Whirlpool EL11SC, EL13SC manual IMPORTANT Do not expect your freezer com

IMPORTANT: Do not expect your freezer com-

partment to quick-freeze any large quantity of food. Put no more unfrozen food into the freezer

compartment than will freeze with 24 hours. (No more than 2 or 3 pounds of food per cubic foot of freezer space.) leave enough space for air to

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

FOOD STORAGECHART

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		lime
FRUITS				12	months
Frult juice		concentrate
Commercially		frozen fruit		12	months
Cltrus	fruit	and juices	4 to	6 months
Others	....................		8tol2months
VEGETABLES				8 months
Commercially		frozen
Home	frozen		8 to	12	months

MEAT
Bacon		....................					4 weeks		or	less
Corned			beef		..............		4 weeks		or	less
(Salting meat shortens treezer 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							4to8months
Sausage,			fresh			.............	1 to	2 months
Steaks		and		chops:			8 to 12		months
Beef		....................
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			flsh		(purchased)		......	3 months
Clams,		oysters,				cooked
fish,		crab,			scallops		3 to	4	months
Alaskan			king			crab		IO	months
Shrlmp,			uncooked					12	months
POULTRY
Whole		chicken				or turkey		12	months
Duck		...........................						6 months
Giblets			.....................				2to3months
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				6toOmonths
Butter
Margarine	.....................			12		months
Cheese:
Camembert,		Mozzarella,			3 months
farmer’s	....................
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				12 months
Whole (mixed)		.................
Whites				12 months
Yolks				12 months

[Add sugar orsalt to yolks orwhole mixed eggs]

BAKED	GOODS					3 months
Yeast	breads		and rolls
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	months
Fruit cakes		....................				12	months
Cookie	dough		..................			3	months
Baked	cookies		............	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.

1.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 freezerwill stay cold longerthan 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 you have any suspicions, it IS wise tb dispose of it.

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