Whirlpool ETl8AK manual Stomge Time

IMPORTANT: Do not expect your freezer to 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.

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 star. age temperature which should be 0°F( -17.8°C)

Food							Storage		Time
FRUITS
Frult	juice		concentrate					12 months
Commercially						frozen fruit	.....	12 months
Citrus		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		....................					8tol2months
lamb,		veal,				pork	3 to	4 months
FISH
Cod,	flounder,					haddock,
sole		...........................						6 months
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		klng			crab			IO months
Shrlmp,		uncooked						12 months
POULTRY
Chicken		or		turkey,
whole		or parts						12 months
Duck		..........................						6 months
Giblets		....................					2to3months
Cooked		poultry				w/gravy		6 months
Slices	(no		gravy)					1 month
MAIN DISHES
Stews;		meat,			poultry
and tlsh			casserole				2 to 3 months
TV dlnners				.................			3to6months

Food			Stomge Time
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Butter			6 to 9 months
Margarine	.....................		12 months
Cheese:
Camembert,		Mozzarella,
farmer’s	..........	,		3 months
Creamed	iottage		DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar,	Edam, Gouda,
Swiss, brick,		etc	6 to	8 weeks
Freezlng can change texture of
cheese.
Ice cream,	Ice milk, sherbet		.....	2 months
IEGGS
Whole (mixed)		.................	12 months
Whites			12 months
Yolks			12months

I[Add sugar or salt to yolks or-whole mixed eggs]

IBAKED GOODS
Yeast	breads		and rolls		3 months
Baked	Brown		‘N Serve rolls		3 months
Unbaked		breads				1 month
Gukk	breads		..............	2 to 3 months
Cakes,	unfrosted			2 to 4 months
Cakes,	frosted		............	8 to	12	months
Fruit cakes		....................			12	months
Cookle	dough		..................		3 months
Baked	cookies		............	8 to	12	months
Baked	pies			1 to 2 months
Ple dough		only		4 to 6		months

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

II

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 freezer will stay cold longer than a partly filled one. A freezer full of meat wilt 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,