Whirlpool ET20VK 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 info the freezer than will
treeze within 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.
FOOOSTORAGECHART
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 to12 months
MEAT
Bacon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 weeks or less
Corned beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 weeks
Cured ham . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 2 months
(Salting meat shortens freezer life)
Frankfurters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 month
Ground beef, iamb, veal 2 to 3 months
Roasts:
Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to 12 months
Lamb and veal . . . . . . 6 to 9 months
Pork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 to 8 months
Sausage, fresh . . . . . . . 1 to 2 months
Steaks and chops:
Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months
Lamb, veal, pork . . . . . 3 to4 months
FISH
Cod, flounder, haddock
Sole....................... 6months
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 . . . . . . . . . 6 months
Giblets . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months
Cooked poultry w/gravy . . . 6 months
Slices (no gravy)
. . . . . . . . . , . . 1 month
Pood
MAIN MSHES
Storageflme
Stews; meat, poultry
and fish casserole . . . . 2 to 3 months
TV dlnnars . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . 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 to8 weeks
Freezing can change texture of
cheese.
Ice cream, ice milk
sherbet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 weeks
EGGS
Whole (mixed] . . . . . . . . . 9 to 12 months
Whites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 to 12 months
Yolks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 to 12months
(Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed
eggs1
BAKED GOODS
Yeast breads and roils ......
3 months
Baked Brown 'N Serve
roils .......................
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 to6 months
'Based cm USDA and Mlchlgon Cooperahve Extenwn SewCe
suggested storage times
if electricity goes off
Call the power company Ask how long powe
WI/I be off
1.
If service IS to be Interrupted 24 hours or les!
keep both doors dosed This WIII help froze
foods to stay frozen.
2. If service IS to be interrupted longer than 2
hours
[a) Remove all frozen food and store in 1
frozen food locker Or
(b) Place 2 Ibs (0 9 kg) of dry ice In freezer fc
every cu tt. of freezer space This will kee.
frozen
foods for 2
to
4 days Wear gloves 1
protect your hands from dry Ice burns
(c) If neither food locker storage nor dry IC
IS ovalable, use or can perishable foe
at once
3.
A full freezer
WI/I
stay cold longer than a part
fllled one A freezer full of meat will stay COI
longer than a freezer full of baked goods
food contolns Ice crystals, It may be safe
refrozen, although the quality and flavor mc
be affected. Use refrozen foods quickly If tb
condition of the food IS poor or you have or
susplclons, It 1s wise to dispose ot It.