Storing Frozen Food; Vacation And Moving Care - Whirlpool ET14AK Use & Care Manual

STORING FROZEN FOOD
Packaged Frozen Food
Store on freezer dot
shelf or In the freezer If vou alan to store it for a long
time, re-wrap It with aluminum foil or plastic wrap
Frozen Meats-
.The following hints WIII heir
keep the quality in your frozen meats
1. Freeze meat while fresh and in top condition.
2. Use only recommended wrapping materials.
3. Prepare the meat for freezing before wrap
Ping it. Trim off excess fat and remove bone:
when practical. Meat should not be saltec
because salt shortens freezer life.
4. Wrap tightly, pressing out as much air a:
The freezer sectlon is designed for storage of com-
possible
mercially frozen foods and for freezing foods at
5. Label and date rt.
horne
6. Refreezing thawed meat IS not recommendec
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Frozen Soups, Juices
Store on freezer doo
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shelf or In the freezer.
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STORME CHART FOR FROZER FOOD
Packaging
-The secret of successful freezing IS
Storage times given in thii chart are only a
n tie packaging. The wrap you use must be air.
guide. For best use of freezer space, keep fro-
nolsture and vapor proof. The
way
you close and
zen foods for short times. Use. then replace as
;eal the package must not allow air, moisture or
needed.
/apors In or opt Bread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2months
RIgId polyeiiylene (plastic) containers with tight-
Cooked Dfshes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 months
lttlng I~ds, straight-sided canning freezlng Jars, Fish and Swtoods
ieavy-duty alL,mlnum foil, plastic-cmted paper and
Fresh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6months
Ior-permeable plastic wraps (such as Saran) are
. . . . . .
l-3 months
ecommendetl Note Heat-sealed boiling bags are
Commercially Frozen
Fruits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6months
3asy to use a,jd can be used by themselves or as Ice Cream
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 month
sarton liners
Concentrated Juice.. . . . . . . . . 4-6 months
Meats
IMPORTANT: Do not expect your freezer to qulck-
Bacon . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . Less than 1 month
freeze any large quantity of food. Leave enough
Pork roosts, chops
. . . . . . . . . . 3-4 months
space for air to circulate around packages. Be
Saurcrge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-2 months
careful to leave enough room at the front so the
Beef, veal, lamb roasts . . . . . . . 6 months
door can close tightly.
GK$uM meat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-2 months
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 months
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PO&y
Ice Cream
.Store in the freezer Once the pack-
Vegetables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 months
age IS opened, place a piece of aluminum foil or
plastic wrap smoothly against the Ice cream surface
*Courtesy of National Live Stock and Meat Board
This will prever?t ice crystals from formlng.
'Courtesy of U S D A
Vacation and moving care
Short vacations. . .
the Ice maker at least a day ahead. When the last
No need to s?ut off the refrigerator if you WIII be
load of Ice drops, turn off the ice maker.
away for less than four weeks. Use up perishables,
Unplug the refrigerator and clean it ..rinse well
freeze other iterns. If your refrigerator IS equipped
and dry. Tape rubber or wood blocks to both doors
4h an automctlc ice maker, 1) turn it off, 2) shut off
..keeplng them open far enough for air to get in
-he water s~ppl,~ to the Ice maker, 3) empty the Ice
This WIII keep odor and mold from building up
bin.
WARNING: Tape blocks out of a child's
reach...do not allow children near
Long vacations. . .
the refrigerator when the doors are
Remove all the food of you are going for a month
blocked open. They may become
3r m3re If your refrigerator IS equipped with an
injured or trapped.
3utornatlc Ice ,naker, turn off the water supply to
To restart refrlgerafor. see "Using Your Refrlgeratoc."
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