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Freezing food in your freezer
To wrap foods...
1. Cut sheet of wrapping material about one-
third longer than distance around food to be
wrapped. Place wrapping sheet on flat sur-
face wrth food in center of sheet.
When freezer has cooled to a safe storage
temperature, it may be loaded with
frozen food.
When
you
plan to freeze
unfrozen food, see
the following chart for the amount to freeze at
2. Bring
front and back of wrapprng together
one time.
and fold in toward food, making at least two
one-inch (2.5 cm) folds until food fits tightly
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TO FREEZE AT OME TIME*
Size of
Freezer
13 cu. ft.
(368 L)
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‘These amounts are based on USDA recommen-
3. Crease ends close to food to eliminate air
dations If too many packages of unfrozen food
are packed at one trme Into the freezer, the rate
of freezrng IS too slow Poor quality products result
Packaging and sealing food...
Airtight packaging IS Important in freeztng
foods Containers and wrapprngs should be
ee5
moisture and vapor-proof and packages should
4. Press all air from package Fold each end over
be sealed carefully
ep moisture in and arr
twice Make sure fold is tight and fasten
out
against end of package with freezer tape
NOTE: When packaging meats that hove not
been boned, pad sharp edges with extra wrap
or use stockinette to protect agatnst tearing or
puncturrng
Use heavy-duty aluminum freezer foil, kraft pa-
per with cellophane bonded to it, special freezer
bags, jars, cartons and freezer sealrng tape for
packaging your food items. You’ll find them at the
supermarket or freezer dealer
See booklet, “How to Preserve Foods the
Freezer burn can result if food IS not properly
Modern Way with Your WHIRLPOOL Freezer:’
wrapped. When this happens, food dehydrates
for complete Information and ffps on home
and is of poor quality.
freezlng.
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