Whirlpool ET22MM manual Freezing Meats-The, Freezing Baked

Freezing Vegetables - Freeze only fresh high-

quality vegetables picked when barely mature. For best results, freeze no more than 2 to 3 hours after picking. Wash in cold water, sort and cut Into

appropriate sizes. Blanch or scold Pock in recom-

mended container and freeze.

Do not freeze lettuce, celery, carrot strcks, pota-

toes or fresh tomatoes. All will become limp or mushy Tomatoes will collapse when thawed

Freezing

Meats-The

meat

you

thaw

con

only

be

as

good

us the meat

you

freeze.

“Drugstore”

wrap

in meal-size

packages.

Flat

cuts

or

potties

should

be

wrapped

rndividually

or in

layers

sepa-

rated

by a

double

thickness

of

freezer

wrap

Make

sure

store

wrappings

ore moisture

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 time10to15minutestoallowforadditionalcooking

durtng reheating. Omit seasonrngs and port of the

Itquid. Plan to odd them at reheating time. Pota- toes should also be added to soup and stew at heating time. Add crumb and cheese topprngs at heating time.

Cool as rapidly as possible and freeze at once

Liquid or semi-liquid dishes may be frozen In rec-

ommended conturners with head-space Casser- oles and other more solid foods may be frozen In

the baking conturner. If you don’t wont to leave your casserole dish in the freezer, lrne it with forI

Bake, cool, freeze, lift out the for package, bog It and return to freezer

Freezing Baked			Goods	-Wrap		baked	breads
in recommended		material.		Thaw in		wrapprng	Un-
baked	yeast	breads	con	be	frozen	after	the first
rising	Punch	down.	wrap	and	freeze.

Bake cookies us usual. Cool and freeze on trays,

then pock In recommended freezer bogs or cor-

tons Unbaked cookres may be dropped, molded or rolled and frozen on ccokie trays. Store In bog or

carton; bake without thawing. Refrigerator-type

cookies con be wrapped and frozen in roll form. Thaw only enough to slice when ready to bake.

Fruit pies ore best frozen unbaked Bake without

thawing. Bake pecan and similar pres before

freezing...rich fillings do not freeze sold Cut steam vents In top crusts when ready to bake