Note When Loading Products; Freezing Fresh Food - Siemens KG36NHI32 Gebrauchsanleitung

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Note when loading products

Freeze large quantities of food in the
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top compartment.
This is where the food will freeze
especially quickly and gently.
Distribute food in the compartments
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or frozen food containers.
Do not bring food which is to be
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frozen into contact with frozen food.
If required, restack frozen food in the
frozen food containers.
Important for unrestricted air
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circulation in the appliance:
push in frozen food container all the
way.

Freezing fresh food

Freeze only fresh and undamaged food.
Food which is boiled, fried or baked is
more suitable for freezing than food
which is raw.
Before freezing food, make preparations
appropriate to the food in order to retain
the best possible nutritional value,
flavour and colour:
Vegetables: wash, chop, blanch.
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Fruit: wash, pit and perhaps peel,
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possibly add sugar or ascorbic acid
solution.
Information on how to do this can be
found in the relevant literature.
Suitable for freezing
Baked goods
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Fish and seafood
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Meat
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Poultry and game
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Vegetables, fruit and herbs
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Eggs without shells
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Dairy products, e.g. cheese, butter
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and quark
Ready meals and leftovers, e.g.
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soups, stews, cooked meat and fish,
potato dishes, soufflés and desserts
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Not suitable for freezing
Types of vegetables which are
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usually eaten raw, e.g. lettuce or
radishes
Unpeeled or hard boiled eggs
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Grapes
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Whole apples, pears and peaches
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Yoghurt, soured milk, sour cream,
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creme fraiche and mayonnaise
Packing frozen food
The correct type of packaging and
material selection are decisive factors in
the retention of the product quality and
prevent the development of freezer
burn.
Place food in packaging.
1.
Remove air.
2.
Pack food airtight to prevent it from
3.
losing flavour and drying out.
Label packaging with contents and
4.
date of freezing.
Suitable packaging:
Plastic film
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Tubular film made of polyethylene
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(PE)
Aluminium foil
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Freezer containers
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Suitable locks:
Rubber bands
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Plastic clips
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Cold-resistant adhesive tape
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Not suitable packaging:
Wrapping paper
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Greaseproof paper
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Cellophane
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Refuse bags and used shopping
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bags
Shelf life of frozen food at –18 °C
Fish, sausage, ready meals
and cakes and pastries:
Meat, poultry:
Fruit, vegetables:
up to 6 months
up to 8 months
up to 12 months