Whirlpool ED22MM manual

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 approprrate srzes 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 - The meat 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 rndtvrdually or In layers sepa- rated by a double thickness of freezer wrap

Make sure store wrappings are motsture 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 toallow for addrttonol cookrng during reheatrng Omit seosonrngs and part of the lrqurd Plan to add them at reheating time Pota- toes should also be added to soup and stew at heating trme Add crumb and cheese topprngs at heating time

Cool as rapidly as possrble and freeze at once Liquid or semi-liquid dishes may be frozen In rec-

ommended containers with heed-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, line it with foil Bake, cool, freeze, lrft 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 slrce when ready to bake

Fruit pres 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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