . 12 months
POULTRY
Whole chicken or turkey. 12 months
Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 months
Giblets . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months
Cooked poultry w/gravy . 6 months
Slices (no gravy) . . . . . . 1 month
Food
MAIN DISHES
Storage
time
Stews; meat, poultry
and fish casserole :. . . 2 to 3 months
TV dinners. . . . . . . . 3 to 6 months
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Butter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to 9 months
Margarine . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 9 months
Cheese:
Camembert, brick,
Mozzarella, farmer's . . . . 3 months
Creamed cottage . . DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar, Edam, Gouda,
Swiss.etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to8 weeks
Freezing can change texture of
cheese.
Ice cream, ice milk
sherbet . . . . . . . . . . . 4 weeks
EGGS
Whole (mixed] . . . . . . . 9 to 12 months
Whites . . . . . . . . 9 to 12 months
Yolks . . . . . . . . 9 to12 months
(Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed
eggs)
BAKED GOODS
Yeast breads and roils . . . . 3 months
Baked Brown 'N Serve
rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 months
Unbaked breads.. . . . . . . . 1 month
Quick breads . . . . . 2 to 3 months
Cakes, unfrosted . . . . 2 to 4 months
Cakes, frosted . . . . 8 to12 months
Fruit cakes . . . . . . . . . 12 months
Cookie dough . . . . . . . . . 3 months
Baked cookies . . . . . 8 to 12 months
Baked pies. . . .,. . 1 to 2 months
Pie dough only . . . . . . . . . . 4 to6 months
'8osed on US DA and Mlchlgon Ccoperot~ve Exlens~m Serwce
suggested slwoge limes
It electricity goes off
Call the power company Ask how long power
~111 be off
1.
If service IS to be Interrupted 24 hours or less,
keep b',of/- doors closed This will help frozen
foods to stay frozen
2. If service IS to be Interrupted longer than 24
hours
[a] Remove 011 frozen food and store In o
frozen food IocKer Or
(b)
Place 2 Ibs (0 9 kgj of dry Ice in freezer for
every cu f7 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 iocker storage nor dry Ice
IS avo~lable. use or can perIshable food
at once
3. A full freezer WIII stok cold lopger than a partly
filled one A freezer ful' of meat WIII stay cold
longer than o freezer full of baked goods If
food contolns Ice crystals, It may be safely
refrozen, although the quality and flavor may
be affected Use refrozen foods quickly If the
condition of the fooa IS poor or you hove c17y
SUSPICIOUS, I: IS
ulse +c dispose of ,t
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