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getting the most from your refrigerator
After Buying Your Foodstuffs
After getting home from the supermarket, refrigerate or freeze perishable
foods as soon as possible.
We recommend that you press the Power Cool button so that the food can
quickly reach a suitable temperature.
To make sure that liquids which may leak from meat packaging don’t con-
taminate other foods in your refrigerator, we recommend that you keep all
meat in the Meat Keeper provided with some models. If your model doesn’t
contain this feature, store your meat products in plastic bags.
How to Store Your Food
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Store cooked food in closed containers and place them on a
shelf above where raw foodstuffs are being stored. This will avoid
contamination.
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To prevent contamination between different foods we recommend
keeping food in lidded containers, wrapped up, or well-sealed using
aluminium foil, plastic wrap, or a lunch-box.
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Do not store food in an open tin, transfer it into another container as
oxygen in the air could react with the metal and damage your health.
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Ham, cold meats, and cheese should be kept in individual sealed bags
or airtight plastic containers.
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Allow hot foods to cool somewhat before storing them inside small
containers in the refrigerator. You will save light and prevent other foods
in the refrigerator from being heated and thus adversely affected.
• Make sure that jugs of flavoured or natural water have secure lids to
prevent undesirable odours affecting them.
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If you wish, store your fruit and vegetables in plastic bags in your
refrigerator drawers. This micro-environment will prevent different
gases from mixing and thus conserve your food for longer.
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We recommend you don’t wash fruit and vegetables before storing
them in the refrigerator, as doing so could damage the skin and
increase decomposition rate. If they are very dirty, keep them in
a plastic bag so that they don’t
taint the other foods stored in the
compartment.
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We recommend the refrigeration
of eggs. Don’t wash them before
storing, as this could damage their
natural protective layer, and thus
contaminate the interior of the egg.
Keep them in their protective carton,
with the air pocket facing upwards
(the thick part). Wash them just
before use to avoid contaminating the
food you’re preparing. For the same
reason, abide by the use-by date.
Fruit and garden produce
which should not be mixed.
To avoid undesired flavours
and odours be aware of the
following information:
Cabbage, celery, carrots, figs,
and potatoes absorb apple and
pear
odours.
Figs and grapes absorb turnip
odours.
Mushrooms and figs absorb
onion odours.
