Freezing Vegetables - Freeze only fresh high- quality vegetables picked when barely mature. For best results, freeze no more than 2 to 3 hours after picking. 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 limp 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 with one of the

wraps recommended under “Packaging”.

Freezing Cooked Food - Prepare cooked foods as you would for the table, shorten cooking time10 to15 minutes to allow for additional cooking during reheating. Omit seasonrngs and part of the Irqurd. Plan to add them at reheating time Pota- toes should also be added to soup and stew at heating time. Add crumb and cheese toppings at heating time

Cool as rapidly 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 dash in the freezer, line it with forl. 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 rising. Punch down, wrap and freeze.

Bake cookies as usual. Cool and freeze on trays,

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

Fruit pies are best frozen unbaked. Bake without thawing. Bake pecan and similar pies before freezing...rich fillings do not freeze solid. Cut steam vents In top crusts when ready to bake.

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Whirlpool ED19HK manual Freezing Baked Goods-Wrap baked breads

ED19HK specifications

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