Whirlpool 3ED26MM - Manual (Page 13)

FREEZING & STORING FROZEN
FOODS
The freezer section is designed for storage of com­
mercially frozen foods and for freezing foods at
home
Packaging - The secret of successful freezing is m
the packaging. The wrap you use must be air,
moisture and vapor proof. The way you close and sea
the package must not allow air, moisture or vapor in
or out. Packaging done in any other way could cause
food odor and tasfe fransfer throughout the re­
frigerator and drying o" frozen food
Rigid polyefhylene [plastic) containers with tightfit-
ting lids, straight-sided canning/freezing jars, heavy-
duty aluminum foil, plastic-coated paper and non­
permeable plastic wraps (made from a saran film)
are
recommended NOTE; Heat-sealed boiling
bags are easy to use and can be used by them­
selves or as carton liners.
Sealing — When sealing foods in bags squeeze
out the air (liquids need headspace 'o allow for
expansion,,) Twist the top and turn it back Fasten tie
securely around the coubled-over tail Pur ihe label
inside transparent bags; use self-adhesve label on
outside ot opaque ones.
Air-tight wrapping calls for 'drugstore wrap, Cu*
the sheet about one-third longer than me distance
around the food. Bring the ends together and fola in
(toward the food) at least twice to seal out air Cmase
ends close to tood, press air from package Foid * ids
over twice. Finish package and tape closed NOTE
'With unboned meats, pad sharp edges 'with extra
wrap or use stockinette to protect the wrap from
punctures
DO NOT USE;
• Bread wrappers
• Non-polyethylene plastic containers
• Containers without tight lids
• Waxed paper
• Waxed-coated freezer wrap
• Thin, semi-permeable wrap
None of these are totally moisture, air or vapor
proof
The use of these wrappings could
cause food odor and taste transfer and
drying of frozen food.
Freezing Fruits - Select npe, blemish-tree fruits
Be sure they taste as good as mey look. Wash 2 to
3 quarts (i ters) at a time and dram, FruT that stands
O' water may lose food value and become, soggy.
Sort, peel trim, pit and slice as needed
Pack O' rigid wiae-miouthea containers or other
recomrnendec material. Leave nead space m a
O'w liquids to expana during freezmg
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