7
Do's and Don'ts
Do- Clean your appliance regularly
(see "Maintenance and cleaning").
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 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- 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- Remove ice cream from the
freezer 10-20 minutes before
serving.
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
freezer.
Don't- Store cooked and fresh food
together in the same container.
They should be packaged and
stored separately.
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 (10 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.
Don't- Freeze fizzy drinks.
Don't- Try to keep frozen food which
has thawed, it should be eaten
within 24 hours or cooked and
refrozen.
Don't- Remove items from the
freezer with wet hands.
Don't- Close the freezer door before
placing the compartment cover in
its place.
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