Whirlpool 3ED26MM manual Freezing & Storing Frozen Foods

FREEZING & STORING FROZEN FOODS

The freezer section ISdesigned for storage of com-

merc~c~ly frozen foods ond for freezIng foods at home

Packaging - The secret of successful freezing IS 1r1

the packaging The wrap you use must be air. moisture and vapor proof The way you close and seai

the package must not JIIOW air, moisture or vapor in or out Packaging done in any other way could cause

food odor and taste transfer throughout the re- frigerator and dryng 0’ frozen food

Rigid polyethylene (~)last~c) containers h/l?h tighffit-

ting !Ids, straight-sided canningifreezing jars, heavy-

duty aluminum foil, plastic-coated paper and non- permeable plastic wraps [made from a Saran film)

are recommended NOTE: Heat-sealed boiling bags are easy to use and can be used by them- selves or as cation liners.

Sealing - When sealing foods or bags squeeze

out the air (Ilqu\ds r,eeb he&space ‘c allow for expansion, ) T?^/lst the tsp and tur; it bock Faster tie

securely around the coubled-over tail Fu? the IatX

Inside transparent bags, use self-adhes s/e label ‘or outside of opaque ones

Air-tight			wrapping		calls	for drugstor?		hirap	Cd+
:Qe	sheet		about	one-third		longer	tharl	‘he dstarce
around		the	food		Bring the	ends	tqether	ord folc	lrI
(toward		the focx3] at leszst twice to seal oJ air Crease
ends	close		to food,		press	UI~ from	package	Fold	+~os

Jver twice Finish package and tape closed NOTE

Wth unbonea meats. pad sharp edges with extrl

nlrap or use stockinette to protect the wrap fror punctures

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DO NOT USE,

l Bread wrappers

l Non-polyethylene plastic containers l Containers without tight lids

l Waxed paper

l Waxed-coated freezer wrap l Thin, semi-permeable wrap

None of these are totally moisture, air or vapor proof. The use of these wrappings could cause food odor and taste transfer and drying of frozen food.

Freezing Fruits -. Select rlae, blemish-free fruit Be sdre they taste as good OS +ney look Wash 2 t 3 qciorts 11tersl a? a time and drcln Fruft that stanc

IT ‘water -XIV lose food value and become, sogg Sort. peel tr.m, PI? ord slice as -,eeded

Pack IT rlgld \ylce-moL:hea contalqers or otht

recommendec materla Leave head space +o a Ioh liquids +o exr3anC during free? ng