Whirlpool ED22PR manual Meat, Fish, Main Dishes, Eggs

IMPORTANT: Do not expect yourfreezerto quick- freeze any large quantity of food. Put no more unfrozen food into the freezer than will freeze within 24 hours. (No more than 2 to 3 pounds of food per cubic foot of freezer space.) leave enough space for air to circulate around pack- ages. Be careful to leave enough room at the front so the door can close tightly.

FOODSTORAGECHART

Storage times* will vary according to the qual- ity of the food, the type of packaging or wrap used (moisture and vapor-proof), and the stor- age temperature which should be 0°F( -17.8”C].

Food						Storage		Time
FRUITS
Fruit juice		concentrate					12 months
Commercially					frozen fruit	.....	12 months
Cltrus	fruit		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		.............		4 weeks		or less
(Salting meat shortens freezer life)
Frankfurters..					...................		1 month
Ground beef, lamb, veal ... 2 to 3 months
Roasts:
Beef	....................					6tol2months
lamb		and		veal		6 to 9 months
Pork	.....................					4to8months
Sausage,		fresh			.............	1 to 2 months
Steaks	and		chops:
Beef	....................					8to12		months
lamb,		veal,		pork		3 to 4 months
FISH
Cod, flounder,					haddock
sole	.........................						6months
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 to 4 months
Alaskan		king		crab			10 months
Shrimp,		uncooked					12months
POULTRY
Chicken		or turkey,
whole		or	parts				12months
Duck	..........................						6 months
Giblets		....................				2to3		months
Cooked		poultry			w/gravy		6 months
Slices	(no gravy)							1 month
MAIN DISHES
Stews;	meat,			poultry
and	fish		casserole			2 to 3 months
TV dinners			.................			3 to 6 months

Food						Storage Time
DAIRY	PRODUCTS
Butter		......................	,			6to9months
Margarine							12 months
Cheese:
Camembert,				Mozzarella,
farmer’s							3 months
Creamed			cottage			DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar,			Edam, Gouda,
Swiss,			brick, etc			6 to 8 weeks
Freezing can change texture of
cheese.
Ice cream,			ice milk, sherbet			.....	2 months
EGGS
Whole		(mixed)		.................			12 months
Whites		.........................					12 months
Yolks	...........................						12 months
(Add sugarorsalttoyolksorwholemixedeggs)
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 to 4 months
Cakes,		frosted		............		8 to	12 monttts
Fruit cakes			....................				12 months
Cookle		dough		..................			3 months
Baked		cookles		. ,	,	8 to	12 months
Baked		pies				1 to 2 months
Pie dough			only			4 to 6 months

‘Based on U.S.D.A. and Michigan Cooperative Extension Service suggested storage times.

If electricity goes off

Call the power company. Ask how long power will be off

I. If service is to be interrupted 24 hours or less, keep both doors closed. This will help frozen foods 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 available, 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 quickly. If the condition of the food is poor or If you feel it IS unsafe, dispose of it.