Whirlpool ED22MM manual Food storage guide, Storing Fresh Food

Food storage guide

STORING FRESH FOOD

There IS a rrght way to package and store refrrg- erated or frozen foods To keep foods fresher, longer. take the trme to study these recommended steps

Leafy Vegetables. .Remove store wrapprng. Trim or tear off brursed and discolored areas Wash in cool water, drain and store in crisper. Cold, moist arr helps keep leafy vegetables fresh and crisp. The crrsper has sealing gaskets to help keep humrd air tn. It also has a control to help adjust the amount of humrdity In the crisper,

Vegetables wlth Skins (carrots, peppers] Store In crisper, plastic bags or plastrc container

Frults Wash, let dry and store In refrrgerator In plastrc bags or crrsper Do not wash or hull berries until they are ready to use Sort and keep berrres In their store contarner In a crrsper, or store in a loosely closed paper bag on a refrigerator shelf

Meat Meat ISperrshable and expensrve you won’t want to waste an ounce of It through careless handlrng The followrng list and chart grve you pack- aging hunts and trme lrmrts Store meat In the meat

pan

Fresh, Prepackaged Meat. Store fresh meat In the store wrapprng Vacuum packaged meat can be frozen for as long as one month if the seal IS not broken If you want to keep it frozen longer, you should wrap it with specral freezer wrapping material

Fresh Meat, Not Prepackaged. Remove the market wrapprng paper and re-wrap loosely In waxed paper or aluminum foil for storrng it unfrozen

Cooked Meat. Wrap or cover cooked meat wrth waxed paper, plastic wrap or aluminum foil Store rmmediately

Cured or Smoked Meat and Cold Cuts. Ham bacon, sausage. cold cuts, etc keep best in origi

nal wrappings Once opened, tightly re-wrap Ir plastic wrap or aluminum foil

Canned Ham. Store In refrigerator unless the la bel says Its okay to store on the shelf Do not freeze

Fresh Pouttry Loosely wrap In waxed paper o r plastrc wrap The plastic wrap on poultry, as pur chased may be used for storage

STORAGECHARTFORFRESHANOCUREDMEAT'

WeApproximate flme Wawl

Variety	Meats		1 to	2
Chicken	_.	_. _,	1 to2
Ground	Beef		1 to	2
Steaks	and Roasts		3 to	5
Cured	Meats		7 to	10
Bacon	. . . . . .._	_	5to7
ColdCuts			3to5

*If meat ISto be stored longer than the times given. follow the directrons for freezing

NOTE: Fresh fish and shellfrsh should be used th63 samedayaspurchased

Etaas Store without washing in the original Cal

ton

or use the Utrlrty

Brn

that came

wrth

you

refrigerator

plan :e

Milk

Wrpe

milk

cartcns

For best

storage.

milk on Interior shelf or bottom door shelf

on a

Beverages

Wipe bottles

and

cans

Store

door shelf or rnslde the refrrgerator

dash or in

Butter.

Keep

opened

butter

In covered

the

Utility

Compartment

When

stocing

an

extra

suf3-

ply,

wrap

in freezer

packaging

and

freeze

Cheese

Store

In

the

orlgrnal

wrapprng

ur iill

you

are

ready

to

use

It Once

opened,

re-wrc IP

tightly In plastic wrap or aluminum foil

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Condiments

Store small

tars

and

bottles

sup, mustard, jelly, olives) on the door shelves whe re they are In easy reach

Leftovers Cover leftovers with plastic wrap or aluminum foil to keep fo& from drying out or Id transferring food odors Plastrc contarners with trg ht lids are fine. too

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