Beko CFD6643AP manual DOS and Donts

DO'S AND DON'TS

Do- Clean￿and￿defrost￿your￿appliance￿regularly￿(See￿"Cleaning￿and￿Care")

Do- Keep￿raw￿meat￿and￿poultry￿below￿cooked￿food￿and￿dairy￿products.

Do- Take￿off￿any￿unusable￿leaves￿on￿vegetables￿and￿wipe￿off￿any￿soil.

Do- Leave￿lettuce,￿cabbage,￿parsley￿and￿cauliflower￿on￿the￿stem.

Do- Wrap￿cheese￿firstly￿in￿greaseproof￿paper￿and￿then￿in￿a￿polythene￿bag,￿excluding￿as￿much

air￿as￿possible.￿For￿best￿results,￿take￿out￿of￿the￿fridge￿compartment￿an￿hour￿before

eating.

Do- Wrap￿raw￿meat￿and￿poultry￿loosely￿in￿polythene￿or￿aluminium￿foil. This￿prevents￿drying.

Do- Wrap￿fish￿and￿offal￿in￿polythene￿bags.

Do- Wrap￿food￿with￿a￿strong￿odour￿or￿which￿may￿dry￿out,￿in￿polythene￿bags,￿or￿aluminium￿foil

or￿place￿in￿airtight￿container.

Do- Wrap￿bread￿well￿to￿keep￿it￿fresh.

Do- Chill￿white￿wines,￿beer,￿lager￿and￿mineral￿water￿before￿serving.

Do- Check￿contents￿of￿the￿freezer￿every￿so￿often.

Do- Keep￿food￿for￿as￿short￿a￿time￿as￿possible￿and￿adhere￿to￿"Best￿Before"￿and￿"Use￿by"￿etc.

dates.

Do- Store￿commercially￿frozen￿food￿in￿accordance￿with￿the￿instructions￿given￿on￿the￿packets.

Do- Always￿choose￿high￿quality￿fresh￿food￿and￿be￿sure￿it￿is￿thoroughly￿clean￿before￿you

freeze￿it.

Do- Prepare￿fresh￿food￿for￿freezing￿in￿small￿portions￿to￿ensure￿rapid￿freezing.

Do- Wrap￿all￿food￿in￿aluminium￿foil￿or￿freezer￿quality￿polythene￿bags￿and￿make￿sure￿any￿air￿is

excluded.

Do- Wrap￿frozen￿food￿immediately￿after￿purchasing￿and￿put￿it￿in￿to￿the￿freezer￿as￿soon￿as

possible.

Do- Defrost￿food￿in￿the￿fridge￿compartment.

Do- Remove￿ice￿cream￿from￿the￿freezer￿10-20￿minutes￿before￿serving.

Don't- Store￿bananas￿in￿your￿fridge￿compartment.

Don't- Store￿melon￿in￿your￿fridge.￿It￿can￿be￿chilled￿for￿short￿periods￿as￿long￿as￿it￿is￿wrapped￿to

prevent￿it￿flavouring￿other￿food.

Don't- Cover￿the￿shelves￿with￿any￿protective￿materials￿which￿may￿obstruct￿air￿circulation.

Don't- Store￿poisonous￿or￿any￿dangerous￿substances￿in￿your￿appliance.￿It￿has￿been￿designed

for￿the￿storage￿of￿edible￿foodstuffs￿only.

Don't- Consume￿food￿which￿has￿been￿stored￿for￿an￿excessive￿length￿of￿time.

Don't- Store￿cooked￿and￿fresh￿food￿together￿in￿the￿same￿container. They￿should￿be￿packaged

and￿stored￿separately.

Don't- Let￿defrosting￿food￿or￿food￿juices￿drip￿onto￿food.

Don't- Leave￿the￿door￿open￿for￿long￿periods,￿as￿this￿will￿make￿the￿appliance￿more￿costly￿to

run￿and￿cause￿excessive￿ice￿formation.

Don't- Use￿sharp￿edged￿objects￿such￿as￿knives￿or￿forks￿to￿remove￿the￿ice.

Don't- Put￿hot￿food￿into￿the￿appliance.￿Let￿it￿cool￿down￿first.

Don't- Put￿liquid-filled￿bottles￿or￿sealed￿cans￿containing￿carbonated￿liquids￿into￿the￿freezer,￿as

they￿may￿burst.

Don't- Exceed￿the￿maximum￿freezing￿loads￿(4￿kg￿in￿any￿24￿hours)￿when￿freezing￿fresh￿food.

Don't- Give￿children￿ice-cream￿and￿water￿ices￿direct￿from￿the￿freezer. The￿low￿temperature

may￿cause￿'freezer￿burns'￿on￿lips.

Don't- Freeze￿fizzy￿drinks.

Don't- Try￿to￿keep￿frozen￿food￿which￿has￿thawed;￿it￿should￿be￿eaten￿within￿24￿hours￿or

cooked￿and￿refrozen.

Don't- Remove￿items￿from￿the￿freezer￿with￿wet￿hands.

Don't- Close￿the￿freezer￿door￿before￿placing￿the￿compartment￿cover￿in￿its￿place.

Don't- Leave￿frozen￿food￿at￿room￿temperature￿to￿thaw;￿the￿best￿way￿to￿defrost￿food￿is￿to￿put￿it

in￿the￿fridge￿to￿thaw￿slowly.￿Make￿sure￿you￿avoid￿defrosting￿food￿or￿food￿juices￿drip

onto￿other￿food.

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