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7 Do's and Don'ts
Do- Clean your appliance regularly
(See “Cleaning and Care”)
Do- Keep raw meat and poultry
below cooked food and dairy
products.
Do- Take off any unusable leaves on
vegetables and wipe off any soil.
Do- Leave lettuce, cabbage, parsley
and cauliflower on the stem.
Do- Wrap cheese firstly in
greaseproof paper and then in a
polythene bag excluding as much air
as possible. For best results take out
of the fridge compartment an hour
before eating.
Do- Wrap raw meat and poultry
loosely in polythene or aluminium
foil. This prevents drying.
Do- Wrap fish and offal in polythene
bags.
Do- Wrap food which have a strong
odour or can dry out in polythene
bags, aluminium foil or place in an
airtight container.
Do- Wrap bread well to keep it fresh.
Do- Chill white wines, beer, lager
and mineral water before serving.
Do- Check contents of the freezer
every so often.
Do- Keep food for as short a time
as possible and adhere to “Best
Before”, “Use by” etc. dates.
Do- Store commercially frozen food
in accordance with the instructions
given on the packets that you buy.
Do- Always choose high quality fresh
food and be sure it is thoroughly
clean before you freeze it.
Do- Prepare fresh food for freezing
in small portions to ensure rapid
freezing.
Do- Wrap all food in aluminium foil or
freezer quality polythene bags and
make sure any air is excluded.
Do- Wrap frozen food when you buy
it and put it in to the freezer as soon
as possible.
Do- Defrost food in the fridge
compartment.
Do- Remove ice cream from the
freezer 10-20 minutes before
serving.
Don’t- Store bananas in your fridge
compartment.
Don’t- Store melon in your fridge.
It can be chilled for short periods
as long as it is wrapped to avoid it
flavouring other food.
Don’t- Store poisonous or any
dangerous substances in your
appliance. It has been designed for
the storage of edible foodstuffs only.
Don’t- Consume food which has
been stored for an excessive time in
the fridge.
Don’t- Store cooked and fresh food
together in the same container. They
should be packaged and stored
seperately.
Don’t- Let defrosting food or food
juices drip onto food.
Don’t- Leave the door open for
long periods as this will make the
appliance more costly to run and
cause excessive ice formation.
Don’t- Put hot food into the
appliance. Let it cool down first.
Don’t- Put liquid-filled bottles or
sealed cans containing carbonated
liquids into the freezer as they may
burst.
Don’t- Exceed the maximum
freezing loads (6 kg in any 24 hours)
when freezing fresh food.
Don’t- Give children ice-cream and
water ices direct from the freezer.
The low temperature may cause
‘freezer burns’ on lips.