Summit 225D6783P011 manual Getting the most from your refrigerator, After Buying Your Foodstuffs

Fruit and garden produce which should not be mixed. To avoid undesired flavours and odours be aware of the following information: Cabbage, celery, carrots, figs, and potatoes absorb apple and pear

odours.

Figs and grapes absorb turnip odours.

Mushrooms and figs absorb onion odours.

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getting the most from your refrigerator

After Buying Your Foodstuffs

After getting home from the supermarket, refrigerate or freeze perishable foods as soon as possible.

We recommend that you press the Power Cool button so that the food can quickly reach a suitable temperature.

To make sure that liquids which may leak from meat packaging don’t con- taminate other foods in your refrigerator, we recommend that you keep all meat in the Meat Keeper provided with some models. If your model doesn’t contain this feature, store your meat products in plastic bags.

How to Store Your Food

•Store cooked food in closed containers and place them on a shelf above where raw foodstuffs are being stored. This will avoid contamination.

•To prevent contamination between different foods we recommend keeping food in lidded containers, wrapped up, or well-sealed using aluminium foil, plastic wrap, or a lunch-box.

•Do not store food in an open tin, transfer it into another container as oxygen in the air could react with the metal and damage your health.

•Ham, cold meats, and cheese should be kept in individual sealed bags or airtight plastic containers.

•Allow hot foods to cool somewhat before storing them inside small containers in the refrigerator. You will save light and prevent other foods in the refrigerator from being heated and thus adversely affected.

•Make sure that jugs of flavoured or natural water have secure lids to prevent undesirable odours affecting them.

•If you wish, store your fruit and vegetables in plastic bags in your refrigerator drawers. This micro-environment will prevent different gases from mixing and thus conserve your food for longer.

•We recommend you don’t wash fruit and vegetables before storing them in the refrigerator, as doing so could damage the skin and increase decomposition rate. If they are very dirty, keep them in a plastic bag so that they don’t

taint the other foods stored in the compartment.

• We recommend the refrigeration of eggs. Don’t wash them before storing, as this could damage their natural protective layer, and thus contaminate the interior of the egg. Keep them in their protective carton, with the air pocket facing upwards (the thick part). Wash them just before use to avoid contaminating the food you’re preparing. For the same reason, abide by the use-by date.