Whirlpool ETL8VK Use & Care Manual page 12

Freezing Vegetables - Freeze only fresh hrgh-
quality vegetables picked when barely mature.
For best results, freeze no more than 2 to 3 hours
after prckrng. Wash in cold water, sort and cut into
appropriate srzes Blanch or scald Pack In recom-
mended container and freeze
Do not freeze lettuce, celery, carrot sticks. pota-
toes or fresh tomatoes All WIII become limp or
mushy Tomatoes will collapse when thawed
Freezing Meats-The meat you thaw can only
oe as good as the meat you freeze "Drugstore"
wrap In meal-size packages. Flat cuts or patties
should be wrapped Individually or in layers sepa-
ated by a double thickness of freezer wrap
Make sure store wrappings are moisture 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
trmel0to15minutestoallowforadditional cooking
during reheating. Omit seasonings and part of the
lrqurd. Plan to odd them at reheating time. Pota-
toes should also be added to soup and stew at
heating time. Add crumb and cheese topplngs at
heating trme
Cool as rapidly as possible and freeze at once.
Liquid or semi-lrqurd dishes may be frozen In rec-
ommended containers wrth head~spoce 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, lift 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
rising 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. Refrrgeratorrtype
cookies can be wrapped and frozen In roll form
Thaw only enough to slice when ready to bake
Fruit pies are best frozen unbaked Bake without
thawing. Bake pecan and simrlar pies before
freezing.. rich frllrngs do not freeze solid. Cut steam
vents In top crusts when ready to bake