Freezing Food In Your Freezer - Whirlpool EVISOF Use And Care Manual

Freezing food in your freezer
When freezer has cooled to a safe storage
temperature, it mav be loaded with frozen food.
To wrap foods...
1. Cut sheet of wrapping material about one-
third longer than distance around food to be
wrapped Place wrapping sheet on flat sur-
face with food in center of sheet.
When you plan io freeze unfrozen food, see
the following chart for the amount to freeze at
2. Bring front and back of wrapping together
one time.
and fold in toward food, maklng at least two
1
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one-inch (2 5 cm] folds until food fits tightly
POUNDS OF FOOD I
against wrapping
'These amounts are based on USDA recommend
da?lons If too many packages of unfrozen food
are packed at one time into the freezer rhe rate
of freezlng IS too slow Poor quality products result
Packaging and sealing food...
Airtight packaging
IS
Important in freezing Airtight packaging
IS
Important in freezing
foods Containers and wrappings should be foods Containers and wrappings should be
moisture and vapor-proof and packages should moisture and vapor-proof and packages should
be sealed carefully to keep moisture In and air be sealed carefully to keep moisture In and air
out out
Freezer burn can result if food
IS
not properly
wrapped. When this happens, food dehydrates
and is of poor quality
3. Crease ends close to food to eliminate air
pockets
4. Press all air from package. Fold each end over
twice Make sure fold
IS
tight and fasten
against end of package with freezer tape
NOTE: When packaging meats that have not
been boned, pad sharp edges with extra wrap
or use stockinette to protect against tearing or
puncturing
Use heavy-dub aluminum freezer foil, kraf7 pa-
per with cellophane bonded to it, special freezer
bags, jars, cartons and freezer sealing tape for
packaging your food Items You'll find them at the
supermarket or freezer dealer
See booklet, "How to Preserve Foods the
Modern Way with Your WHIRLPOOL Freezer,"
for complete information and tips on home
freezing.