Food Freezing Suggestions - GE FF16 Use And Care Manual

FOOD FREEZING SUGGESTIONS

Rules for Successful Food Freezing
1. Freeze the best. Freeze only top-quality foods.
Freezing retains quality and flavor; it cannot
improve quality.
2. Keep work area clean.
3. Work quickly. The quicker fruits and vegetables
are frozen after picking, the better the frozen
product will be. You'll save time, too, with less
Choose correct packaging materials. Frozen
foods will dry out if not properly wrapped or
Both rigid containers and flexible bags
or wrappers can be used. Make sure they are
especially designed for freezing.
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Follow reliable instructions for freezing different
types of food.
6. Freeze foods in practical meal-sized packages.
7. Fill container properly. When placing liquid or
semi-liquid foods in containers, leave about 1/2" at
top (1 !A" for glass containers) to allow for
expansion during freezing.
Helpful Materials
You'll find these materials helpful in preparing foods
for the freezer:
vegetables and f~its
blanching
Assortment of knives for cutting up meat, fruits and
vegetables
Quick-Freezing
Freezing is fast and efficient throughout the freezer,
but quickest on the top shelf—especially with the
temperature control at a number higher than 4 (the
coldest setting is "COLDEST").
8. Freeze correct quantities. There is an established
maximum of food your freezer is designed to freeze
at one time—approximately 3 pounds per cubic
foot of freezer capacity. In normal position, your
freezer's control dial will maintain sufficiently low
temperatures in the freezer to freeze recommended
quantities of food.
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part of it in your refrigerator's fresh food
compartment until the first quantity is frozen,
9. Freeze foods quickly. Continually rotate frozen
foods to the front of the freezer so the longest-
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10. Store frozen foods immediately. Commercially
frozen food can be stored any place in the freezer.
These foods should not be allowed to thaw before
being placed in the freezer.
Rolls of absorbent paper towels or soft cloth towels
for draining foods
Proper freezer packaging materials for various types
of food
Small loading funnel for fruit and vegetable
containers, to keep sealing edge clean
Glass marking pencil for labeling packages
Roll of freezer tape
If you plan to quick-freeze large amounts of food, turn
the temperature control to "COLDEST" several hours
before food will be ready to be placed in the freezer.
Never freeze more than three pounds of food per
cubic foot of freezer capacity at one time.
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