Whirlpool ED22EK manual Vegetables

IMPORTANT: Do not expect your

freezer to quick-freeze any large quantlty of food. Put no more un- frozen food Into the freezer than will freeze wlthln 24 hours. (No more than 2 to 3 pounds of fresh meat or 3 to 4 pounds ot vegetables per cubic foot of freezer space.) leave enough

space for alr to circulate around

packages. Be careful to leave enough room at the front so the door can close tightly.

FOODSTORAGECHART

Storage times* will vary according to the quality of the food, the type of packaging or wrap us& (moisture and vapor-proof), and the storage temperature which should be 0” F (-17.8C).

Food Storage tlme

FRUITS

Frult juice concentrate . . . . . 12 months

Commercially frozen fruit . . 12 months Citrus frult and juices . . . . 4 to 6 months Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months

VEGETABLES

Commercially frozen . . . . . . 8 months Home frozen . . . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months

MEAT

Bacon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 weeks or less Corned beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 weeks Cured ham . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 2 months (Salting meat shortens freezer life)

Frankfurters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 month Ground beef, lamb, veal 2 to 3 months Roasts:

Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to 12 months lamb and veal . . . . . . . 6 to 9 months Pork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 to 8 months Sausage, fresh . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 2 months

Steaks and chops:

Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months lamb, veal, pork . . . . . . 3 to 4 months

FISH

Cod, flounder, haddock

Sole.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 months Blue fish. salmon . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months Mackerel, perch . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months

Breaded fish (purchased] . . . 3 months Clams, oysters, cooked

fish. crab, scallops . . . . 3 to4 months Alaskan king crab . . . . . . . . . 10 months

Shrlmp, uncooked . . . . . . . . . 12 months

POULTRY

Whole chlcken or turkey.. . . 12 months Duck . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 months Giblets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months

Cooked poultry w/gravy . . . 6 months Slices (no gravy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 month

Food									Btorage time
MAIN	DISHES
Stews;		meat,			poultry
and		fish		casserole				. . . .	2 to	3 months
TV dlnners				. . .	.	. . . .	. . . . . . .		3 to 6 months
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Butter		. .	.	. . . .	.	. . . .	. . . . . . .		6 to	9 months
Margarine				. .	.	. . . .	. . . . . . .		2 to	9 months
Cheese:
Camembert,						brick,
	Mozzarella,					farmer’s			. . . . 3 months
Creamed				cottage				. . DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar,				Edam,			Gouda.
	Swlss.etc.					. . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to8					weeks
Freezing			can change					texture of
cheese.
Ice	cream,			Ice		mllk
sherbet				. . .	.	. . . . .		. . . . . .	. . . .	. 4 weeks
EGGS
Whole		(mlxed)				. . . . . . . .			9 to	12 months
WhlteS		.	.	. . . .	.	. . . . . . . . .			9 to	12 months
Yolks		. . .	.	. . . .	.	. . . .	. .	. . .	9 to12		months
(Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed
eggs)
BAKED GOODS
Yeast		breads			and		rolls . .		. . . .	3 months
Baked		Brown			‘N Serve
rolls		. .	.	. . . .	.	. . . . .		. . . . . .	. . . .	3 months
Unbaked				breads..				. . . . . . . . . . .			1 month
Quick		breads				. . . .	. . . . . . .		2 to	3 months
Cakes,		unfrosted				.	. . . . . . .		2 to4		months
Cakes,		frosted				,			8 to12		months
Fruit cakes				. . . . ,						12 months
Cookle		dough				. . . .		. . . . . .	. . . .	3 months
Baked		cookies				. . . . . . . .			8 to	12 months
Baked		pies..			. . ,				1 to	2	months
Pie	dough			only		,			4 to6		months
‘Based	on U.S.D		A	and	Mchlgon			Crx~eral~ve	ExtensionSe~ce
suggested	stara@limes

If electrlclty goes off

Call the power company Ask how long power WIII be off

1.If service IS to be Interrupted 24 hours or less. keep both doors closed This will help frozen foads to stay frozen

2.If service IS to be Interrupted longer than 24 hours

(a]Remove all frozen food and store In a frozen food locker Or

(b)Place 2 Ibs (0.9 kg) of dry ice in freezer for every cu. ft of freezer space. This will keep

frozen foods for 2 to 4 days. Wear gloves to ) protect your hands from dry ice burns.

(c]If neither food locker storage nor dry ice

IS avarlable, use or can perishable food at once.

3.A full freezer WIII stay cold longer than a partly filled one. A freezer full of meat will stay cold longer than a freezer full of baked goods. If food contains Ice crystals, It may be safely refrozen, although the quality and flavor may

be affected Use refrozen foods qurckly. If the conditron of the food IS poor or you have any susprcrons, It IS wise to dispose of It

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