Making Ice Cubes; Defrosting - THOMSON THFZ 190 Instruction Manual

• The following foods are not suitable 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, and mayonnaise.
Packing frozen food
To prevent food from losing its flavour or drying out, place food in airtight packaging.
1. Place food in packaging.
2. Remove air.
3. Seal the wrapping.
4. Label packaging with contents and dates of freezing.
Suitable packaging:
Plastic film, tubular film made of polyethylene, aluminium foil.
These products are available from specialist outlets.
Recommended storage times of frozen food in the freezer
These times vary depending on the type of food. The food that you freeze can be preserved from 1 to 12
months (minimum at ‐18°C).
Bacon, casseroles, milk
Bread, ice cream, sausages, pies, prepared shellfish, oily fish
Non‐oily fish, shellfish, pizza, scones and muffins
Ham, cakes, biscuits, beef and lamb chops, poultry pieces
Butter, vegetables (blanched), eggs whole and yolks, cooked
crayfish, minced meat (raw), pork (raw)
Fruit (dry or in syrup), egg whites, beef (raw), whole chicken,
lamb (raw), fruit cakes
Never forget:
• When you freeze fresh foods with a 'use by /best before/best by/' date, you must freeze them before
this date expires.
• Check that the food was not already frozen. Indeed, frozen food that has thawed completely must not
be refrozen.
• Once defrosted, food should be consumed quickly.
MAKING ICE CUBES
Fill the ice cube tray with ¾ full of drinking water and place in the freezer.
If the ice cube tray is stuck to the compartment, loosen with a blunt tool only.
To loosen the ice cubes, twist the ice cube tray slightly or hold briefly under flowing water.
DEFROSTING
This freezer is equipped with a frost free system.
This system enables the freezer to remain permanently ice‐free, however, the food stored in the freezer
will not defrost.
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Storage time
1 month
2 months
3 months
4 months
6 months
12 months
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