Whirlpool ED22MM Use & Care Manual page 13

Freezing Vegetables - Freeze only fresh hrgh-
quality vegetables picked when barely mature
For best results, freeze no more than 2 to 3 hours
after pickrng Wash In cold water, sort and cut Into
approprrate srzes Blanch or scald Pack In recom-
mended container and freeze.
Do not freeze lettuce, celery, carrot sticks. pota-
toes or fresh tomatoes All will become limp or
mushy Tomatoes will collapse when thawed
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Freezing Meats - The meat you thaw can only
be as good as the meat you freeze "Drugstore"
wrap In meal-size packages Flat cuts or patties
should be wrapped rndtvrdually or In layers sepa-
rated by a double thickness of freezer wrap
Make sure store wrappings are motsture and va-
por proof If not, re-wrap meats with one of the
wraps recommended under "PackagIng"
Freezing Cooked Food-Prepare cooked
foods as you would for the table, shorten cooking
time10 to15 minutes toallow for addrttonol cookrng
during reheatrng Omit seosonrngs and part of the
lrqurd Plan to add them at reheating time Pota-
toes should also be added to soup and stew at
heating trme Add crumb and cheese topprngs at
heating time
Cool as rapidly as possrble and freeze at once
Liquid or semi-liquid dishes may be frozen In rec-
ommended containers with heed-space Casser-
oles and other more solid foods may be frozen In
the baking container If you don't want to leave
your casserole dish in the freezer, line it with foil
Bake, cool, freeze, lrft out the foil package, bag It
and return to freezer
Freezing Baked Goods -Wrap baked breads
In recommended material Thaw In wrapping Un-
baked yeast breads can be frozen after the first
rrsrng Punch down, wrap and freeze
Bake cookies as usual Cool and freeze on trays.
then pack In recommended freezer bags or car-
tons Unbaked cookres may be dropped, molded
or rolled and frozen on cookie trays Store In bag or
carton bake without thawing Refrigerator-type
cookres can be wrapped and frozen in roll form
Thaw only enough to slrce when ready to bake
Fruit pres are best frozen unbaked Bake without
thawing Bake pecan and similar pies before
freezing rich fillings do not freeze solid cut steam
vents In top crusts when ready to bake