Freezing And Storing Food; Freezing Fresh Food - Bosch GSN-36VW30 Instructions For Use Manual

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Freezing and storing
food
Purchasing frozen food
Packaging must not be damaged.
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Use by the "use by" date.
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Temperature in the supermarket
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freezer must be -18 °C or lower.
If possible, transport deep-frozen food
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in an insulated bag and place quickly
in the freezer compartment.
Note when loading products
Preferably freeze large quantities
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of food in the top compartment, where
food freezes particularly quickly
and therefore also gently.
Do not cover the ventilation slots on
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the rear panel with frozen food.
Place the food over the whole area
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of the compartments or in the frozen
food container.
Note
Food which is already frozen must not
come into contact with the food which
is to be frozen. If required, move
the frozen food to the frozen food
container.
To ensure air circulation in the
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appliance, insert frozen food container
all the way.
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Freezing fresh food

Freeze fresh and undamaged food only.
To retain the best possible nutritional
value, flavour and colour, vegetables
should be blanched before freezing.
Aubergines, peppers, zucchini and
asparagus do not require blanching.
Literature on freezing and blanching
can be found in bookshops.
Note
Keep food which is to be frozen away
from food which is already frozen.
The following foods are suitable for
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freezing:
Cakes and pastries, fish and seafood,
meat, game, poultry, vegetables, fruit,
herbs, eggs without shells, dairy
products such as cheese, butter and
quark, ready meals and leftovers such
as soups, stews, cooked meat and
fish, potato dishes, soufflés and
desserts.
The following foods are not suitable
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for freezing:
Types of vegetables, which are usually
consumed raw, such as lettuce or
radishes, eggs in shells, grapes,
whole apples, pears and peaches,
hard-boiled eggs, yoghurt, soured
milk, sour cream, crème fraîche and
mayonnaise.