Whirlpool ED22ZM manual Freezing, Meats-The

Freezing

Vegetables

-

Freeze

only

fresh

hrgh-

qualrty

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

sizes

Blanch

or scald

Pack

In

reconl-

mended

contarner

and

freeze

Do

not

freeze

lettuce,

celery, carrot

sticks.

pota-

toes

or

fresh

tomatoes.

All

WIII

become

limp or

mushy

Tomatoes

WIII collapse

when thawed

Freezing Cooked Food - Prepare cooked foods as you would for the table, shorten cooklng

t~melOto15mrnutestoallowforaddrtronalcooking

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 semr-lrqurd dashes may be frozen in rec-

ommended containers with heod~spoce 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, lift out the foil package, bag it and return to freezer

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

rndivrdually

or in

layers

sepa-

rated

by a

double

thickness

of

freezer

wrap

Make

sure

store

wrapptngs

are moisture

and

va-

por

proof

If

not,

re-wrap

meats

with

one

of

the

wraps

recommended

under

“Packaging”

Freezing Baked Goods-Wrap						baked	breads
in recommended		material		Thaw In		wrapping	Un
baked	yeast	breads	can	be	frozen	after	the frrst
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 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 slice when ready to bake

Fruit pies are best frozen unbaked Bake without

thawing Bake pecan and srmrlar pies before

freeing .rrch frllrngs do not freeze solid Cut steam vents In top crusts when ready to bake