Preparations For Freezing - Frigidaire FRF170FF Instruction Manual

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Preparations for freezing

• Leave cooked food to cool completely.
• Chill food in the fridge before freezing if possible.
• Consider how you want to cook the food before freezing it.
• Don't freeze food in metal containers as you may want to microwave
`it straight from the freezer.
• Use special freezer bags available from supermarkets, freezer film,
polythene bags, plastic containers, aluminium foil (heavy grade only, if
in doubt, double wrap). Don't use aluminium foil for acidic foods (such
as citrus fruits). Don't use thin cling film or glass. Don't use used food
containers (unless cleaned thoroughly first).
• Exclude as much air from the container as possible. You could
buy a special vacuum pump which sucks excessive air out of
the packaging.
• Leave a small amount of 'air space' when freezing liquids, to allow
for expansion.
• You can use the space in the upright freezer most efficiently if you
freeze liquids (or solids with liquids, such as stew) in square blocks. This
is known as 'preforming' . Pour the liquid into a polythene bag which is
inside a square sided container. Freeze it like this, then remove it from
the container and seal the bag.
Recommended storage periods
(when frozen from fresh)
Fruit syrup or sugar packed fruit
Open frozen or puréed fruit
Fruit juices
Lamb
Beef
Pork
Veal
Minced meat
Cured meats
Sausages
Packed bacon
Smoked bacon/ chops/ gammon steaks
Unsmoked bacon/ chops/ gammon steaks
Chicken
Duck
goose
Turkey
White fish
Oily fish including salmon
Smoked salmon
Caviar
Shellfish
Butter
Cheese
Suet
Cream - double/ whipping
eggs - only freeze separated
Milk
up to 12 months
up to 18 months
up to 6 months
up to 10 months
up to 10 months
up to 6 months
up to 6 months
up to 3 months
up to 2 months
up to 3 months
up to 3 months
up to 2 months
up to 1 month
up to 8 months
up to 5 months
up to 5 months
up to 6 months
up to 5 months
up to 2 months
up to 3 months
don't freeze
up to 1 month
up to 6 months
up to 6 months
up to 6 months
up to 3 months
up to 10 months
up to 1 month
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