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Storing Food.
FREEZING FRESH FOODS -
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Carefully select food you intend to freeze: it
should be of high quality and thoroughly cleaned
before freezing it.
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Use correct packaging suitable for the freezer.
- The packaging should be air tight and should
not leak since this could cause substantial
vitamin loss and dehydration of foods.
- Foils and bags should be soft enough to wrap
tightly around foods.
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Mark packages with the following data:
- The kind and quantity of foods.
- The date of loading.
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Prepare fresh foods for freezing in small
quantities to ensure that the food freezes quicker
and its quality does not deteriorate during
thawing and preparation.
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Dry packs of food to be frozen so that they do not
freeze together.
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The quantity of fresh foods that can be loaded in
the freezer within 24 hours is indicated on the
rating plate (freezing capacity). If the loaded
amount is too large, the quality of freezing is
reduced, which affects the quality of frozen foods.
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Don’t put liquid filled bottles or sealed cans
containing fizzy drinks into the freezer as they
may burst.
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Don’t try to keep food which has thawed, it
should be eaten within 24 hours, or cooked and
refrozen.
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Don’t give children lollipops and water ices
directly from the freezer, the low temperature
may cause ‘freezer burns’ on their lips.
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Never store poisonous, dangerous substances,
products that contain flammable gasses (eg.
aerosols) or explosive substances in the
appliance.
Explosion hazard!
Your appliance has been
designed for the storage of edible foodstuffs only.
FREEZING PROCEDURE -
The freezing compartment is used for freezing
foodstuffs (see “Description of the appliance”).
* If you want to freeze a larger amount of fresh
food, set the thermostat knob to the ‘Super’
position for continuous operation (yellow light is
on). After 24 hours you can load the freezing
compartment with fresh food.
* 24 hours after the food was loaded, the frozen
packages can be stored into baskets and the
freezer can be loaded with new packages of
fresh food. Don’t let the fresh packages touch the
frozen ones.
* Some 24 hours after the last load, set the
thermostat knob to the position for automatic
operation (yellow light is off ).
* There is no need to set the thermostat knob to
the position for continuous operation if you intend
to freeze smaller amounts of fresh food.
STORING FROZEN FOODS -
Store commercially frozen foods according to the
manufacturer’s recommended storage instructions
as indicated on the packaging.
When shopping select frozen foods last and be
careful in choosing adequately packed foods. Wrap
frozen food when you buy it and put it in the freezer
as soon as possible. Don’t buy packages of food
with a frost layer, this indicates that the package
has been at least partially thawed before.
DEFROSTING FROZEN FOOD -
Partially thawed or defrosted food should be used
as soon as possible.
Cold air preserves the food but it does not destroy
micro-organisms which rapidly activate after
defrosting and make foods perishable.
APPROXIMATE STORAGE TIME FOR FROZEN
FOODS:
FOOD Storage
Time
(in months)
Vegetables 8-10
Fruit 10-12
Bread, Pastries
3
Milk 3
Ready-made Meals
3
Meat Beef
10-12
Veal 8-10
Pork 4-6
Poultry 8-10
Game 6-8
Minced Meat
4
Smoked Sausages
1
Fish lean
3
fat 1
Offal 2
