Whirlpool ET1 8MK - Manual (Page 12)

Freezing Vegetables - Freeze only fresh high-
quality vegetables picked wher'. barely mature.
For best results, freeze no more than 2 to 3 hours
after picking. Wash in cold water, sort and cut into
appropriate sizes. Blanch or scald. Pack in recom­
mended container and freeze
Do not freeze lettuce, celery, carrot sticks, pota­
toes or fresh tomatoes. All will become limp or
mushy. Tomatoes will collapse when thawed
Freezing Cooked Food - Prepare cooked
foods as you would for the table; shorten cooking
time 10 to 15 minutes to allow for additional cooking
during reheating. Omit seasonings and part of the
iquid. Plan to add them at reheating time. Pota­
toes should also be added to soup and stew at
heating time. Add crumb and cheese toppings at
heating time
Cool as rapidly as possible and freeze at once
Liquid or semi-liquid dishes may be frozen in rec­
ommended
containers with head-space Casser­
oles and other more solid foods may be frozen in
the baking container If you don't want to leave
your casserole dish in the freezer, line it with foil
Bake, cool, freeze, lift out the foil package, bag it
and return to freezer.
Freezing Meats —The meat you thaw can only
be as good as the meat you freeze, "Drugstore "
wrap in meal-size packages. Flat cuts or patties
should be wrapped individually or in layers sepa­
rated by a double thickness of freezer wrap.
Make sure store wrappings are moisture and va­
por proof. If not, re-wrap meats with one of the
wraps recommended under "Packaging"
Freezing Baked Goods -Wrap baked breads
n recommended material. Thaw in wrapping. Un­
baked yeast breads can be frozen after the first
rising. Punch down, wrap and freeze
Boke cookies as usual. Cool and freeze on trays,
then pack in recommended freezer bags or car­
tons, Unbaked cookies may be dropped, molded
or rolled and frozen on cookie trays. Store in bag or
carton;
bake without thowing. Retrigerator-type
cookies can be wrapped and frozen in roll form
Thaw only enough to slice when ready to bake.
Fruit pies are best frozen unbaked. Bake without
thawing. Bake pecan and similar pies before
freezing,,,rich fillings do not freeze solid. Cut steam
vents in top crusts when ready to bake
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