Whirlpool ED19HK 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 wfthin 24 hours. (No more than
2 to 3 pounds of fresh meat or 3 to 4
pounds of vegetables per cubic foot
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.
FOOD STORAGE CHART
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 frozen . . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months
MEAT
Bacon . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 weeks or less
Corned beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 weeks
Cured ham . . . . . . 1 to 2 months
(Salting meat shortens freezer life)
Frankfurters . . . . . . . . . . . . . f month
Ground beef, lamb, veal 2 to 3 months
Roasts:
Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6tol2months
Lamb and veal . . . . 6 to 9 months
Pork . . . . 4 to 8 months
Sausage, fresh 1 to 2 months
Steaks and chops:
Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8tol2 months
Lamb, veal, pork . . . . . . 3 to4 months
FISH
Cod, flounder, haddock
Sole.. . . . 6 months
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6months
Giblets . . . . . . . . . . . , . 2 to 3 months
Cooked poultry w/gravy . 6 months
Slices (no gravy) . . . . . . . . . . . 1 month
Food
MAIN DISHES
Storage
tlme
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 to 8 weeks
Freezing can change texture of
cheese.
Ice cream, ice milk
sherbet . . . . . . 4 weeks
EGGS
Whole (mix,ed) 9 to 12 monfhs
Whites 9 to 12 months
Yolks . . 9 to 12 months
[Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed
eggs)
BAKED GOODS
Yeast breads and rolls . 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 to 12 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 to 6 months
'Based M US DA and Mlchgon Ccoperahe Extens~cr Serwce
suggested rlc+oge hmes
If electricity goes off
Call the power company Ask how lcng Power
WIII be off
I.
If servlce IS to be Interrupted 24 nours or less
keep both doors closed This will nelp frozen
foods to stay frozen
2. If serdlce
IS
to be Interrupted 'or?ger than 24
hours
(a) Remove all frozen fooa and store in o
frozen food locker Or
(b] Place 2 lbs (0 9 kg) of dry ice in freezer for
every cu ft of freezer space. This WIII keep
frozen foods for 2 to 4 days Wear gloves to
protect
your hands
from dry ice burns
[c) If neither food locker storage nor dry ice
IS avalfobie, use or can perlshable food
at once
3. A full freezer WIII stay cold longer than o portly
filled one A freezer full of meat ~111 stay cold
longer than a freezer full of baked goods If
food contains ice crystals, It may be safely
refrozen, although the qualit) and flavor may
be affected Use refrozen foods quickly If the
condition of the food
IS poor or you
have any
susp~^ ons, It
IS
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