Whirlpool ED26MM manual Fooostoragechart, Fruits, Vegetables, Meat, Fish, Main Dishes, Dairy

IMPORTANT: Do not expect your

freezer to quick-freeze any large quantity of food. Put no more un- frozen food into the freezer than will freeze 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 Storage time

FRUITS

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 to 12 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, lamb, 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 to 4 months

FISH
Cod,	flounder,				haddock
Sole									6	months
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

Food

Storage

time

MAIN

DISHES

Stews;

meat,

poultry

and

fish

casserole

. .

2 to

3 months

TV dinners

. . .

. . . . .

3 to

6 months

DAIRY

PRODUCTS

Butter

. . . . . .

.

.

6 to

9 months

Margarfne

. . . . . . . . . . .

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 to12

months

[Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed

eggs1

BAKED GOODS

Yeast

breads

and

roils

3 months

Baked

Brown

‘N Serve

rolls

3months

Unbaked

breads..

. . . . . . . . . . .

1 month

Quick

breads

. . . . . . . . . . .

2 to3

months

Cakes,

unfrosted

. . . . . . . .

2 to4

months

Cakes,

frosted

. . . . . . . . .

8 to

12 months

Fruit

cakes

12 months

Cookie

dough

. . . . . . . .

. . . . 3 months

Baked

cookies

. . . . . . . .

8 to12

months

Baked

pies

1 to

2 months

Pie

dough

only

4 to

6

months

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If electricity goes off

Call the power company Ask how long power WIII be off

I.If servrce IS to be Interrupted 24 hours or less, keep both doors ciosed This WIII help frozen

foods to stay frozen

2.If service IS to be interrupted longer than 24 hours

(a]Remove all frozen food and store In a frozen food locker Or

(b)Place about 20 pounds of dry Ice on top of the food, usrng preces as large as pos- sible Protect your hands with gloves

(c]If neither food locker storage nor dry Ice

IS avarlable, use or can perishable food at once.

3.A full freezer WIII stay cold longer than a partly filled one A freezer full of meat WIII stay cold longer than a freezer full of baked goods. If food contains Ice crystals. It may be safely refrozen, although the quality and flavor may

be affected Use refrozen foods quickly If the conditron of the food IS poor or you have any susprcrons, It 1swise to dispose of it

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