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Where to store your foods in the freezer
·Raw and uncooked foods should always be wrapped.
·Pre-cooked chilled foods, eg. Ready meals, meat pies, soft cheeses.
·Pre-cooked meats eg. Ham,
·Prepared salads(including pre-packed mixed green salads, rice, potato salad etc).
·Desserts, eg. Fromage frais, home-prepared food and leftovers or cream cakes.
NOTE： Always wrap and store raw meat, poultry and fish on the lowest shelf at the bottom
of the fridge. This will stop them dripping onto, or touching other foods. Do not store
inflammable gasses or liquids in the fridge.
Freezing fresh foods, useful tips
Use quality food and handle it as little as possible. Freeze food in small quantities, it
freezes faster, takes less time to thaw and enables you to eat it in the quantity you need.
Freezing fresh foods
First, estimate the amount of food you will be freezing. If you are freezing large amounts of
fresh food, Switch to frozen mode.
-30℃), freezing your food quicker and helping to keep the goodness in. However you
should do this sparingly to conserve energy.
Preparations for freezing
·Leave cooked food to cool completely.
·Chill food in a Fridge before freezing if possible.
·Consider how you want to cook the food before freezing it.
·Don't freeze food in metal containers as you may want to microwave it straight from the
Freezer.
·Use special Freezer bags available from supermarkets, Freezer film, polythene bags,
plastic containers, aluminum foil for acidic foods(such as citrus fruits).
Do not use thin cling film or glass. Do not use used food containers (unless cleaned
thoroughly first).
·Exclude as much air from the container as possible. You could buy a special vacuum
pump which sucks excessive air out of the packaging.
·Leave a small amount of "air space" when freezing liquids, to allow for expansion.
·You can use the space in the Freezer most efficiently if you freeze liquids(or solids with
liquids, such as stew) in square blocks.
This is known as "performing" Pour the liquid into a polythene bag which is inside a
square sided container. Freeze it like this, then remove it from the container and seal
the bag.
This will lower the temperature in the Freezer (approx
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