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FREEZING & STORING FROZEN
FOODS
The freezer section IS designed for storage of com-
merc~c~ly frozen foods ond for freezIng foods at
home
Packaging
- The secret of successful freezing IS 1r1
the packaging The wrap you use must be air.
moisture and vapor proof The way you close and seai
the package must not JIIOW air, moisture or vapor in
or out
Packaging done in any other way could cause
food
odor and taste transfer throughout the re-
frigerator and dryng 0’ frozen food
Rigid polyethylene (~)last~c) containers h/l?h tighffit-
ting
!Ids, straight-sided canningifreezing 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 cation liners.
Sealing -
When sealing foods or bags
squeeze
out the air
(Ilqu\ds r,eeb he&space ‘c allow for
expansion, ) T?^/lst the tsp and tur; it bock Faster tie
securely around the coubled-over tail Fu? the IatX
Inside transparent bags, use self-adhes s/e label ‘or
outside of opaque ones
Air-tight wrapping calls for drugstor? hirap Cd+
:Qe sheet about one-third longer tharl ‘he dstarce
around the food Bring the ends tqether ord folc lrI
(toward the focx3] at leszst twice to seal oJ air Crease
ends close to food, press UI~ from package Fold +~os
Jver twice Finish package and tape closed NOTE
Wth unbonea meats. pad sharp edges with extrl
nlrap or use stockinette to protect the wrap fror
punctures
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DO NOT USE,
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Bread wrappers
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Non-polyethylene plastic containers
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Containers without tight lids
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Waxed paper
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Waxed-coated freezer wrap
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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 rlae, blemish-free fruit
Be sdre they taste as good OS +ney look Wash 2 t
3 qciorts 11 tersl a? a time and drcln Fruft that stanc
IT ‘water -XIV lose food value and become, sogg
Sort. peel tr.m, PI? ord slice as -,eeded
Pack IT rlgld \ylce-moL:hea contalqers or otht
recommendec materla Leave head space +o
a
Ioh liquids +o exr3anC during free? ng