Hotpoint RSR50V - Manual (Page 9)

Storing Food.
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FREEZING FRESH FOODS -
• Carefully select food you intend to
freeze: it should be of high quality and
thoroughly cleaned before freezing it.
• 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.
• Mark packages with the following data:
- The kind and quantity of foods.
- The date of loading.
• 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.
• Dry packs of food to be frozen so that
they do not freeze together.
• 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.
• Don’t put liquid filled bottles or sealed
cans containing fizzy drinks into the
freezer as they may burst.
• Don’t try to keep food which has thawed,
it should be eaten within 24 hours, or
cooked and refrozen.
• Don’t give children lollipops and water
ices directly from the freezer, the low
temperature may cause ‘freezer burns’
on their lips.
• Never store poisonous, dangerous
substances, products that contain
flammable gasses (eg. aerosols) or
exposive substances in the appliance.
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been designed for the storage of edible
foodstuffs only.
FREEZING PROCEDURE -
• If you have a model without the integrat-
ed switch for intensive cooling, turn the
thermostat knob to position 4-6 some 24
hours before loading. After 24 hours
load the freezer shelf with fresh food
packages. Some 24 hours after loading,
turn the thermostat knob to operating
position if necessary (see "Temperature
selection"), and then reload the frozen
packages into the storage baskets (stor-
ing compartment).
• If you have a model with integrated
switch for intensive cooling, switch it on
some 24 hours before loading the appli-
ance with larger amounts of fresh foods
and turn the thermostat knob to position
4-6. After 24 hours load the appliance
with fresh food packages. After loading,
wait for another 24 hours and switch off
the switch and turn the thermostat knob
to required position (see "Temperature
selection").
• The next time you want to freeze fresh
foods, repeat the freezing procedure and
be careful that packages with fresh foods
do not touch frozen packages.
• For freezing smaller amount of foods (up
to 1 kg) there is no need to change the
thermostat setting (see Temperature
Selection).
STORING FROZEN FOODS -
Store commercially frozen foods according
to the manufacturer’s recommended stor-
age instructions as indicated on the pack-
aging.
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 possi-
ble. 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 pre-
serves the food but it does not destroy
micro-organisms which rapidly activate
after defrosting and make foods perishable.
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