Whirlpool ETL8VK, ETl8XK manual

Freezing Vegetables - Freeze only fresh hrgh- quality vegetables picked when barely mature. For best results, freeze no more than 2 to 3 hours after prckrng. Wash in cold water, sort and cut into appropriate srzes Blanch or scald Pack In recom- mended container and freeze

Do not freeze lettuce, celery, carrot sticks. pota- toes or fresh tomatoes All WIII become limp or mushy Tomatoes will collapse when thawed

Freezing Meats-The meat you thaw can only oe as good as the meat you freeze “Drugstore” wrap In meal-size packages. Flat cuts or patties should be wrapped Individually or in layers sepa- ated by a double thickness of freezer wrap

Make sure store wrappings are 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

trmel0to15minutestoallowforadditionalcooking during reheating. Omit seasonings and part of the lrqurd. Plan to odd them at reheating time. Pota- toes should also be added to soup and stew at heating time. Add crumb and cheese topplngs at heating trme

Cool as rapidly as possible and freeze at once. Liquid or semi-lrqurd dishes may be frozen In rec- ommended containers wrth head~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 Baked Goods ~ Wrap baked breads

in recommended material Thaw in wrapping Un- baked yeast breads can be frozen after the first 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. Refrrgeratorrtype cookies 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 simrlar pies before freezing.. rich frllrngs do not freeze solid. Cut steam vents In top crusts when ready to bake