Whirlpool ET20RM manual Vegetables, Main Dishes, Baked Goods

IMPORTANT: Do not expect your freezer to quick- freeze any large quantity of food. Put no more unfrozen food into the freezer than will freeze within 24 hours. (No more than 2 to 3 pounds of food per cubic foot of freezer space.) leave enough space for air to circulate around pack- ages. Be careful to leave enough room at the front so the door can close tightly.

FOODSTORAGECHART

Storage times* will vary according to the qual- ity of the food, the type of packaging or wrap used (moisture and vapor-proof), and the stor- age temperature which should be 0°F( -17.8”C).

Food							Storage			Time
FRUITS								12 months
Fruit juice			concentrate
Commercially						frozen fruit	.....	12 months
Citrus	fruit		and			juices		4 to	6 months
Others		....................					8 to 12 months
VEGETABLES									8 months
Commerclaiiy						frozen
Home	frozen				..............		8 to 12 months
MEAT
Bacon		....................					4 weeks			or less
Corned		beef			.............		4 weeks			or less
(Salting meat shortens freezer life)
Frankfurters					.....................				I month
Ground beef, lamb, veal ... 2 to 3 months
Roasts:							6to12		months
Beef		....................
lamb		and			veal			6 to	9 months
Pork		.....................						4to8months
Sausage,			fresh			.............		1 to	2 months
Steaks		and		chops:
Beef		....................					8to12		months
lamb,		veal,			pork			3 to	4 months
FISH
Cod,	flounder,					haddock
sole		.........................							6months
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
Chlcken		or		turkey,				12months
whole		or parts
Duck	..........................								6 months
Giblets		....................						2to3months
Cooked		poultry				w/gravy			6 months
Slices	(no		gravy)						1 month
MAIN DISHES
Stews;		meat,			poultry
and	fish		casserole					2 to 3 months
TV dinners				.................				3 to	6 months

Food				Storage Tlme
DAIRY PRODUCTS				6to9months
Buffer
Margarlne	.....................			12 months
Cheese:
Camembert,		Mozzarella,			3 months
farmer’s
Creamed	cottage		......	DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar,	Edam,		Gouda,
Swiss,	brick,	etc		6 to	8 weeks
Freezing can change texture of
cheese.				.....	2 months
Ice cream,	ice milk,		sherbet
EGGS				12 months
Whole (mixed)		.................
Whites				12 months
Yolks				12 months

(Add sugar orsaltto yolks oFwhole mixed eggs]

BAKED GOODS			..........	3 months
Yeasf	breads		and rolls
Baked	Brown		‘N Serve roils	3 months
Unbaked		breads		1 month
Quick	breads		..............	2 to 3 months
Cakes,	unfrosfed			2 to 4 months
Cakes,frosfed			............	8to12months
Fruit cakes		....................		12 months
Cookle	dough		..................	3 months
Baked	cookies		............	8 to 12 months
Baked	pies			1 to 2 months
Ple dough		only		4 to 6 months

*Based on U.S.D.A.and Michigan Cooperative Extension Service suggested storage times.

If electricity goes off

Call the power company. Ask how long power will be off.

1.If service is to be interrupted 24 hours or less, keep both doors closed. This will 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 2 Ibs (0.9 kg) of dry ice in freezer for every cu. ft of freezer space. This will keep frozen foods for 2 to 4 days. Wear gloves to protect your hands from dry ice burns.

(c]If neither food locker storage nor dry ice is available, use or can perishable food at once.

3.A full freezer will stay cold longer than a Partly filled one. A freezer full of meat will 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 condition of the food is poor or if you feel it is unsafe, dispose of it.