Whirlpool ED19CK manual Freezing Baked Goods-Wrap baked breads

Freezing Vegetables - Freeze only fresh hrgh- quality vegetables picked when barely mature For best results, freeze no more than 2 to 3 hours after pickrng. Wash in cold water, sort and cut into appropriate sizes. Blanch or scald. Pack In recom- mended container and freeze.

Do not freeze lettuce, celery, carrot sticks, pota- toes or fresh tomatoes. All will become IImp or mushy. Tomatoes will collapse when thawed

Freezing Meats-Themeat you thaw can only be as good as the meat you freeze. “Drugstore” wrap in meal-size packages. Flat cuts or patties should be wrapped individually or in layers sepa- rated by a double thickness of freezer wrap.

Make sure store wrappings are moisture and va- por proof. If not, re-wrap meats wrth one of the wraps recommended under “Packaging”.

Freezing Cooked Food - Prepare cooked foods as you would for the table; shorten cooking tImeI to15 minutes toallow for additional cooking during reheating. Omit seasonings and part of the liquid. Plan to add them at reheatrng time. Pota- toes should also be added to soup and stew at heating time. Add crumb and cheese topprngs at heating time.

Cool as raprdly as possible and freeze at once. Liquid or semi-liquid dishes may be frozen in rec- ommended containers with head-space. Casser- oles and other more solid foods may be frozen In the baking container. If you don’t want to leave your casserole dish in the freezer, lrne it with foil. Bake, cool, freeze, lift out the foil package, bag it and return to freezer.

Freezing Baked Goods-Wrap baked breads

in recommended material. Thaw In wrapping. Un- baked yeast breads can be frozen after the first rrsrng. Punch down, wrap and freeze.

Bake cookies as usual Cool and freeze on trays,

then pack In recommended freezer bags or car- tons. Unbaked cookres may be dropped. molded or rolled and frozen on cookie trays Store In bag or carton, bake without thawing. Refrigerator-type cookres can be wrapped and frozen in roll form. Thaw only enough to slice when ready to bake.

Frurt pies are best frozen unbaked. Bake without thawing. Bake pecan and stmilar pies before freezing .rrch frllrngs do not freeze solid. Cut steam vents In top crusts when ready to bake